Etf and Fixed Income Tech Lead - London, United Kingdom - Vanguard

Vanguard

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Summary:

Provides expert level IT technical lead services, including the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation, and integration of new and existing technologies and tools.

About Vanguard:

Vanguard is an investment company unlike any other.

It was founded by Jack Bogle in the US in 1975 on a simple but ground-breaking idea: that an investment company should handle its funds solely in the interests of its clients.

Jack helped bring investing to the masses with the index fund. Index funds do not pick individual shares or bonds to beat the market. They supervise the performance of the entire market. Or as Jack put it, "Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack". We have stood for low-cost, uncomplicated investing ever since.

Over the last 45 years people have come round to our way of thinking and more than 30 million investors worldwide now trust us with their money.

Core Responsibilities:

As the ETF and Fixed Income Tech Lead, you will;

Provide expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms. Provides technical expertise and completes sophisticated development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
Ensure the viability of IT deliverables. Recommends development options and approves the team's technical deliverables. Conducts testing, including functionality, technical limitations, and security.
Identify potential solutions and approves technical solutions proposed by team members. Elevates complex technical issues to IT experts. Resolves technical problems discovered by testers and internal clients. Responds to and resolves technical issues in a timely manner. Researches issues and performs root cause analysis. Anticipates technology problems and prevents them.
Communicate with key stakeholders on project issues and implications. Evaluates the impacts of change requests on technologies and optimally persuades and influences others on ideas.
Maintains a current and solid understanding of IT development methodology, architecture design, and technical standards. Mentors IT staff and identifies training needs. As new standards are instituted, ensures their usage by team members.
Review and approve documentation and diagrams crafted by IT team members. Writes documentation, including technical standards and processes.
Finds opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
Participate in design, code, and test inspections throughout product life cycle to identify issues. Participates as a technical consultant at other project meetings. Presents technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
Thoroughly understands and aligns with Information Technology and Information Security policies and procedures, and verifies that deliverables meet requirements.

Qualifications:

Comprehensive related work experience, with at least three years of development experience.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Inclusion Statement:

Vanguard's continued dedication to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture.

Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: "Do the right thing.

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve.

We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard's core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose.

Our core purpose:

To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection.

We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.