Key skills
JavaScriptAIArtificial IntelligenceAnalyticsAgileScrumKanbanLeadershipStakeholder ManagementCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
About Vanguard
Founded in 1975, Vanguard is one of the world's leading investment management companies. The firm offers investments, advice, and retirement services to tens of millions of individual investors around the globe—directly, through workplace plans, and through financial intermediaries.
Vanguard’s India Office
Vanguard’s office in India is a significant milestone in our global expansion. We are committed to establishing an enduring technology center in Hyderabad, Telangana and are excited to be adding talent who will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), mobile, and cloud-based technologies that drive our business outcomes and deliver a world-class experience for our clients.
Role Summary
As a Senior Engineering Manager (Adobe Engineering), you will play a critical leadership role in shaping Vanguard’s digital front door for millions of investors worldwide. This Product Family is central to how we attract, engage, and convert prospects into clients delivering seamless, personalised, and data-driven experiences across every stage of the investor journey.
This role combines strategic leadership with deep technical expertise across the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem. You will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for Vanguard’s digital marketing web platforms, driving innovation in personalisation, scalability, and performance. Partnering closely with Product, UX, Data, and cross-channel teams, you will enable connected investor journeys that drive measurable business outcomes such as engagement, conversion, and long-term client value.
Responsibilites
- Lead, hire, and develop high-performing engineering teams, including Engineering Managers and individual contributors
- Drive delivery of next-generation, data-driven client experiences in collaboration with Product Managers, architects, and UX strategists
- Provide technical leadership across Adobe Experience Cloud, including AEM, Adobe Target, Launch/WebSDK, and personalisation platforms
- Own platform scalability, reliability, performance, and operational excellence for digital web experiences
- Partner across channels (mobile, email, advisor platforms, call centre, secure site) to ensure seamless and consistent client journeys
- Translate behavioural analytics and customer data into actionable engineering and product decisions
- Ensure engineering solutions meet security, privacy, regulatory, and data governance standards
- Guide architectural decisions and ensure alignment with modern engineering practices including DevOps, SRE, and test automation
- Identify and resolve complex technical challenges while driving continuous improvement initiatives
- Define team skill requirements, lead capability-building efforts, and drive upskilling programmes
- Coach and mentor future leaders through structured development and succession planning
- Set performance standards, conduct reviews, and manage compensation decisions in accordance with HR policies
- Collaborate with global stakeholders and influence senior leadership through effective communication and technical storytelling
- Lead and contribute to strategic initiatives and special projects as required
Qualifications and Skills
- 10+ years of professional experience in technology and software engineering, with at least 5 years in a mangerial role with a strong focus on application engineering.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, including Engineering Managers
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including headful and headless implementations
- 3+ years of experience with Adobe Launch/WebSDK and Adobe Target
- Strong expertise in web development technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Proven experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performance digital applications
- Strong understanding of MarTech ecosystems and personalisation strategies
- Ability to translate business and marketing requirements into technical solutions that drive outcomes
- 7+ years of experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean)
- Experience with modern engineering practices including DevOps, test automation, and Site Reliability Engineering
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
Location
This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.
Our mission
Vanguard adheres to a simple purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.
Our commitment to you
Vanguard takes the same long-term view of your success—at work and in life—with Benefits and Rewards packages that reflect what you care about, throughout all the phases and stages of your life. Our Total Rewards programs provide you and your loved ones with wellness support for key areas in your life:
Financial wellness
We're committed to enabling your financial success and provide competitive offers and programs.
Physical wellness
We're committed to providing benefits that support your physical health and wellness.
Personal wellness
We're committed to providing resources that help support the full scope of your life.
How we work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for most of our employees (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.