About this role
About Advice & Wealth Management
Vanguard’s Advice & Wealth Management organization delivers investor‑centric advice and wealth management services across digital, hybrid, and advisor/relationship manager‑led experiences.
Role Summary
As a Senior Solutions Architect, you are a strategic advisor and technical leader operating at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and technology delivery. You shape and guide enterprise-scale solutions across the Advice & Wealth Management portfolio, ensuring alignment to business outcomes, architectural integrity, and long-term platform evolution. You partner with senior business and technology leaders to define future-state solutions, influence strategic direction, and enable delivery teams to execute effectively in complex, evolving environments. You influence direction without direct authority.
What You’ll Do
Architecture Leadership & Strategy
• Provide architectural leadership across large, cross-domain initiatives within and outside of Advice & Wealth Management
• Translate business goals into scalable, secure, and resilient solution architectures
• Ensure alignment to enterprise standards, reference architectures, and platform strategies
Solution Design & Delivery Enablement
• Drive solutioning across key domains including:
• Advisor desktop and client experience platforms
• Brokerage and trading integrations
• Recordkeeping and account lifecycle management
• Back-office servicing, reconciliation, and operational workflows
• Provide both short-term and long-term architectural guidance to multiple delivery teams
• Ensure solutions balance client and crew experience, scalability, regulatory considerations, and cost
Influence & Partnership
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders
• Influence architectural direction without formal authority
• Facilitate alignment across complex stakeholder groups and competing priorities
• Communicate trade-offs clearly to enable informed decision-making
Communication & Architecture Craft
• Produce executive-ready artifacts (capability models, system diagrams, solution options)
• Clearly articulate complex tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Enable informed decision-making through structured solution evaluations
Mentorship & Leadership
• Mentor engineers, solution consultants, and architects on solution design and best practices
• Contribute to architecture patterns, reusable designs, and governance processes
• Act as a thought leader driving innovation and continuous improvement
What You’ll Need
Experience & Domain Expertise
• Significant experience (10+ years) in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or complex system design
• Proven track record leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in enterprise environments
• Experience shaping architecture strategy and guiding delivery across multiple teams
• Strong knowledge of Advice, Wealth Management, or regulated financial services domains with depth in one or more of the following:
• Brokerage and trading systems
• Recordkeeping platforms (retirement, accounts, positions, transactions)
• Custody and clearing integrations
• Back-office operations (reconciliation, servicing, compliance workflows)
Technical & Architectural Skills
• Deep understanding of modern architecture patterns (APIs, event-driven systems, cloud-native design, AI)
• Experience with integration across internal platforms and third-party/vendor ecosystems
• Strong data architecture awareness (data flows, governance, analytics enablement)
Core Leadership Skills
• Exceptional systems thinking and problem framing
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and drive clarity
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills
• Ability to balance strategic vision with pragmatic delivery
Technical & Architectural Perspective
• Experience with modern architecture patterns (APIs, event-driven systems, cloud platforms)
• Understanding of data, integration, and operational resiliency considerations in financial services ecosystems
• Ability to balance architectural rigor with delivery pragmatism
Mindset & Behaviors
• Strategic, outcome-oriented, and intellectually curious
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving better solutions
• Collaborative, with a strong ability to build alignment across teams
• Passionate about improving client and crew experiences, and operational efficiency at scale
Why Join Us
• Shape the future of Advice & Wealth Management at enterprise scale
• Influence critical platform decisions and strategic initiatives
• Work at the intersection of business strategy, architecture, and innovation
• Partner with senior leaders on high-impact, high-visibility programs
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.