Senior Domain Data Steward

The Vanguard Group • Charlotte, NC

6d • 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 and 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 across operational wealth engines and analytical environments is trusted, high-quality, regulatory-defensible, and structurally aligned to support business operations, advisor tools, and executive analytics.

The role partners on domain roadmaps and data product backlogs; defines domain-specific quality standards, validation rules, and acceptance criteria; promotes business adoption of certified data products and self-service analytics; and independently profiles data using SQL and observability tools. It leads cross-functional investigation and resolution of data defects, validates data flows across wealth platforms and analytical environments, helps operationalize privacy and access controls, and ensures data is complete, traceable, and compliant with regulatory mandates.

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

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 profile datasets, validate data models, trace data lineage, and debug data issues with 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 implementation in software development lifecycles and data pipelines.
• Advocate for the domain with business consumers, including advisors, wealth operations, and executive reporting teams, building confidence in data assets and driving adoption of certified data products and self-service analytics.
• Use SQL and data observability tools to profile data and identify anomalies, schema drift, and pipeline breaks.
• Lead cross-functional triage of domain data defects and partner with Data Engineering to implement permanent technical fixes.
• Validate end-to-end data flows across core wealth platforms and ensure consistency as information moves 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 data quality and operational excellence.

What This Job Offers

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