Global Investment Data Manager

As Global Investment Data Manager you will lead a team of specialists providing critical data and insights to partners across our global footprint.

Overview:

As Global Investment Data Manager you will lead a team of specialists providing critical data and insights to partners across our global footprint. You will manage a team provisioning data across operations, acquisition, analysis, and distribution services to front, middle and back-office teams, plus other enterprise data clients and internal partners and stakeholders. You will operate and collaborate as part of a global investment data management group, ensuring the team’s services meet data consumer expectations, anticipating client needs and leading and collaborating in initiatives to improve service delivery.

About Vanguard:

Vanguard is an investment company unlike any other. It was founded by Jack Bogle in the US in 1975 on a simple but ground-breaking idea: that an investment company should handle its funds solely in the interests of its clients. Jack helped bring investing to the masses with the index fund. Index funds do not pick individual shares or bonds to beat the market. They supervise the performance of the entire market. Or as Jack put it, "Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!”. We have stood for low-cost, uncomplicated investing ever since. Over the last 45 years people have come round to our way of thinking and more than 30 million investors worldwide now trust us with their money.

Core Responsibilities

As a Manager, Data Management, you will;

* Lead, manage and motivate staff, creating an engaged and positive team atmosphere. Provide guidance, training and motivation and set challenging performance standards, driving an inclusive, caring culture that values efficiency and accuracy.
* Lead a team of specialists to provide data acquisition, analysis, and distribution services. Take accountability for meeting the tactical and strategic objectives of Global Investment Data Management and ensure the team’s service meets data consumer expectations. Contribute to the advancement and provide leadership in support of Vanguard’s global investment data management strategy.
* Be tenacious in identifying and mitigating risks and regulatory changes that impact the team. Anticipate client needs and develops impact and mitigation approaches.
* Lead the team in its support of new projects and initiatives. Consider the global impact of changes and ensure clear communication and smooth implementation. Enable change by setting a vision for the team that aligns with department and enterprise goals. Influence crew to work together to reach vision and aspirational goals.
* Manage stakeholder relationships locally and across the enterprise, while understanding the need to deliver day-to-day work.
* Show curiosity in developing knowledge of financial markets, securities, and global investment data themes to bring an informed perspective to the data management process. Understand key drivers that impact the team and its clients, and identify opportunities to continuously improve.

What it takes:

You must be able to demonstrate that you can work on complex issues and function in a high volume and fast-paced environment with multiple and diverse responsibilities. You will have a varied and changing workload and collaborating across our business, so you will need excellent communication, stakeholder relationship management, negotiation and analytical skills. You should have strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently on demanding issues, often to tight deadlines.

Qualifications and Experience:

* Significant relevant work experience, including team leadership
* Demonstrated expertise of financial concepts and analytical capabilities. Ability to quickly become knowledgeable in current and future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the Data Management organisation with a commitment to enhancing knowledge of global financial services industry.
* Exceptional client relationship, leadership, organisational and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to effectively communicate with external providers, internal business clients and personnel at all levels.
* Excellent judgment and ability to analyse issues quickly and independently to take appropriate action with minimal supervision.
* Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate others. Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills. Ability to lead initiatives to desired conclusion while fostering teamwork and development.

Additional factors:

As this is a hybrid role, your normal working pattern will be working in our Dublin office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. You will also need to travel frequently to London, initially fortnightly while you onboard in the role, and monthly thereafter.

Vanguard’s continued dedication 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.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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.