Insights & Planning Lead

Vanguard•Toronto, ON

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vanguard has an exciting opportunity for an Insights & Planning Lead. In this role you will be responsible for managing complex projects or multiple workstreams within broader programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market conditions. This role involves developing strategic project plans, mitigating risks and influencing key stakeholders to drive seamless execution.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience delivering executive-ready insights and influencing senior stakeholders with clear narratives and decision options
Advanced analytics capability: ability to query/manipulate complex datasets; strong critical thinking and hypothesis-led problem solving
Strong data visualization and communication skills (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) with an ability to make complex information understandable and actionable.
Proven ability to work iteratively, consultatively, and independently in an ambiguous environment; strong prioritization and stakeholder management.
High proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Strong communication skills — you can influence, present clearly, and build trust
A collaborative mindset — you enjoy coaching others, sharing knowledge, and uplifting the people around you
Familiarity with workforce/cost/delivery metrics in a technology organization.
Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience, with 5 Years of strong background in business project management, stakeholder engagement and process optimization.
Bachelor’s degree (BBA / B.Com / BMS) or MBA (Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field).

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary insights partner for Americas/IPE technology leadership, providing clear recommendations, decision options, and trade-off narratives tailored to CIO and senior leader needs.
Shape and deliver regular performance narratives (monthly/quarterly) that integrate delivery, workforce, financial, and productivity signals into one cohesive story for leadership decisions.
Build strong stakeholder relationships and operate as a consultative partner, iterating based on feedback and influencing priorities and actions.
Convert complex and disparate data into actionable insights, with an emphasis on clarity, accuracy, and executive-level storytelling.
Diagnose trends and drivers (e.g., capacity, throughput, demand, cost, productivity, adoption) and translate them into implications and next steps.
Partner with Finance and the wider PMO team to align metrics and ensure consistency across planning and performance narratives.
Lead the shift from manual processes to automation and self-serve dashboards, reducing recurring effort and increasing repeatability and trust in the insights.
Sponsor and/or lead analytics enablement initiatives that improve how insights are produced (e.g., dashboarding, workflow automation, AI-assisted analysis), partnering with technical teams and/or short-term third-party support where needed.
Set standards for data quality, documentation, and repeatable insight generation so that leadership decisions are based on a reliable “gold copy” of key signals.