Senior Regulatory Enablement Specialist

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leads regulatory enablement activities across initiatives and business processes, ensuring alignment with applicable rules, regulations, and internal policy requirements. Manages projects or multiple workstreams within a broader project or program. Develops, implements, and monitors project plans. Contributes expertise to major project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks. Provides insight on best practices and common obstacles based on prior experiences. Serves as a trusted advisor to ensure projects are aligned with the overall company strategy and market conditions. Serves as a subject matter expert on regulatory requirements, providing guidance on interpretation, applicability, and implementation. Partners with Business, Legal, Compliance, and Risk to translate requirements into actionable controls and operational practices. Reviews and challenges business processes, client communications, and deliverables to ensure regulatory compliance, accuracy, and client clarity. Provides oversight and support where risks or gaps are identified. Communicates project status and issues regularly to stakeholders, including leaders, team members, and senior managers. Builds and maintains effective relationships. Proactively fosters communication between internal and external project stakeholders. Influences key decisions across stakeholder groups, ensuring regulatory considerations are balanced with business objectives and client experience. Identifies, assesses, and mitigates regulatory and operational risks. Proactively surfaces issues, drives resolution strategies, and escalates as appropriate to senior leadership and control partners. Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned, with a focus on strengthening regulatory compliance and enablement capabilities.

Requirements

Minimum of five years related work experience.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience required.

Nice To Haves

Two years of managing a project preferred.
Financial Services and function-specific experience preferred.
Graduate degree preferred.
Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi‑year initiatives that require both project management and change management expertise, ideally in regulated or risk‑focused environments.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across levels, functions, and competing priorities.
Experience in risk management, controls, audit, or compliance is highly valued.
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, structure work, and drive results in evolving program environments.
A collaborative, consultative leadership style with a passion for improving how work gets done and enabling sustainable change.

Responsibilities

Leads regulatory enablement activities across initiatives and business processes, ensuring alignment with applicable rules, regulations, and internal policy requirements.
Manages projects or multiple workstreams within a broader project or program.
Develops, implements, and monitors project plans.
Contributes expertise to major project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
Provides insight on best practices and common obstacles based on prior experiences.
Serves as a trusted advisor to ensure projects are aligned with the overall company strategy and market conditions.
Serves as a subject matter expert on regulatory requirements, providing guidance on interpretation, applicability, and implementation.
Partners with Business, Legal, Compliance, and Risk to translate requirements into actionable controls and operational practices.
Reviews and challenges business processes, client communications, and deliverables to ensure regulatory compliance, accuracy, and client clarity.
Provides oversight and support where risks or gaps are identified.
Communicates project status and issues regularly to stakeholders, including leaders, team members, and senior managers.
Builds and maintains effective relationships.
Proactively fosters communication between internal and external project stakeholders.
Influences key decisions across stakeholder groups, ensuring regulatory considerations are balanced with business objectives and client experience.
Identifies, assesses, and mitigates regulatory and operational risks.
Proactively surfaces issues, drives resolution strategies, and escalates as appropriate to senior leadership and control partners.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned, with a focus on strengthening regulatory compliance and enablement capabilities.