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About the Role

This role involves conducting research to deepen the understanding of decisions people make about saving, investing, and retirement. The work will generate thought leadership with applications to Vanguard business, media, public policy, and the academic research community. You will collaborate with senior business partners to inform Vanguard products and services, and work on data analysis, surveys, and experiments.

Responsibilities

Conduct scientifically rigorous, relevant, timely, and impactful research.
Analyze administrative data, surveys, experiments, and third-party datasets.
Distill data into compelling visualizations and charts to tell differentiated stories.
Help shape Vanguard’s house view on behavioral economics, household finance, retirement savings and spending, investment advice, and public policy.
Distill insights into high-impact written materials, including research memos, articles, blog posts, white papers, and academic papers.
Present research to a wide range of audiences, including internal business partners, investors, advisors, and industry and academic conferences.
Provide consultation services and act as a subject matter expert.
Prepare and deliver insight presentations and action recommendations.
Communicate complex analytical findings and implications to business partners.
Conduct rapid data analytics to support Vanguard’s response to media and regulator inquiries.
Stay updated on trends in behavioral economics and retirement, identifying new ways to amplify research rigor and impact.
Collaborate with academic partners on research.
Participate in group discussions to identify and debate investment issues and potential research projects.
Develop recommendations on new research topics or methodology issues.
Proactively identify opportunities to enhance team research capabilities, such as new data sources or analytic techniques.

Requirements

Advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in Economics, Finance, Psychology, Decision Sciences, or a related quantitative field required. Doctoral degree (PhD) preferred.
Minimum of five years related work experience in research roles or equivalent educational experience.
Experience conducting, writing, and publishing research on behavioral economics, household finance, retirement, and/or investing strongly preferred.
Able to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.
Proven experience writing code to access, transform, and analyze data.
Proficient at analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, and assessing the significance of changes.
Intellectual curiosity and a passion for generating and pursuing “big ideas” for “aha” insights through research.
Team-first orientation and openness to learning new ideas, skills, and ways of working with a diverse set of teammates and stakeholders.
Capable of producing high-quality analysis to tight deadlines.
Excellent time management and organisational skills.
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
Role Designation: Certified Person

Skills

Behavioral economics
Household finance
Retirement savings and spending
Investment advice
Public policy
Data analysis
Survey analysis
Experimental design
Data visualization
Coding for data access, transformation, and analysis
Large dataset analysis
Trend identification
Significance assessment
Communication of complex concepts
Time management
Organizational skills

Location

London, UK

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Minimum of five years related work experience

Education Level

Masters or PhD

About the Company

Vanguard has incredible people and an inspiring mission: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
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.

Equal Opportunity

Vanguard is fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive working environment.