Fund Open Architecture Specialist

The Role

Are you a recognised investment leader with a passion for identifying best-in-class investment talent and delivering exceptional client outcomes?

Vanguard is seeking an accomplished Fund Open Architecture Specialist to lead and evolve our Open Architecture capability across Europe. This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping how external investment expertise is integrated into Vanguard's multi-asset solutions, influencing investment strategy, product innovation, and portfolio construction at scale.

As Vanguard's leading authority on Open Architecture, you will work at the intersection of Investments, Product, Distribution, and Client Strategy, driving the vision for how external managers can enhance our offering and help deliver superior outcomes for investors. This highly visible leadership role combines strategic thinking, investment expertise, stakeholder influence, governance oversight, and client engagement, offering the opportunity to make a significant impact across the business and for the clients we serve.

In this role you will

• Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Vanguard's Open Architecture capability across Europe. Identify where external investment expertise can enhance Vanguard's multi-asset solutions across asset classes, products, and markets, leveraging insights into client needs, industry trends, and competitor developments to strengthen our offering and support business growth

• Serve as the client portfolio manager for Open Architecture solutions, supporting client engagement and servicing activities while clearly articulating Vanguard's views on manager developments, investment strategies, and portfolio positioning

• Act as the firm's regional subject matter expert on Open Architecture, providing strategic guidance on external managers, investment strategies, portfolio construction, and manager selection to sales teams, portfolio managers, product teams, and senior stakeholders

• Lead regional Open Architecture governance and model health processes, coordinating analysis, reporting, recommendations, and materials for governance forums while ensuring timely escalation and resolution of manager-related developments and risks

• Partner closely with Vanguard's Oversight & Manager Search (OMS) team to support manager research, search, and oversight activities. Help shape review priorities, coordinate the ongoing monitoring of external managers and strategies, and ensure developments, ratings, conviction assessments, and recommended actions are appropriately reflected in governance, portfolio, and implementation decisions

• Oversee the creation and maintenance of high-quality client-facing content, including manager updates, investment communications, sales collateral, portfolio commentary, training materials, and thought leadership related to Open Architecture and external managers

• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships across Investments, OMS, Product, Distribution, Marketing, Risk, and Operations, ensuring alignment on strategic priorities, governance activities, and implementation decisions

What it takes

• Undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of training and professional experience

• Significant experience within investment management, product management, investment analysis, strategy, or portfolio management

• Deep understanding of active investment strategies, manager selection and oversight, Open Architecture solutions, and portfolio construction principles

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives across a complex organisation

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate sophisticated investment concepts into compelling insights for both internal and external audiences

Special Factors 

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position

• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

• 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

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.

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.