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Vanguard

Manages investment funds and retirement savings

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Malvern, PA, USA+2 moreMore locations: Charlotte, NC, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA
HybridHybrid working model with in-person collaboration.
Growth & MarketingProduct Marketing
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Minimum eight years of related work experience, including five years of marketing experience.
  • Experience developing and executing marketing strategies that drive engagement, adoption, retention, and growth within business-to-business and/or business-to-business-to-consumer environments.
  • Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or equivalent experience required.
Responsibilities
  • Lead development and execution of multi-year marketing strategies that position Vanguard's Financial Well-Being and Participant Financial Success offerings as key drivers of sponsor and participant outcomes.
  • Translate business objectives, market opportunities, and client needs into actionable marketing strategies, annual plans, and measurable objectives.
  • Define and evolve audience-specific positioning, value propositions, messaging frameworks, and value stories across plan sponsor, consultant, and participant audiences.
  • Develop a deep understanding of audience needs, preferences, motivations, and decision-making dynamics to inform marketing investments and strategy.
  • Develop audience segmentation frameworks, journey strategies, and marketing plans that address the unique needs of plan sponsors, consultants, and key buying committees across the workplace ecosystem.
  • Leverage market research, client feedback, competitive intelligence, adoption data, and industry trends to identify opportunities and influence business priorities.
  • Monitor industry, regulatory, competitive, and workforce trends to identify emerging opportunities and risks that may impact client needs, market demand, and Vanguard's growth strategy.
  • Lead go-to-market planning and commercialization efforts for strategic initiatives, solutions, partnerships, and enhancements within the financial well-being ecosystem.
  • Partner across Product, Sales, Relationship Management, Strategy, Analytics, Digital, Creative, and Integrated Campaign teams to deliver coordinated marketing programs and experiences.
  • Influence stakeholders across functions and business lines to align on priorities, secure support, and drive execution against strategic objectives.
  • Drive retention and expansion strategies by identifying opportunities to strengthen client engagement, increase solution adoption, and demonstrate business value.
  • Lead retention and expansion marketing initiatives, identifying opportunities to deepen client relationships, increase engagement with Vanguard solutions, and support business growth objectives.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insight-driven recommendations on audience strategy, market positioning, growth opportunities, and investment priorities.
  • Represent Marketing as a strategic thought partner in business planning discussions, helping shape product, client experience, and commercialization priorities through audience and market insights.
  • Lead annual and quarterly planning processes to align marketing roadmaps, resources, and investments with enterprise and business objectives.
  • Establish and maintain measurement frameworks that assess performance, optimize marketing effectiveness, and support continuous improvement.
  • Foster a test-and-learn culture that enables experimentation, innovation, and ongoing refinement of messaging, content, channels, and audience strategies.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in retirement, workplace benefits, financial wellness, wealth management, or financial services marketing.
  • Broad knowledge of Vanguard's investment product line-up and an understanding of the overall investment markets.
  • Graduate degree preferred.

About the company

Vanguard manages mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and retirement investments for individuals, financial advisers, and institutions. Its Vanguard 500 Index Fund gives investors exposure to large U.S. companies by tracking the S&P 500, while its lineup also includes actively managed stock and bond funds. Clients invest through brokerage and retirement accounts, workplace plans, or advisers, and advisory services build and maintain portfolios around their goals. Fund expenses and advisory fees pay for investment management and account services, with advisory charges based on the assets managed. Founded in 1975, Vanguard is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Private

Total Funding

$11.2M

Headquarters

Kline Township, Pennsylvania

Founded

1975

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What believers are saying

  • U.S. retirement support adds compensation: Vanguard contributes 10% of salary to 401(k)s, plus a match up to 4%.
  • Lower fees support competitiveness: February 2026 cuts reached 84 Vanguard fund share classes across 53 funds.
  • Advisor custody is the next expansion: Vanguard agreed to acquire wealth platform Altruist in August 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Active strategies depend on partners: Vanguard uses over 20 outside managers, including Wellington and T. Rowe Price.
  • Cash awards depend on collective results: Vanguard's U.S. Partnership Plan links payments to company performance and client outcomes.
  • Stewardship faces binding limits: Vanguard's February 2026 Texas settlement restricts climate advocacy for specified U.S. fund holdings.

What makes Vanguard unique

  • Fund investors sit above the company: Vanguard is owned by its funds, which their shareholders own.
  • Costs stay exceptionally low: Vanguard's U.S. funds averaged 0.07% in asset-weighted expenses in 2025.
  • Index investors choose their voting approach: Vanguard Investor Choice applies selected policies to eligible fund shareholders' corporate votes.

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Benefits

  • Best-in-class medical, dental & vision coverage
  • Onsite health clinic & fitness center
  • Health Smart Rewards program
  • Vanguard Retirement Savings Plan
  • Education Benefits
  • PTO
  • Family Planning Benefist
  • Parental leave
  • Personal development opportunities
  • Volunteer Time Off

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

6%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

8%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 12th, 2026
$500K in VOO puts $40,400 into NVIDIA alone as top 10 holdings hit 37.78%

A $500,000 position in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) puts $40,400 into NVIDIA alone, as the chipmaker made up 8.08% of the fund on August 31, 2026. The fund's top 10 holdings account for 37.78%, or $188,900. The S&P 500 weights companies by market value, so NVIDIA's growth lifted its share automatically. Its stock rose 1,005.49% over five years to October 9, 2026, while VOO rose 90.68%. Concentration brings swings. A 2% weekly drop in NVIDIA on that slice costs about $808, roughly five years of VOO's $150 annual fee at 0.03%. Investors who also hold NVIDIA shares or a tech fund may face higher exposure than the fund's weight suggests.

PR Newswire
Sep 9th, 2026
Council for Economic Education launches National Investment Challenge with Vanguard's My Classroom Investor simulation

The Council for Economic Education has launched the National Investment Challenge, a new competition designed to teach high school students foundational investing skills. The challenge will use Vanguard's free My Classroom Investor simulation, where students manage mock 30-year portfolios and respond to market shifts and unexpected events. Early access opens in November, with the competition starting in January 2027. It will include qualifying rounds, state rounds, and culminate in a national final in Philadelphia in May, with teams competing for cash prizes. In the simulation, students choose characters with financial goals and manage portfolios containing stocks, bonds, and ETFs. The programme aligns with CEE Standards and the CFA Investment Foundations exam, helping students build credential-ready skills whilst learning long-term investment principles.

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Sep 4th, 2026
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Axios
Aug 26th, 2026
Vanguard pays $4.6B for RIA software startup Altruist

Vanguard is pushing into Fidelity's turf.

PR Newswire
Aug 26th, 2026
Vanguard to acquire AI-forward wealth platform Altruist to expand financial advice reach

Vanguard has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Altruist, an AI-forward wealth technology and custody platform serving financial advisors. The deal, expected to close later this year pending regulatory approvals, aims to expand access to financial advice by enabling advisors to serve more clients efficiently. Vanguard first invested in Altruist in 2020 to increase competition in the registered investment advisor custody space. Following the acquisition, Altruist will operate as a standalone business, retaining its leadership, brand, and operating model whilst gaining access to Vanguard's resources and investment expertise. The transaction terms were not disclosed. Altruist will continue focusing on providing integrated technology solutions for independent financial advisors, combining custody services with portfolio management tools.