Overview
Provide leadership in shaping and delivering Vanguard's superannuation product offering strategy. This role drives the design, development, and optimisation of complex product streams, ensuring superior client outcomes, regulatory compliance, and commercial success. It operates at an enterprise-influencing level, partnering with C-level executives, engaging externally with the market, regulators, and media, and maintaining regular interaction with trustees and the board.
Core Responsibilities
* Strategic Leadership: Define and execute superannuation product strategies across multiple offerings, aligning with organisational priorities and market dynamics.
* Portfolio Oversight: Manage a portfolio of products, ensuring lifecycle optimisation, pricing, positioning, and performance at scale.
* External Representation: Act as a key spokesperson for Vanguard, in the Super context, externally to the market and regulators, including media engagements.
* Governance & Board Engagement: Engage regularly with C-level stakeholders and trustees/board to secure alignment and investment for strategic initiatives.
* Risk & Compliance Governance: Champion compliance and risk culture across product streams, ensuring adherence to APRA requirements and governance standards.
* Innovation & Market Differentiation: Drive innovation to enhance competitiveness and deliver differentiated client value propositions.
* Leadership & Talent Development: Hire, evaluate, and supervise crew. Provide guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Set performance standards, reviews performance, and make informed compensation decisions in accordance with Vanguard policies. Lead people and cross-functional teams, fostering a high-performance culture and building future leadership capability.
* Accountability for Growth: Own accountability for product growth and success metrics.
* Responsible Person Qualification: Be qualified (or able to become qualified) as a Responsible Person under APRA definitions.
* Other: Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* Minimum 20 years' experience in the superannuation industry (not just general financial services).
* Extensive experience in product management with responsibility for large-scale portfolios.
* Deep understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks at an enterprise level.
* Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and shape organisational strategy.
* Strong commercial acumen with accountability for profitability and growth.
* Track record of leading transformational product initiatives and managing senior leadership teams.
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.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Other
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