Senior Manager, Product Architect - General

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The Sr. Manager – Product Architecture provides senior leadership for end-to-end solution architecture across a portfolio of strategic business initiatives for Vanguard’s Workplace Solutions business. This role is accountable for translating business strategy and product vision into cohesive, scalable, and executable technology solutions that span multiple architectural domains. This leader builds and leads a high performing team of architects who partner with product engineering, and business leaders to design integrated solutions that leverage enterprise platforms and domain architectures to deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Scope and Architectural Focus

The Sr. Manager owns and evolves product aligned solution architecture across following domains:

• End‑to‑end solution design for strategic programs and complex initiatives spanning multiple product families (e.g. B2B, B2C, Platforms, Analytics), technology platforms and architectural domains
• Cross‑domain integration and orchestration, ensuring solutions are coherent, composable, and executable across front‑end, domain services, event streaming, data, analytics, and AI‑enabled capabilities
• Enhance client, crew, and developer experiences through incorporation of GenAI solutions
• Architectural decision‑making for solution‑level trade‑offs involving scope, complexity, sequencing, risk, and technical debt
• Alignment of solution designs to enterprise architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails defined in partnership with Domain Architecture
  
  

Core Responsibilities

• Hires, evaluates, and supervises crew. Provides guidance and training as necessary to develop crew. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, and makes informed compensation decisions in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures.
• Manages staff. Develops, mentors and provides guidance, training and motivation as necessary. Conducts regular one-on-one and staff meetings. Hires, evaluates and counsels crew. Follows corporate disciplinary procedures per established Vanguard standards as required. Sets performance standards, reviews performance, provides feedback, and recommends wage increases in accordance with all applicable Human Resources policies and procedures
• Builds and develops a team of Product Architects. Allocates Architects across a portfolio of strategic initiatives. Works directly with Architects in conceptualizing business technology solutions that have the potential to produce transformational outcomes.
• Continuously pursues advance-level technical acumen: establishes working relationships with strategic and boutique technology providers; leverages the Internet as a critical resource for related knowledge capital, ; attends conferences and engages in associated activities (e.g., conducting presentations, leading workshops, etc.)
• Acts as an outstanding thought leader in primary area of responsibility.
• Meets information architecture financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.
• Builds commitment to information strategy by considering and evaluating different points of view, creating a cohesive argument
• Confirms architecture capability and flexibility by developing analytical models; completing validation tests
• Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Leads discussions related to key application architecture decisions.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of related work experience, in a global environment with at least three years in a technology architect role.
• B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. M.Tech, MBA in Technology Management, preferred
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise IT architecture strategy, vendor engagement, and systems integration.
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills, with a track record of influencing executive stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage teams and drive transformational initiatives in complex, enterprise environments.
  
  

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're 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.