Head of Technology Strategy and Governance APAC
Head of Technology Strategy and Governance APAC
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About Vanguard
More than 45 years ago John C. Bogle had a vision to start an investment company that did things differently. A company with no external shareholders. Where all the profits were invested back into the business and used to lower costs. Evidently it was as bold as it was brilliant. To this day Vanguard Group still has no external shareholders. That means no share prices to protect and no profits to generate for outside owners.
Today Vanguard is one of the worlds largest investment management companies serving more than 50 million investors worldwide. For more than 25 years Vanguard Australia has been supporting individual investors financial advisers and superannuation members to achieve their longterm financial goals.
Our Team
Our team APAC Technology Strategy & Governance (S&G) function enables guides monitors and supports the health of International Systems and Technology.
Its core mission is to support the success of our business through the provision of strategic direction the application of high quality standards that drive decision making accountability quality and behaviors that cultivate a clientfocused empowered and continuous improvement culture.
The function consists of four core domains Finance Business Partnering Strategic Alignment & Delivery Operational Performance & Effectiveness and Risk Compliance & Controls.
About the role
As the head of the function reporting directly to the CIO with 6 direct reports the role is responsible for the following key areas which roll into one or more of the four domains:
Core Responsibilities
Technology Vision Strategic Planning & Business Alignment
Design maintains and leads the longterm technology strategy and roadmap ensuring clear alignment to divisional subdivisional and core regional business objectives.
Identifies and guides the regional adoption of emerging technologies e.g. AI cloud cybersecurity blockchain) that drive innovation.
Ensures technology investments provide a strong ROI value generation and a competitive edge.
Stays current with industry & technology trends and continuously innovates across APAC Technology.
Lead Technology & Digital Transformation Leadership
Oversees the delivery of ongoing cloud adoption AI/ML automation modernization technical debt and a broad array of technology driven initiatives
Drives modern agile and lean ways of working adoption maturity and drives scaled practices and adaptive processes across DevOps and CI/CD methodologies for faster efficient delivery.
Oversees the delivery of divisionalwide technical driven initiatives
Business & Technology Alignment
Collaborates with the SLT (Senior Leadership Team) senior business leaders and Vanguard entities e.g. VSPL (OST) VGI VIUK) to integrate technology with broader business strategies & obligations
Ensures business needs are effectively translated into techdriven solutions that enhance efficiency deliver business value and provide exceptional customer experience
Works in partnership with CDAO and delivery teams on improving data literacy enabling datadriven decisionmaking with advanced analytics and AI
Innovation & Emerging Tech Adoption
Identifies pilots and supports enterprisewide new technologies adoptions e.g. cloud and cloud multiregion AI ML blockchain)
Develops R&D and innovation strategies to maintain competitive advantage
Partners with startups academia and industry experts to support innovation across APAC Tech
Technology Investment & Governance
Oversees technology budgets resource management vendor oversight and cost optimization such as TCO (total cost of ownership which include ongoing cloud costs)
Maintain modern adaptive risk management compliance regulatory audit security 3rd party offshore and other obligatory oversight frameworks to ensure the ongoing health of Technology is monitored.
Ensures continued adherence to a broad range of regulatory requirements e.g. GS007 CPS230 CPS234 CPS190 FAR)
Performance Metrics & Continuous Improvement
Defines and tracks KPIs OKRs & OHIs Organisational Health) Indicators to measure and monitor goals and health for technology e.g. DORA FLOW uptime cost savings adoption rates run measures SLAs risks vulnerabilities)
Promotes a culture of accountability ownership continuous learning process improvement process & engineering excellence and risk awareness
Supports ES&F & ERM to ensures scalability security and resilience of applications services integrations and infrastructure
What are we looking for
15 years related work experience (Technology delivery strategy governance oversight risk and PMO).
8 years experience as a technology delivery leader preferred.
8 years experience operating within highly adaptive agile and lean environments certifications and accreditations to support. Sound understanding and experience with the scaling of agile frameworks and methodologies.
Sound knowledge and experience of program/portfolio management practices principals tools and techniques.
Undergraduate degree in Business Computer Science or equivalent combination of training and experience. ITIL ITSM & COBIT 5 certification or equivalent experience preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including confident presentational skills to senior leaders and business partners executive presence
Practical experience in the use BI tools PowerBI Tableau AI enabled etc are preferred
Inclusion Statement
Vanguards continued commitment 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 Vanguards 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 Vanguards 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 inperson learning collaboration and connection. We believe our missiondriven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support longterm client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
