Senior Domain Data Steward

Vanguard • Malvern, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Domain Data Steward serves as the primary domain authority and cross-functional connector across an assigned USDI, such as Client & Household, Account, Portfolio & Performance, Advisor, Alternative Products, or Reference Data. Working with Data Product Managers, IT/Engineering teams, and Business Domain Owners, the role owns the end-to-end health, usability, and trust of wealth data assets. It bridges business intent and technical delivery to ensure data in operational wealth engines and analytical environments is trusted, high-quality, regulatory-defensible, and structured to support business operations, advisor tools, and executive analytics.

Vanguard describes a hybrid working model for the majority of its crew members, intended to balance flexibility with in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Partner with Data Product Managers to translate business priorities, operational friction points, and consumer needs into prioritized product backlogs and technical delivery milestones.
• Establish domain-specific data quality benchmarks, validation rules, and business acceptance criteria for integration into software development lifecycles and data pipelines.
• Advocate for the domain among business consumers, including advisors, wealth operations, and executive reporting, building confidence in data assets, accelerating self-service analytics, and encouraging adoption of certified data products.
• Independently profile and investigate data using SQL and data observability tools to detect anomalies, schema drifts, and pipeline breaks.
• Lead cross-functional triage of domain data defects and partner with Data Engineering teams on permanent technical fixes.
• Validate end-to-end data flows across core wealth platforms to ensure consistency as information moves from operational platforms into cloud data warehouses and analytical layers.
• Partner with Risk, Information Security, and Engineering to implement client data protection, entitlement models, and privacy standards in data products.
• Ensure domain data is complete, traceable, and compliant with regulatory mandates.
• Align Business Domain Owners, Data Product Managers, and IT Engineering around a shared vision for data quality and operational excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior