Senior Manager, Technical Product Manager

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.  

This role leads a team responsible for 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 incorporates market and consumer trend analysis to identify innovation opportunities and optimize product direction based on real-world feedback.

Core Responsibilities:

• May lead or mentor a small team or act as an individual contributor with leadership responsibilities, supporting hiring, onboarding, and development where applicable.
• Owns data management and data product execution for a key product/domain, ensuring alignment to broader enterprise data strategy.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to implement data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices, improving data quality and usability.
• Coaches team members and partners on data management, governance practices, and transformation initiatives.
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure consistent data ownership, stewardship, and governance practices across business and technology teams.
• Leads execution of data initiatives and transformation programs within their domain, including defining requirements, data models, and delivery plans.
• Applies analytical techniques to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and user experience for business stakeholders.
• Contributes to priority setting and planning discussions, aligning domain-level data initiatives with business goals.
• Drives best practices in data engineering, pipelines, ETL/ELT, and data integration, working closely with engineering teams.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Manages the data lifecycle for their product/domain, including ingestion, transformation, governance, and consumption.
• Researches trends and best practices in data management and governance to continuously enhance solutions.
• Defines data structures, models, and governance controls in collaboration with engineering and analytics teams.
• Creates and maintains data documentation, metadata, and governance artifacts, ensuring transparency and usability.
• Uses feedback and metrics to enhance data capabilities and inform roadmap improvements within their scope.

 Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight years related business experience. Three years of  leading large cross-functional teams on  major organizational projects preferred. Previous people-leadership experience strongly preferred.

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.