About the Role
Supports Vanguard's growth in the ETF marketplace by building relationships with buy-side ETF clients and ETF liquidity providers, while contributing to the development of the ETF ecosystem through internal collaboration, external partnerships, and scalable data and technology capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Improve ETF execution outcomes through market structure knowledge, strong processes, and scalable capability building.
- Use strong knowledge of ETF trading dynamics, portfolio management, and risk frameworks to improve execution quality and support internal decision-making.
- Develop and improve data-driven tools, analytics, and workflows that support desk efficiency and strengthen day-to-day processes.
- Identify and support improvements to trading processes, monitoring, and operating models in response to market structure developments.
- Work with internal teams and market participants to address execution challenges and support well-functioning markets.
- Build strong partnerships across the ETF ecosystem to improve client experience, support product success, and help deliver better investor outcomes.
- Build strong working relationships with liquidity providers, brokers, exchanges, and other important ETF ecosystem participants.
- Partner with Sales and Product teams to support ETF growth initiatives, client solutions, and go-to-market priorities.
- Turn ETF expertise into practical guidance that helps clients and internal partners make more informed trading and investment decisions.
- Represent Vanguard externally with regulators, exchanges, and industry bodies to support a more effective market environment for investors.
- Produce high-quality analysis of ETF market trends, liquidity conditions, and macro or regulatory developments relevant to Vanguard’s strategy.
- Develop thought leadership content and represent Vanguard in industry forums, panels, and client discussions.
- Deliver education and training that deepens ETF market understanding across clients, partners, and internal teams.
- Connect market insights to longer-term strategic opportunities, helping inform Vanguard’s perspective on the evolution of the ETF ecosystem.
Requirements
- Proven extensive related work experience, including experience in Capital Markets related roles on buy or sell side preferred.
- Undergraduate degree in finance or economics or equivalent combination of training and experience required.
- Graduate degree preferred.
- This job is a Certified role and UK specific qualifications eg. IMC or CFA preferred.
- 5 days in office work model
- European Designations: Certified, MIFIDII, T&C
- Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position.
Skills
- ETF trading dynamics
- portfolio management
- risk frameworks
- data-driven tools
- analytics
- workflows
- trading processes
- monitoring
- operating models
- market structure
- relationship management
- investor outcomes
- liquidity providers
- brokers
- exchanges
- Sales and Product teams
- client solutions
- go-to-market priorities
- ETF expertise
- market insights
- thought leadership
- industry forums
- panels
- client discussions
- education
- training
- strategic opportunities
- mentoring
- coaching
- leadership
- analytical mindset
- innovative mindset
- structured problem-solving
- judgment
- ownership
Location
- in office
Work Type
- hybrid working model
- 5 days in office
Experience Level
- extensive related work experience
- Capital Markets related roles on buy or sell side preferred
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in finance or economics or equivalent combination of training and experience required
- Graduate degree preferred
- IMC or CFA preferred
About the Company
- Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position.
- Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of its crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.
- Vanguard's mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
- Vanguard, one of the world's leading investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals.
- Vanguard has a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving its clients' best interests.
