Senior Retirement Researcher

Vanguard•Malvern, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vanguard’s mission is to give investors the best chance for investment success. Our Retirement Research team is dedicated to producing industry-leading thought leadership to be at the forefront of creating a better retirement system for all. In this role, you’ll help shape that mission through rigorous, data-driven research on how people save, invest, and make retirement decisions—then translate those insights into clear, actionable narratives that influence products, services, and public-policy conversations.

Requirements

Five years related work experience, including four years of research experience.
Experience with large administrative data sets.
Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, data science, or equivalent combination of training and experience required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with investment research preferred.
Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, lead, and execute research projects related to investor behavior, retirement, household finance, investment advice, and public policy.
Assemble and build new data sets, leveraging internal administrative data, third-party and public data sets, survey data, and experimental data.
Work with and produce statistical analyses using large data sets in a cloud computing environment.
Distill insights into a range of research products including data visualizations, white papers, and short insights.
Presents analyses and results internally to Vanguard business partners and externally to industry and policy stakeholders.
Become a go-to thought leader on retirement-related research.
Work with business partners to answer research questions, including those that inform Vanguard products and services.
Develop recommendations on new research topics or methodologies.
Actively engage in team wide discussions to define and prioritize the research agenda.
Identify, and work together with, academic partners in research collaborations.