Senior Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:

• Leadcoachand develop high-performing engineering teams. Establish clear performance expectations foster an inclusive and collaborative culture and drive talent development successionplanningand organizational effectiveness.
• Providestrategic technology leadership engineeringdirectionand architectural guidance across a portfolio of Wealth Management productsplatformsand services ensuring alignment with business priorities clientoutcomesand long-term technology strategy.
• Own the successful delivery operational excellence securityresilienceand scalability of technology solutions. Ensure teams deliver high-quality software and platforms that meet client regulatory and business requirements.
• Partner closely with Product Architecture Data and Technology leaders to shape product roadmaps define technology investment priorities and accelerate the delivery of business value. Foster a strong client-first mindset across engineering teams ensuring technology decisions are grounded in client needs advisorexperiencesand measurable business outcomes.
• Maintain a deep understanding of clientadvisorand crew needs encouraging teams to stay connected to the experiences of those they serve and translating insights into technology solutions that improve advice and wealth management outcomes.
• Drive the adoption of modern software engineering practices including cloud-native architectures platform engineeringDevSecOps AI-enabled development automationobservabilityand continuous delivery.
• Provide technical oversight and governance for solution design architecture integration patterns engineeringstandardsand production readiness ensuring consistencymaintainabilityand long-term sustainability.
• Guide teams through complex technology decisions riskmanagementand problem resolution. Anticipate challenges perform root causeanalysisand implement solutions that improve system reliabilityperformanceand operational effectiveness.
• Lead technology modernization initiatives and continuous improvement efforts across engineering practices frameworkstoolsand delivery processes to improve quality speedsecurityand efficiency.
• Establish and uphold engineering standards technical controls and documentation practices while ensuring compliance with Information Technology Information Security regulatory and risk management requirements.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and external partners effectively communicating technology strategy delivery progressrisksand opportunities while influencing decisions across the organization.
• Foster a culture of innovationaccountabilityand technical excellence by mentoring future technology leaders and enabling teams to continuously learn experiment and improve.
• Maintain a broad understanding of wealth management adviceinvestmentand operational processes to ensure technology solutions create exceptional client advisor and crew experiences while supportingappropriate controlsgovernanceand risk management practices.
• Participate in strategic initiatives and other leadership responsibilities asrequired.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience with at least 5 years in asenior managerialrole with a strong focus on application engineering.
• Bachelors orMasters degree in computer science Software Engineering or a related field.
• Experience working in Wealth Management Financial Services FinTech or other highly regulated industries.
• Demonstrated success delivering cloud-native solutions and modern platforms within AWS or comparable cloud environments including experience driving adoption of scalableresilientand secure engineering practices.
• Strong experience shaping technology strategy and influencing architecture platform and engineering decisions across multiple teamsproductsor domains.
• Experience leading teams responsible for customer-facing digital experiences enterprise platforms data-drivenapplicationsand complex system integrations.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Product ArchitectureDataand business leaders to align technology investments with client needs businessprioritiesand strategic outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience driving technology modernization engineeringtransformationand continuous improvement initiatives including adoption of modern engineering practicesautomationand AI-enabled development capabilities.
• Deep understanding of software architecture distributed systems systems design application security software delivery lifecycle management and engineering best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience delivering technology solutions that support advice wealth management investmentmanagementor client service capabilities.
• Experience leading geographically distributed and globally aligned engineering teams across multiple locations and time zones.
• Experience delivering and operating customer-facing digital platforms advisorexperiencesand enterprise technology products at scale.
• Experience with event-driven architectures enterprise integrations APIs distributedsystemsand modern data platforms.
• Familiarity with modern technology stacks and engineering frameworks including Java Spring Boot Angular React cloud-native technologies and platform engineering practices.
• Experienceleveragingautomation artificial intelligence machine learninganalyticsand emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity operationalefficiencyand client outcomes.
• Professional certifications in cloud technologies architecture agiledeliveryor technology leadership areadvantageous.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere 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.