Manager, Business Project Management

Provides hiring and oversight for team that focuses on: Serves as a strategic partner to technology leaders, providing end-to-end oversight of resource investments, workforce planning, and third-party spend to ensure financial stewardship and alignment with organizational priorities. Owns the processes, governance, and reporting that enable leaders to effectively manage budgets, hiring plans, contractor/vendor engagements, and funding changes while maintaining a trusted source of financial and portfolio data.

Core Responsibilities may include

• Manage and track labor, contractor, and vendor spend across the organization, ensuring budget adherence and transparency.
• Concierge hiring and workforce planning processes, including headcount management, requisitions, hiring forecasts, and resource allocation decisions.
• Oversee third-party financial management, including consultant and contractor engagements, vendor spend reporting, and contract-related financial tracking.
• Maintain the "gold source" of financial and resource data, delivering insights that support portfolio, budget, and investment decisions.
• Partner with FP&A and leadership teams on forecasting, reforecasting, financial flexibility exercises, and budget optimization.
• Provide operational leadership through governance, reporting, and process management to ensure financial decisions are executed efficiently and consistently across the organization.
• Seeks opportunity to advance, automate and streamline departmental processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience. Two years of managing a project preferred. Financial Services or function-specific experience preferred. Previous people-leadership experience preferred.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required. Graduate degree preferred.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is 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.