Vanguard

Vanguard

London

Technical Product Manager Specialist - London

Full-Time£120,000 - 160,000 per yearavant-hierUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £120,000 - 160,000 per year

Requirements:
  • We require 2–4 years of experience as a Product Manager, Business Analyst, Data Analyst, or a similar role within financial services.
  • We require experience working with complex datasets, data products, or analytical platforms.
  • We require the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured product requirements and delivery plans.
  • We require strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
  • We require demonstrated ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and navigate ambiguity.
  • We prefer working knowledge of relational databases, data pipelines, and data modelling concepts.
  • We prefer familiarity with SQL and Python.
  • We prefer exposure to semantic modelling, metadata management, data governance, or knowledge graph technologies.
  • We prefer experience working within Agile product delivery environments.
  • We value intellectual curiosity and a passion for solving complex data challenges through structured and scalable solutions.
Responsibilities:
  • We partner with product leadership to execute the ESG Data Product roadmap in alignment with business priorities and enterprise data strategy.
  • We own and prioritize the product backlog, balancing stakeholder needs, technical dependencies, regulatory requirements, and delivery capacity.
  • We develop clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and product requirements that enable efficient engineering execution.
  • We collaborate closely with delivery lead, technology lead, and engineers throughout planning, development, testing, and release activities.
  • We support the continued evolution of our ESG Data Product, including semantic modelling, data relationships, data management, and cross-domain data integration.
  • We partner with data architecture and engineering teams to ensure solutions are scalable, reusable, governed, and aligned with enterprise standards.
  • We provide business and technical context that enables engineering teams to successfully deliver complex data capabilities.
  • We serve as a key technical point of contact for external ESG data providers and strategic data partners.
  • We support the onboarding and integration of new data sources into our ESG data ecosystem.
  • We partner with operations and engineering teams to monitor data quality, investigate anomalies, and drive continuous improvements in data ingestion and processing capabilities.
  • We collaborate with operations teams, data consumers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and prioritize outcomes.
  • We translate complex business needs into structured product requirements, delivery plans, and roadmap priorities.
  • We facilitate alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders while managing competing priorities and expectations.
  • We represent the ESG Data Product in product showcases, governance forums, and broader Product Management and Data communities across Vanguard.
  • We contribute to the advancement of enterprise data capabilities by promoting reusable data assets, common standards, and scalable data management practices.
  • We identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities that may impact product delivery, adoption, or long-term sustainability.
  • We stay informed on developments in ESG reporting, industry standards, investment data, and data management technologies.
  • We continuously develop technical, product management, and domain expertise, while contributing thought leadership in enterprise data products and cross-domain data relationships.
Technologies:
  • Support
  • Product Manager
  • Python
  • SQL

More:

We are Vanguard, and we are expanding our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) capabilities to deliver high-quality, scalable, and interconnected ESG data that supports investment, stewardship, risk, compliance, and reporting outcomes across the firm. This is a full-time role based in London, United Kingdom. You will join a mission-driven, highly collaborative team working in a hybrid model that supports flexibility, in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We offer the opportunity to help shape enterprise data products and advance our broader enterprise data strategy through modern data management and product practices.

last updated 34 week of 2026

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London

IT

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