Manager, Enterprise Compensation

This role offers the opportunity to take on a leadership position within Vanguard’s Enterprise Compensation team, leading a team of compensation professionals responsible for delivering core compensation programs and insights that support business leaders across the organization.

In this role, you will lead the team responsible for day‑to‑day compensation delivery across job evaluations, market benchmarking, offer analyses, compensation data management and audits, reporting and dashboards, and year‑end compensation execution. You will partner closely with compensation consultants as well as HR partners to ensure compensation outcomes are accurate, market‑aligned, and delivered with strong governance and controls.

As a Compensation Manager, you’ll balance people leadership with oversight of complex compensation work helping to develop talent, strengthen analytical capabilities, and evolve processes that support consistent execution of compensation programs. This role plays a key part in enabling broader enterprise initiatives and ensuring high‑quality delivery across Vanguard’s compensation program.

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.
• Acts as a lead compensation expert to advise HR partners and business leaders on aligning the pay programs, policies and procedures with organizational goals. Implements creative solutions to specific compensation-related programs.
• Ensures the effectiveness of existing compensation practices and regulations compliance, recommending timely revisions when needed, and keeping senior managers informed of any updated policies.
• Oversees the data within the HRIS to ensure the accuracy of compensation information including merit and incentive calculations, approvals for award payments, and payment records.
• Manages job evaluations, salary surveys, and all analytical reporting to prepare recommendations and determine pay strategies and implementation based on findings. Owns market competitive benchmarking for defined business area and its application to compensation practices and strategies.
• Coaches and contributes to the development of compensation analysts.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Five years related work experience, with at least Two years of Compensation experience. Supervisory experience preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Progress toward CCP preferred.

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.