Core Responsibilities: 

• Lead a team of crew and leaders across a variety of disciplines and career stages, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous growth. Consistently builds, retains and advances high performing teams.  

• Influence and own the product strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, and operational health of Workday HCM and related HR technology platforms supporting Vanguard crew globally. 

• Partner with HR and business leaders to deliver technology capabilities that attract, recruit, onboard, develop, and retain top talent. 

• Define, prioritize, and deliver product investments aligned to enterprise and Human Resources strategic objectives. 

• Drive continuous improvement across core HR processes by leveraging automation, self-service, data, and emerging technologies to enhance the crew experience. 

• Play a key role in evolving Vanguard's HR service delivery model across people, process, and technology. 

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought leader to senior stakeholders, translating business needs into scalable and sustainable technology solutions. 

• Establish governance, adoption, and measurement practices that ensure solutions deliver measurable business value and operational excellence. 

• Continuously deepen HR technology expertise through strategic partnerships, industry engagement, training, and professional development. 

 What it takes: 

• Demonstrated experience owning and evolving a Workday HCM platform, including roadmap management, governance, optimization, integrations, and stakeholder engagement at scale. 

• Demonstrated success partnering with executive leaders to identify strategic needs, influence decisions, and drive outcomes. 

• Proven success defining product strategy, roadmaps, and SaaS-based HR technology solutions, including Workday HCM, that deliver measurable business outcomes and align enterprise, divisional, and functional HR priorities. 

• Proven success defining and delivering product strategies that enable business outcomes through SaaS-based solutions. 

• Deep expertise in Workday HCM and related HR technologies, with the ability to align platform capabilities to business priorities.  

• Knowledge of HR processes and technologies across talent acquisition, onboarding, employee development, performance management, organizational management, and workforce planning. 

• Experience developing and executing technology roadmaps aligned to enterprise, divisional, and functional strategies. 

• Strong consultative, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and lead through change. 

• Experience leading large-scale HR technology transformations, platform implementations, or modernization initiatives. 

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in HR technology, Human Capital Management systems, or related business functions including 5+ years leading managers and technical teams. 

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

 

Special Factors:

• Vanguard is NOT offering visa sponsorship for this position. 

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.