Scrum Lead Manager, Automation and Resilience Center of Excellence

Job Description

Global Risk and Security (GR&S) at Vanguard enables business strategy, protects client and Vanguard interests (e.g., assets and data), and stewards a strong risk culture. Our teams leverage enterprise-wide insights, deep expertise, and trusted advice so that across Vanguard leaders and crew drive faster, stronger, risk-informed decisions.

Within GR&S, the Enterprise Security and Fraud (ES&F) sub-division is responsible for the global protection of Vanguard crew, property, data, and client assets. We are the trusted advisors that protect the pride of Vanguard with state-of-the-art security and fraud capabilities. We are a world-class destination of highly-engaged, passionate, and diverse talent expected to continuously learn and develop in an ever-changing security landscape.

This is a highly visible role for a Scrum Leader with people leadership experience. Blaze trails with automation, including GenAI, to enable the Vanguard business, ensure resilience, and protect and defend Vanguard assets & data.

The Scrum Lead Manager, Automation and Resilience Center of Excellence:

• Leads, builds, and coaches high performing teams in the delivery of technology-related products or projects, ensuring team actions are aligned with project and business goals. Instruct and coach other professionals.
• Leads planning, team learning, and adaptation of processes to ensure the quality of team solutions.
• Enables a continuous learning environment, identifying ways to strengthen the team's understanding of Agile/Scrum concepts and principles as they relate to technical capabilities.
• Builds and applies methodology that supports the integration of changing customer inputs and business conditions into technology-related product development.
• Recommends to the product owner and management in the definition and prioritization of technology-related outcomes. Identifies trade-offs between short and long term benefits to drive shared vision between the team and product owner.
• Ensures the application of agile frameworks to the development process to increase effectiveness of technology-related product development or architecture.
• Removes roadblocks to technology-related product development or architecture. Applies learnings to other development projects.
• Leverages strong Interpersonal, facilitation and consensus building skills.
• Obtain cooperation and build trust with peers and at the executive level while skillfully navigating organizational dynamics.
• Connect the dots between disparate and discrete pieces of information that may be incomplete at times.
• Build lasting relationships and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

What it takes:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Computer Science or Engineering experience preferred. Graduate degree preferred.
• Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of leading large cross-functional teams on major organizational technology projects preferred. Financial Services and technical experience preferred.
• Expert in Planview, Atlassian products, JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNowCyber Security, Automation (including GenAI), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security Services Domain knowledge and technical acumen including cloud literacy a plus or a strong willingness to learn.
• Scrum/Agile Certification strongly preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

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.