Delivery Manager, Automation Solutions

Vanguard Job Opportunity

Aligned to Finance's divisional goals, the Automation Delivery Manager leads a team of automation developers responsible for delivering scalable automation solutions across the Fund Ecosystem. The role owns portfolio execution, technical delivery, engineering standards, and team leadership while partnering with business leaders, product managers, and IT teams to ensure automation investments produce measurable business outcomes. In addition to delivery accountability, the manager provides technical leadership by establishing development standards, guiding architecture and platform decisions, promoting engineering best practices, and ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, and supportable at scale. The Automation Delivery Manager is accountable for both business outcomes and technical excellence across the automation portfolio, including:

• People leadership and talent development
• Portfolio prioritization and delivery execution
• Product demand shaping and business value realization
• Technical quality, engineering practices, and delivery standards
• Technical direction and oversight across automation platforms
• Long-term sustainability, resiliency, and supportability of solutions

Core 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.
• Responsible for delivering software releases relating to the product for the business units. Works with business clients to determine scope and develops environmental requirements for each project.
• Works closely with management to develop and implement staffing and operational plans. Participates in the development of short- and long-term department goals. Monitors and reports on service delivery metrics and overall performance.
• Develops and implements changes to department policies and procedures to meet changing business needs and to achieve department objectives. Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Leads quality initiatives to improve the delivery of service levels. Works with senior management in the planning, development, and execution of short- and long-range goals.
• Presents status, metrics, and department initiatives at meetings with management and project peers. Maintains relationships with technical teams, IT, and business partners.
• Participates in the development of the department budget. Reviews expenses and ensures department operates within budgetary guidelines.
• Ensures staff complies with information technology and information security policies and procedures and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience with two years of managing technical delivery teams. 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.

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