Relationship Manager

Vanguard Group, Inc.

$70K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three years related work experience, ideally in Client Services or Relationship Management.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent training and experience.
  • Regulatory license required (FINRA 6 and 63) or ability to obtain within 90 days.
  • Ability and willingness to travel for client meetings as necessary.
  • Demonstrated experience in navigating ambiguity and problem solving.

Responsibilities

  • Consults with clients to evaluate their needs and provides support for process improvements.
  • Identifies and resolves client inquiries related to Vanguard's products and services.
  • Facilitates collaborative solutions across internal teams to enhance client experiences.
  • Proactively assesses opportunities to strengthen client relationships and fund utilization.
  • Participates in team projects and performs additional duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities to enhance career growth.
  • Collaborative work culture that emphasizes teamwork and shared success.
  • Exposure to a variety of internal teams and processes within Vanguard.
  • Limited client travel offers flexibility and relationship-building opportunities.
Full Job Description
What's the scope of the Full-Service Relationship Representative (Relationship Manager) role? What experience would be gained from it?
  • Serving full-service clients under $200M.
  • Building deep relationships with decision makers within client organizations to foster loyalty and demonstrate Vanguard's value proposition.
  • May gain limited exposure to consultant relationships, including occasional interaction with Key Account consultant firms and collaboration with CEG partners, as aligned to role scope and client needs.
  • Delivering strategies to increase impact for plan participant success and plan sponsor client loyalty and satisfaction.
  • Developing deep knowledge of Vanguard full-service recordkeeping offer.
  • Understand client relationship financials and ongoing relationship viability.
  • Establishing a broad network across the IIG business


What does the ideal candidate look like?
  • An individual who thrives in this role demonstrates determination and is highly collaborative.
  • A highly organized and resourceful problem solver who navigates ambiguity using conceptual thinking skills.
  • Strong relationship management, professional presence, communication, and collaboration skills with internal and external partners to achieve key outcomes (e.g., client loyalty and satisfaction, profitability, etc.)
  • Ability to deepen and strengthen client relationships retaining existing client relationships. To effectively position Vanguard and our investment products and services.
  • FINRA 6 and 63 licenses (or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire)


Core Responsibilities
  • Consults with clients to evaluate needs. Research resolutions for client issues and supports strategies for process improvement. Leverages relationship management skills to build relationships with clients. Supports recordkeeping strategy to identify areas for process improvement.
  • Identifies and resolves client inquiries related to products or services. Builds internal relationships to collaboratively resolve client issues.
  • Facilitates the creation of solutions across internal teams to address client inquiries and improve the client's overall experience with Vanguard's services.
  • Uses technical knowledge of Vanguard funds, products, and services to proactively identify opportunities to strengthen the client relationship.
  • Participates in team projects and performs other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
  • Minimum of three years related work experience. Two years experience in Client Services, Relationship Management, and/or Vanguard Workplace Solutions preferred.
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
  • This job requires a regulatory license and/or registration (e.g. FINRA, state, SFC). These will be determined by Compliance based on role-specific duties.
  • Some client travel may be required.


If you are offered and accept this position, and you do not have the necessary FINRA licenses for the role, then you must obtain the required licenses within the specified period of time. Additionally, if you are not currently registered with FINRA in any capacity, prior to moving into this licensed role, you will be asked to provide authorization for Vanguard to conduct a credit and criminal check in accordance with the FINRA regulations. Please note, the credit and criminal check requirement does not apply to crew who are currently registered with FINRA.

Special Factor

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Special Factors

Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

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