The Enterprise MarTech Platforms technology group is empowering Vanguard Marketing divisions to reach their audiences in more meaningful and relevant ways, driving incremental business value with personalized, data-driven contextually relevant experiences. We combine the art of content and the science of experimentation to power world-class, coordinated customer and prospect experiences across digital and traditional marketing channels.

In this role, you will:

Provide agile methodology services to cross-functional technology-related project(s) or product(s) teams, demonstrating technical expertise to improve productivity of teams and quality of work processes and outcomes. Project(s) or product(s) often have enterprise-wide implications.

What it takes:

• Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Backlog Management, and Agile best practices (relative sizing, forecasting and throughput, user story splitting, etc.).
• Experience with Marketing Technology and Content Management Services
• Ability to implement Scrum Framework and Kanban Methodology in full. A deep understanding of Agile frameworks and practices will be called upon to coach and mentor your team so that they improve sprint over sprint.
• Ability to implement standard Agile practices on a day-to-day basis within the product team, including collaborating with team members, leaders, and stakeholders to work through impediments that are blocking Agile adoption.
• Ability to act as a strong proponent of Agile practices within the product team.
• Must have an Agile Mindset and promote the value of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict management, continuous improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency. Ability to use backlog and portfolio management tools such as JIRA, Actionable Agile, Agile Roadmap to build out sprint boards, open and close sprints, move work items, create and tag releases, create and update key milestones, collect and use the data for forecasting and predictability, create and implement filters and dashboards.
• Ability to use collaboration tools such as Confluence and SharePoint to create documentation and artifact repositories for knowledge transfers and sharing.
• Ability to understand and discuss the MarTech platforms that the product team is focused on with developers, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Ability to serve as a Scrum Master on technical projects of mid- to high-level of complexity.
• Ability to drive and coach on value-based delivery in small batch sizes vs project delivery. Providing tangible business outcomes at the end of each sprint and meeting key dates and milestones.
• Knowledge of Agile technology practices such as DevOps, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and quality assurance best practices. Ability to partner with technical leads to help drive automation, reduction of toil, deployment frequency, etc. setting continuous improvement goals.
• Must be able to communicate, written and verbal, status on key miles, risk, dependencies while activity driving to remediate and escalating when needed. 
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of six years related work experience. Four years of leading large cross-functional teams on  major organizational technology projects preferred. Financial Services and technical experience.
• Scrum Master certification (PSM I/CSM I or higher)

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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.

The Enterprise MarTech Platforms technology group is empowering Vanguard Marketing divisions to reach their audiences in more meaningful and relevant ways, driving incremental business value with personalized, data-driven contextually relevant experiences. We combine the art of content and the science of experimentation to power world-class, coordinated customer and prospect experiences across digital and traditional marketing channels.

In this role, you will:

Provide agile methodology services to cross-functional technology-related project(s) or product(s) teams, demonstrating technical expertise to improve productivity of teams and quality of work processes and outcomes. Project(s) or product(s) often have enterprise-wide implications.

What it takes:

• Deep understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Backlog Management, and Agile best practices (relative sizing, forecasting and throughput, user story splitting, etc.).
• Experience with Marketing Technology and Content Management Services
• Ability to implement Scrum Framework and Kanban Methodology in full. A deep understanding of Agile frameworks and practices will be called upon to coach and mentor your team so that they improve sprint over sprint.
• Ability to implement standard Agile practices on a day-to-day basis within the product team, including collaborating with team members, leaders, and stakeholders to work through impediments that are blocking Agile adoption.
• Ability to act as a strong proponent of Agile practices within the product team.
• Must have an Agile Mindset and promote the value of servant leadership, situational awareness, conflict management, continuous improvement, empowerment and increasing transparency. Ability to use backlog and portfolio management tools such as JIRA, Actionable Agile, Agile Roadmap to build out sprint boards, open and close sprints, move work items, create and tag releases, create and update key milestones, collect and use the data for forecasting and predictability, create and implement filters and dashboards.
• Ability to use collaboration tools such as Confluence and SharePoint to create documentation and artifact repositories for knowledge transfers and sharing.
• Ability to understand and discuss the MarTech platforms that the product team is focused on with developers, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Ability to serve as a Scrum Master on technical projects of mid- to high-level of complexity.
• Ability to drive and coach on value-based delivery in small batch sizes vs project delivery. Providing tangible business outcomes at the end of each sprint and meeting key dates and milestones.
• Knowledge of Agile technology practices such as DevOps, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and quality assurance best practices. Ability to partner with technical leads to help drive automation, reduction of toil, deployment frequency, etc. setting continuous improvement goals.
• Must be able to communicate, written and verbal, status on key miles, risk, dependencies while activity driving to remediate and escalating when needed. 
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of six years related work experience. Four years of leading large cross-functional teams on  major organizational technology projects preferred. Financial Services and technical experience.
• Scrum Master certification (PSM I/CSM I or higher)

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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.