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Business Project Manager, Specialist

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
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at Vanguard

Asset Management

Posted 7 days ago

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**Business Project Manager, Specialist**: Leads end-to-end oversight of resource investments, workforce planning, and third-party spend, ensuring budget adherence and alignment with organizational priorities. Key responsibilities include managing labor spend, concierging hiring processes, maintaining resource data, and collaborating with FP&A teams for forecasting and budget optimization. Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience, with 2 years in project management and preference given to Financial Services or function-specific experience. Offers a hybrid work model at Vanguard.

Compensation
Not specified USD

Currency: $ (USD)

City
Not specified
Country
United States

Full Job Description

Provides project management services on a multi-year or major project, applying functional expertise to improve project results.

Serves as a strategic partner to technology leaders, providing end-to-end oversight of resource investments, workforce planning, and third-party spend to ensure financial stewardship and alignment with organizational priorities. Owns the processes, governance, and reporting that enable leaders to effectively manage budgets, hiring plans, contractor/vendor engagements, and funding changes while maintaining a trusted source of financial and portfolio data.

Core Responsibilities may include

  • Manage and track labor, contractor, and vendor spend across the organization, ensuring budget adherence and transparency.
  • Concierge hiring and workforce planning processes, including headcount management, requisitions, hiring forecasts, and resource allocation decisions.
  • Maintain the "gold source" of resource data, delivering insights that support portfolio, budget, and investment decisions.
  • Partner with FP&A and leadership teams on forecasting, reforecasting, financial flexibility exercises, and budget optimization.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years related work experience. Two years of managing a project preferred. Financial Services or function-specific experience preferred.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a missionwe're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.

Business Project Manager, Specialist

Compensation

Not specified USD

City: Not specified

Country: United States

Vanguard logo
Asset Management

7 days ago

No clicks

at Vanguard

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Business Project Manager, Specialist**: Leads end-to-end oversight of resource investments, workforce planning, and third-party spend, ensuring budget adherence and alignment with organizational priorities. Key responsibilities include managing labor spend, concierging hiring processes, maintaining resource data, and collaborating with FP&A teams for forecasting and budget optimization. Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience, with 2 years in project management and preference given to Financial Services or function-specific experience. Offers a hybrid work model at Vanguard.

Full Job Description

Provides project management services on a multi-year or major project, applying functional expertise to improve project results.

Serves as a strategic partner to technology leaders, providing end-to-end oversight of resource investments, workforce planning, and third-party spend to ensure financial stewardship and alignment with organizational priorities. Owns the processes, governance, and reporting that enable leaders to effectively manage budgets, hiring plans, contractor/vendor engagements, and funding changes while maintaining a trusted source of financial and portfolio data.

Core Responsibilities may include

  • Manage and track labor, contractor, and vendor spend across the organization, ensuring budget adherence and transparency.
  • Concierge hiring and workforce planning processes, including headcount management, requisitions, hiring forecasts, and resource allocation decisions.
  • Maintain the "gold source" of resource data, delivering insights that support portfolio, budget, and investment decisions.
  • Partner with FP&A and leadership teams on forecasting, reforecasting, financial flexibility exercises, and budget optimization.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years related work experience. Two years of managing a project preferred. Financial Services or function-specific experience preferred.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a missionwe're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.