Vanguard Hiring for Risk Director, Strategy, Product, Marketing and Communications (SPMC) at Malvern, PA, US Full Time

The Risk Director role will lead the risk agenda for the Strategy, Product, Marketing and Communications (SPMC) division at Vanguard in the development, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of risks across the division.

As a member of the Enterprise Risk Management leadership team (a department within the Global Risk and Security division), will also help drive and lead the department helping ensure prioritized outcomes are delivered to further the Vanguard risk management agenda.

This role reports to the Global Head of Enterprise Risk Management.

Responsibilities :

• Hires, evaluates, and manages crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Leads and facilitates risk councils at the Managing Director table for SPMC, and sub-divisional tables focusing on effective risk management of top risks, including help identify risk appetite, key risk indicators and effective management of those risks.
• Ability to engage and lead risk efforts covering critical enterprise risks relating to SPMC and helps design and implement mitigation strategies to manage and monitor those risks.
• Oversees and helps design business controls oversight activities for multiple business lines. Identifies, measures, and monitors operational risk.

Provides clarity of policies, procedures, internal controls, risk management, and reporting systems.

Oversees risk activities for the SPMC division and makes key decisions that provide strategic direction for business controls.

Leads and manages the development, implementation, and management of oversight, control management programs, and risk mitigation.

Maintains accordance with industry best practice, defined standards, domestic regulatory requirements, or other standard management processes.

Owns periodic assessments of key controls for multiple business lines across the division. Provides leadership to business partners on control design and effectiveness.

Leads strategy to increase effectiveness of those controls.

• Provides cross-enterprise leadership and engagement on reputational and strategic risks that impact all divisions.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships to support the risk framework. Provides leadership necessary to create control awareness, ownership and accountability to business units and crew.
• Maintains an expert level of Vanguard and industry knowledge. Keeps current on Vanguard policies and objectives, continues to expand knowledge of the business and industry, and keeps current on competition.

Reviews all applicable current and future regulatory requirements to ensure effective controls, procedures and oversight reviews are in place.

Qualifications :

• Minimum of ten years related work experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Prior second or third-line experience is valuable but not required.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

About Global Risk & Security and SPMC

Global Risk & Security enables Vanguard’s business strategy, protects Vanguard’s clients, crew, and assets, and stewards a risk-smart culture.

Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights, deep expertise, and trusted advice so that leaders and crew across Vanguard can drive faster, stronger, risk-informed decisions.

The SPMC division is responsible for Vanguard’s corporate strategy and strategic business development, investment product development and oversight, global marketing, and communications.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.

For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return.

We invest with purpose and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement : Do the right thing.

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve.

We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard’s core purpose.

Our core purpose : To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.

We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.