Vanguard
Vanguard
Vanguard is a global investment management company serving investors through products such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. Its work is guided by a long-term focus on helping clients pursue investment success, with an emphasis on fairness and keeping investors at the center of decision-making. Vanguard’s culture values teamwork, inclusion, and the contribution of diverse perspectives and experiences.

Senior Data Management Manager

Lead Vanguard’s data management operations, including data quality, governance, and master data practices. Manage teams, controls, incidents, vendors, and strategic data initiatives.

Description

  • Set data management strategy and goals in line with department and enterprise priorities.
  • Lead data management specialists, managers, and analysts.
  • Run analyst workflows across assigned domains, from issue intake and triage through ownership, escalation, remediation, change coordination, and health monitoring.
  • Develop data quality frameworks, standards, controls, and scorecards.
  • Oversee master data practices, including definitions, matching and merging, survivorship, hierarchies, reference data, golden records, and lifecycle governance.
  • Set and monitor service levels and health indicators for domain data products.
  • Direct investigations into complex data incidents and recurring quality problems.
  • Bring business, product, engineering, governance, and source system partners together to address root causes.
  • Provide expertise in data quality, master data management, metadata, lineage, controls, and data governance.
  • Lead major data initiatives, managing scope, delivery commitments, risks, dependencies, budgets, controls, and regulatory requirements.
  • Work with data product managers, business owners, technology teams, and governance stakeholders to establish accountability and prioritize improvements.
  • Create operational reports and insights on data product health, control effectiveness, analyst performance, and business impact.
  • Build analyst capabilities through standards, training, tools, automation, and communities of practice.
  • Contribute to special projects and carry out other assigned duties.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of related experience in data management or team leadership.
  • Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in a relevant field such as computer science, IT, or software engineering, or a master’s degree or diploma in computer science.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage complex data workflows, and oversee vendor relationships.
  • Strong experience with operational metrics, data governance, and process improvement.
  • Expertise managing static and dynamic data.
  • Experience working with third-party vendors.
  • Experience conducting data controls and audits.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Opportunities for in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.
  • Learning and development opportunities.
  • Focus on long-term financial wellbeing.

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