Chief of Staff

The Vanguard Group • Malvern, PA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

We are establishing an integrated enterprise portfolio spanning Culture (encompassing Inclusion), Leadership, and Talent Development and we are hiring the operator who will make it all work. This is not a support role. This is a control-tower role. You will sit at the center of a complex, high-visibility portfolio and ensure that everything we bring to our leaders, our business partners, and our Board is aligned, timed, integrated, and ready to land. You will collaborate with HR leadership on the following elements: Establishing and embedding enterprise culture and leadership expectations. Embedding inclusive leadership practices across the full talent lifecycle. Spearheading the design and launch of the firm’s first enterprise leadership factory. Establishing enterprise leadership onboarding and transition frameworks. Modernizing enterprise talent development.

Requirements

• Minimum of three years general experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Complexity
• Ambiguity
• Competing priorities
• Senior stakeholders
• Turning big ideas into real-world results
• Operational Execution: You can turn strategy into action. You know how to build plans, dependencies, timelines, and clear paths from idea to impact.
• Stakeholder Navigation: You can drive outcomes even when leaders disagree or priorities shift.
• Prioritization: You know how to balance business value, client need, and delivery effort and you are willing to say no to protect what matters most.
• Judgment & Decision-Making: You ask the right questions, use data when it exists, make sound calls when it doesn’t, and handle sensitive information with discretion and maturity.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of project management experience preferred.
• Two years of experience investment-related roles or global/inter-country experience preferred.
• Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate all deliverables going to Senior Staff, HR Business Partners, the HR Executive Team, and the Board.
• Ensure initiatives are sequenced and absorbed by the organization, not just released.
• Act as the primary integrator with Global Talent Management and other critical partners.
• Own all metrics, insights, and portfolio reporting.
• Prepare the Head of the sub-division for Board, executive, and enterprise-wide moments.
• Set the agenda for staff meetings and offsites; prepare for HR Executive Team updates.
• Ensure everything that leaves this team is clear, coherent, and ready for enterprise consumption.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees