Senior Manager, Strategy and Portfolio Management, Personal Investor

Vanguard

Melbourne

1 week ago

Melbourne

1 week ago

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Senior Manager, Strategy and Portfolio Management, Personal Investor

Vanguard seeks a Senior Manager to lead the Strategy and Portfolio team for the Personal Investor business in Melbourne. The role translates growth ambition into strategic priorities, balances capital and capacity constraints, and enables senior leaders to make trade-offs across business, technology, and data teams. Requires top-tier consulting or enterprise strategy experience in financial services.

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Hybrid

Full-time

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, AU

Work Model

Hybrid

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-Senior level

Core Qualifications

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingcommercial acumenfinancial acumengovernance and planninginfluencestakeholder managementleadershipdecision-makingcollaborationcommunication

Key Responsibilities

•Work with the organisation to develop top-down view of business strategy in-line with growth and customer ambition
•Articulate 'where to play and how to win' strategy that is understood and adopted by the Division
•Translate strategy into a small number of time-bound strategic bets; explicitly define 'what we will not prioritise'
•Own a single, coherent view of strategic change, including sizing, sequencing, and interdependencies
•Assess ambition versus capital and capacity; surface opportunity cost; enable resizing, pause or stop decisions
•Frame trade-offs for executives (A vs B, now vs later, depth vs breadth), escalate unresolved priorities, and force clarity on who decides
•Lead a small high performing team; enable growth and learning; champion a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
•Design and run portfolio forums that land decisions, not just alignment or updates
•Define and enforce a common taxonomy of work packages so automated portfolio views are consistent and decision-ready
•Leverage tool-enabled portfolio views to surface capacity constraints, cross-domain dependencies, and scenario trade-offs

Senior ManagerStrategyPortfolio ManagementPersonal InvestorFinancial ServicesWealth ManagementHybridMelbourneVanguardLeadership

Key Responsibilities

•Work with the organisation to develop top-down view of business strategy in-line with growth and customer ambition

•Articulate 'where to play and how to win' strategy that is understood and adopted by the Division

•Translate strategy into a small number of time-bound strategic bets; explicitly define 'what we will not prioritise'

•Own a single, coherent view of strategic change, including sizing, sequencing, and interdependencies

•Assess ambition versus capital and capacity; surface opportunity cost; enable resizing, pause or stop decisions

•Frame trade-offs for executives (A vs B, now vs later, depth vs breadth), escalate unresolved priorities, and force clarity on who decides

•Lead a small high performing team; enable growth and learning; champion a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

•Design and run portfolio forums that land decisions, not just alignment or updates

•Define and enforce a common taxonomy of work packages so automated portfolio views are consistent and decision-ready

•Leverage tool-enabled portfolio views to surface capacity constraints, cross-domain dependencies, and scenario trade-offs