Investor Choice Project Manager

Provides project management services on a multi-year or major project, applying functional expertise to improve project results.

Job Description

Investor Choice is a capability that is redefining how investment stewardship is delivered—and we’re entering a critical phase of scaled delivery across the U.K. and Europe.

This role sits at the centre of program execution, ensuring that Investor Choice is delivered in a disciplined, coordinated, and scalable way. You will drive follow-through across a complex set of workstreams—supporting planning, governance, documentation, and tracking—while ensuring clear ownership and accountability as the programme evolves from pilot to scaled implementation.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong organisation, attention to detail, structured thinking, and the ability to keep multiple priorities aligned as the program evolves from pilot to scaled delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Driving program discipline and tracking
  Own core PMO processes including milestone tracking, status reporting, and action management across workstreams to ensure delivery stays on track
• Managing governance and decision-making processes
  Coordinate Core Team, Steering Committee, and Sponsor Committee governance, ensuring timelines are managed, and decisions are documented and actioned
• Supporting pilot delivery and expansion readiness
  Maintain integrated plans across pilot delivery workstreams and support research efforts and readiness for each phase of implementation and expansion
• Coordinating cross-functional activity
  Bring together inputs across teams (e.g. Legal, Product, Technology, Operations, Distribution, US Investor Choice) to maintain alignment and avoid fragmentation
• Identifying risks, dependencies, and issues
  Track risks and dependencies across the program, escalating where needed to maintain delivery momentum and avoid downstream impacts
• Supporting regulatory and operational preparedness
  Help ensure that program activities align with regulatory engagement, operational readiness, and fund lifecycle constraints
• Maintaining documentation and auditability
  Ensure clear documentation of decisions, assumptions, and actions, and maintain all records related to pilot implementation as the program evolves to support ongoing governance and future scaling
• Producing executive-ready project management materials
  Translate complex program updates into clear, concise updates for a variety of internal and external stakeholder audiences

What it takes

•           Experience supporting or running PMO or program coordination for complex, cross-functional initiatives, with good tracking discipline across multiple workstreams

•           Clear and concise communication, including development of high-quality materials

•           Strong attention to detail with the ability to connect priorities across workstreams

•           Proactive mindset with the ability to identify risks and follow through on actions

•           Comfort operating in a regulated or operationally complex environment

Special Factors

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position

This position is hybrid and would require you to be in our office 3 days per week.

Why Vanguard?

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients.

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments.

It's what we stand for: value to investors.

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: to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

Please note that we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this role early if there is a high level of interest. To avoid missing out, we recommend applying as soon as possible

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.