Senior Corporate Strategy Consultant - Enterprise Initiatives

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• Identify, validate, and advance next-horizon opportunities that shape Vanguard's future.
• Lead competitive strategy and scenario planning to anticipate market shifts, breakthrough technologies, and evolving client needs.
• Monitor industry and market trends to develop hypothesis and help senior leaders \"see around corners\" to prepare for emerging opportunities and threats.
• Partner with Vanguard's Strategic Consulting team and Corporate Development team to help drive enterprise-level strategy and initiatives that position the firm for long-term resilience and success.
• Collaborate across Vanguard to advance high-impact technology and digital product incubation efforts.
• Synthesize complex and ambiguous data into actionable recommendations; deliver compelling materials and presentations to the firm's most senior leadership.

Qualifications:

• Broad Operational & Analytical Skillset: You're as comfortable analyzing complex data or performing deep research as you are rolling up your sleeves as a front-line operator driving a project.
• Technical Fluency: You can understand and evaluate novel technologies and assess real-world applicability.
• First-Principles Thinker: You are skilled at breaking down ambiguous, open-ended problems and synthesizing insights from technology, market trends, and client behavior.
• Ownership & Proactivity: You are a self-starter with an innate drive to tackle challenges and deliver results without waiting for direction.
• High EQ and Collaboration: You excel at managing complex stakeholder groups and navigating differing views dispassionately in high-stakes settings. You'll be working with senior executives, business leaders, technical teams, and external partners, often acting as the connective bond among them.
• Proven Track Record: We look for a demonstrated track record of extraordinary achievement, whether in prior roles, academics, or other endeavors.
• Domain Expertise: Deep subject matter expertise in financial services and/or financial technology is a significant advantage.
• Minimum of eight years related experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.

Special Factors

Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.", "salary_raw": null}