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Job Location drjobs

Malvern, PA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

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About the Job

Doing the right thing for investors is what were all about at Vanguard. For over 40 years weve pursued our highest purpose of giving our clients the best chance for investment success. That includes enabling financial advisors (who in turn serve endinvestors) to manage highly successful practices. Indeed the mission of Vanguards Financial Advisor Services (FAS) business is to be the advisor to the advisor.

The Advisor Experience Research team (AXR) within FAS Marketing is a center of excellence that supports not only Marketing but also teams across the FAS division. We do any type of research that is to help key stakeholders make decisions with our audiences needs in mind from sizing product/market fit to UX/UI testing.

Were seeking a Senior Advisor Experience Researcher to provide research coverage across our new Artificial Intelligence (AI) portfolio. Daytoday you will partner with crossfunctional product teams including AI/ML engineers IT architects and solution consultants product managers and business subject matter experts. You will design and lead the research strategy conduct complex mixedmethods studies and drive strategic usercentric decisions for multiple AIenabled products.

The role is structured with your success in mind: you will be embedded with crossfunctional product teams and your immediate teammates will be researchers aligned to other areas of FAS. As a team we exist to inspire client obsession. Our goal is simple: to do great research and to be great to work with.


Were looking for someone whos excited about:

  • Making the complex beautiful distilling ideas to their essence to enable evidencebased decision making

  • Striking a balance between user needs and business value based on a deep understanding and appreciation of each

  • Deploying the latest research methods with experience to know when to be lean and when to be rigorous

  • Mitigating research bias synthesizing connecting dots and doubling down on actionability

  • Facilitating asking as well as answering meaningful and impactful questions

  • Collaborating bringing your teams along with you

  • Learning especially with regard to emerging technology and the integration of humanistic frameworks into machine learning models


Were excited to find someone who has:

  • A graduate degree MA/MS/PhD in HCI HCD Psychology Cognitive Science Anthropology Sociology Communication Statistics or related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience

  • 5 years of multimethod research experience

  • Specialization in 1 research methods and working knowledge of methods outside your specialization area such that you are able to recommend and execute whatever method will best address the problem at hand

  • Product research experience with demonstrated success in translating research insights into viable product features and/or inputs to critical product decisions

  • Capability to work in a 0to1 space innovating and iterating quickly to create new solutions from the ground up

  • Ability to tailor information to different audiences and levels of leadership

  • Excellent project management skills that allow you to effectively support multiple products and projects at once

  • Sophisticated stakeholder management including working with product teams who may be unfamiliar with research as well as teams who cant get enough research

  • A portfolio that demonstrates your command of the endtoend research process and the tangible impact of your work

ValueAdds/NicetoHaves

  • Familiarity with AI concepts and experience building or contributing to products utilizing AI tools and/or decision engines

  • Experience with businesstobusiness (B2B) research or highly technical/specialized user groups

  • Humancentered design or design thinking training/certification

  • Experience using the JobsToBeDone/OutcomeDriven Innovation framework

This role is part of our hybrid work model with Tuesdays Thursdays required in our offices to foster collaboration and relationships. On Mondays and Fridays our crew will have the option to work remotely or continue working from our offices in Malvern PA. Relocation assistance is available for this role.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the longterm financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

Our commitment to diversity equity and inclusion

Vanguards commitment to diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) is central to our ability to deliver on our mission. We aspire to create a work environment that is inclusive equitable and diverseone that enables our employees whom we call crew to thrive and bring their best selves to work every day on behalf of our clients.

Cultivating DEI lifts our entire organization and everyone shares accountability for our progressfrom our senior leaders who lay the foundation and set the example for inclusive behaviors to crew who are growing in their personal DEI learning experiences.

Together were on a mission. We are fueled by the value of diverse voices and connected through friendships and a culture of carefor our clients our communities and each other.

Vanguards DEI journey has no finish line. Our commitment is enduring and we remain focused on the path ahead. To learn more about Vanguard goals and progress toward DEI download our Diversity Equity and Inclusion Report.

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:

Senior IC

Employment Type

Full-Time

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