Locations: Malvern, PA or Charlotte, NC (Hybrid- 3 days in office/ week)

Relocation Assistance: Not provided

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

We’re seeking a Senior Technology Risk Consultant to support initiatives across the Enterprise AI & Engineering Platforms organization, and broader technology landscape, with a focus on modern technology platforms, cloud environments, and emerging capabilities such as Generative AI.

This role is designed for a technology-first risk professional, someone who is comfortable working across a wide range of platforms (infrastructure, applications, analytics, and AI), quickly understanding how systems are built, and evaluating risk in real-world implementations.

You will partner directly with engineers, architects, and product teams to assess risk, challenge decisions, and recommend practical control improvements. This is not a policy-heavy or governance-only role. Success in this position requires hands-on risk assessment experience and the ability to operate across diverse and evolving technology domains.

What You’ll Do

• Assess risk across modern technology environments, including cloud platforms, applications, analytics ecosystems, and emerging AI/GenAI capabilities.
• Perform hands-on, end-to-end risk assessments, evaluating how systems are designed, implemented, and operated—identifying control gaps and recommending pragmatic mitigations.
• Partner closely with engineering, architecture, and product teams to understand technical designs and influence outcomes with clear, actionable risk insights.
• Evaluate a wide variety of platforms and use cases, demonstrating the ability to quickly ramp into new technologies and apply consistent risk assessment rigor.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-relevant risk perspectives for senior stakeholders.
• Challenge assumptions and design decisions where appropriate, helping teams balance speed, innovation, and risk management.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives and emerging technology efforts, bringing a technology-aware risk lens to new and evolving capabilities.

What Sets This Role Apart

• You will operate as a horizontal risk advisor, not tied to a single domain (e.g., not just data governance or model risk)
• Exposure to a broad and evolving technology landscape, including cloud platforms, and AI
• Opportunity to work directly with technical teams shaping real implementations

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology risk, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical field
• Demonstrated experience performing hands-on risk assessments across diverse technology environments (e.g., cloud, infrastructure, applications, platforms, or AI/ML systems)
• Strong ability to understand technical architectures and challenge design decisions
• Experience working directly with engineers, architects, or technical product teams
• Proven ability to operate across multiple domains and rapidly ramp up on new technologies
• Consulting or advisory experience, with the ability to provide clear, actionable recommendations, not just identify issues

What Will Differentiate You

• Background that blends technical depth with risk assessment experience (e.g., prior engineering, architecture, or security experience)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), APIs, or distributed systems
• Experience assessing emerging technologies (e.g., GenAI, machine learning platforms) in real-world implementations
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and flex across changing priorities

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity

Vanguard is an equal opportunity employer. Vanguard is committed to providing all crew members a working environment that is free from discrimination, prejudice and bias. Through this Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy, Vanguard reaffirms its commitment to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and crew members without regard to race, color, national origin or ancestry, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, veteran or military status. In addition, Vanguard prohibits discrimination based on genetic information, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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