Technology Solutions Consultant

As a Solutions Consultant, you will help International Product Engineering identify, evaluate, and prioritize the highest-value opportunities across Vanguard's global businesses. This role serves as a bridge between business and technology teams, facilitating discovery efforts that transform complex, ambiguous business problems into actionable solution recommendations. Partnering with Product Managers, Solutions Architects, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts across multiple regions, you will help determine whether business challenges represent common global needs, evaluate potential solution approaches, and support decisions regarding centralized versus regional delivery. Success in this role requires a combination of strategic thinking, stakeholder management, technology understanding, and executive communication skills. Please contact Dan Housel for more information.

Summary

As a Solutions Consultant within Vanguard's International Product Engineering organization, you will help shape technology solutions that support business lines across Europe, Australia, and the Americas. International Product Engineering enables Vanguard's global business to scale through shared technology capabilities, identifying common business challenges and delivering solutions that can be leveraged across multiple regions.

In this role, you will operate at the intersection of business and technology, partnering with stakeholders, product managers, architects, and subject matter experts to transform ambiguous business challenges into clear problem statements, solution options, and strategic recommendations. You will facilitate discovery efforts, evaluate opportunities for reusable global capabilities, and help leaders determine where to invest engineering resources to deliver the greatest business value.

This role is ideal for professionals with backgrounds in consulting, business analysis, program management, product strategy, or technology advisory work who enjoy solving complex problems, influencing decisions, and collaborating across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery activities to understand, define, and analyze complex business challenges.

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify capability needs, evaluate solution approaches, and drive alignment.

• Translate ambiguous business requests into clear problem statements, recommendations, and decision-ready materials.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Solutions Architects, and subject matter experts to assess options, risks, dependencies, and implementation considerations.

• Develop business cases, analysis, and recommendations to support strategic investment decisions.

• Present findings and recommendations to leaders across business and technology organizations.

• Identify opportunities to deliver reusable solutions that provide value across multiple regions and business lines.

• Facilitate discussions among stakeholders with competing priorities and perspectives.

• Support initiatives involving global teams across multiple countries and time zones.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

• Eight or more years of experience in consulting, business analysis, program management, product management, technology strategy, or related disciplines.

• Experience facilitating discussions, driving consensus, and influencing decisions across multiple stakeholder groups.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting recommendations and insights to senior leaders.

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into clear solution recommendations and actionable outcomes.

• Understanding of technology architecture concepts and software delivery practices, including AWS.

• Proven ability to build relationships and manage competing stakeholder priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial services industry experience.

• Experience working across global organizations and multiple geographic regions.

• Consulting experience supporting business or technology transformation initiatives.

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.