Senior Domain Data Steward

The Senior Domain Data Steward serves as the primary domain authority and cross-functional connector across assigned USDI (e.g., Client & Household, Account, Portfolio & Performance, Advisor, Alternative Products, or Reference Data).

Working hand in hand with Data Product Managers, IT/Engineering teams, and Business Domain Owners, this role owns the end-to-end health, usability, and trust of wealth data assets. The Domain Data Steward bridges business intent and technical delivery-ensuring data across operational wealth engines and analytical environments is inherently trusted, high-quality, regulatory-defensible, and structurally aligned to power core business operations, advisor tools, and executive analytics.

Responsibilities:

• Co-Own Domain Roadmaps: Partner directly with Data Product Managers to translate business domain priorities, operational friction points, and consumer needs into prioritized product backlogs and technical delivery milestones.

• Define Data Trust Standards: Establish domain-specific quality benchmarks, validation rules, and business acceptance criteria for Data Product Managers and IT Engineers to embed directly into software development lifecycles (SDLC) and data pipelines.

• Drive Business Adoption: Act as the primary advocate for the domain to business consumers (advisors, wealth operations, executive reporting)-building confidence in data assets, accelerating self-service analytics, and driving adoption of certified data products.
• Proactive Observability & Profiling: Conduct independent data profiling and investigation using SQL and data observability tools to detect anomalies, schema drifts, and pipeline breaks.

• Root-Cause Incident Resolution: Lead cross-functional triaging of domain data defects, partnering directly with Data Engineering teams to implement permanent technical fixes rather than temporary workarounds.
• Data Flow & Ecosystem Integrity: Validate end-to-end data flows across core wealth platforms to ensure data consistency as information transitions from operational platforms into cloud data warehouses and analytical layers.
• Operationalize Privacy & Controls: Partner with Risk, Information Security, and Engineering to implement client data protection, entitlement models, and privacy standards inside data products.

• Audit & Regulatory Readiness: Ensure domain data is complete, traceable, and compliant with critical regulatory mandates.

• Cross-Team Alignment: Serve as the connective tissue aligning Business Domain Owners, Data Product Managers, and IT Engineering around a unified vision for data quality and operational excellence.

Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Finance, Business, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience: 8-10+ years of experience in data stewardship, data management, business analysis, or private wealth operations.
• Domain Expertise: Strong functional knowledge of Private Wealth Management processes and structures (e.g., client onboarding, household hierarchies, trust/fiduciary accounting, portfolio accounting, alternative investments, or GIPS performance metrics).
• Technical Proficiency: Hands-on ability to write SQL queries to independently profile datasets, validate data models, trace data lineage, and debug data issues alongside engineering teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated success collaborating with agile software delivery teams, Data Product Managers, and technical engineers to prioritize backlogs and build trusted data assets.
• Wealth Platforms: Operational familiarity with core wealth enterprise systems.
• Data & Delivery Stack: Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms and observability/collaboration tools.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Scottsdale, AZ, Charlotte, NC, Malvern, PA, Grand Prairie, TX

Job ID: Vanguard-181615

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-10-30T21:57:11