Technical Product Manager, Senior Specialist

About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.

Vanguard’s India Office

Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.  

Role Summary

This role leads the strategic vision and roadmap for a technical product or products with cross-divisional impact, demonstrating a deep understanding of the product(s) and associated business areas. Products often have enterprise-wide implications. This role also uses market research and customer insights to drive innovation, evaluate product functionality, and influence future product direction.

Responsibilites
1. Leads technical product management activities for multiple technical products, or one strategic technical product, with cross-divisional impact. Drives the design and continuous improvement of the technical solution.
2. Influences and collaborates with cross-functional teams to create best practices that drive significant change to the client experience. Ensures business outcomes are linked to business case drivers.
3. Coaches technical product teams towards best practices and learnings. Oversees product teams' support of the messaging, communication, and customer outreach as necessary.
4. Facilitates strong business support through working with team members to promote a consistent approach to decisions/impacts and client propositions. Drives connection across all appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
5. Leads the planning, development and implementation of new technical products with cross-divisional impact. Defines and analyzes technical markets, developing detailed product features and requirements, and developing implementation plans.
6. Influences and employs a variety of qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques to continually improve the user experience.
7. Participates in and influences ongoing business planning and departmental prioritization activities.
8. Drives the team’s engineering practices in development, continuous integration, and automated deployment.
9. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
10. Manages the full product lifecycle from strategic planning through development and execution to support business objectives.
11. Conducts market and consumer trend research to uncover opportunities for product innovation and competitive advantage.
12. Determines product features and functionalities, aligning them with user needs and business value.
13. Collaborates with cross-functional teams including development, marketing, and sales to ensure successful product delivery.
14. Prepares product documentation and provides subject-matter expertise to enable go-to-market strategies.
15. Uses customer and market feedback to continuously assess and guide future product direction.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 10 years of experience in technical product management or related business roles, with at least 3 years leading large cross-functional teams on major organizational projects. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or related field is required; graduate degree preferred.
• Strong background in: Personal Performance Products Portfolio Performance Rate of Return Calculations Investment & Brokerage Platforms
• Deep understanding of APIs Microservices Architecture Data Platforms
• Experience in highly regulated financial environments.
• Expertise in data accuracy, resiliency, controls, auditability, and compliance.
• Strong analytical and root-cause investigation capabilities.
• Excellent communication and executive stakeholder management skills
• Good to have skills in product lifecycle management, technical product strategy, market research, cross-functional collaboration, product design, and requirements gathering. Strong understanding of agile methodologies, cloud platforms, APIs, and customer experience optimization.
• Critical thinking, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Preferred certifications include Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe POPM, or Pragmatic Product Management. Ability to balance customer-centric innovation with business impact and technical feasibility is key to success.

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Our mission

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

Our commitment to you 

Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life: 

Financial wellness 
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs. 

Physical wellness 
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness. 

Personal wellness 
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life. 

How we work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.