Product Architect - General, Specialist

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.

The product architect will provide the technology thought leadership to shape the strategic direction, and roadmaps for technology programs and associated product families for Vanguard’s Workplace Technology Group. With a clear focus on AI and Deep Analytics ecosystem product families, the role will entail defining the reference and application architectures for strategic business technology programs with a hands-on development approach.

Responsibilities

• Leads the definition of product roadmaps and architecture for a product family, according to business strategies and enterprise architecture.
• Collaborates with the broader architecture community to ensure that their products align with target architectures and technology roadmaps and provides input on required platform capabilities and improving development tools/processes.
• Works with other product teams, technology experts, and business stakeholders to provide functional support.
• Assists in the evaluation of vendors and products and participates in build vs. buy discussions with the product teams.
• Acts as highest-level technical expert, resolving issues, assessing any potential risks and identifying solutions.
• Leads the discussions related to key product architecture decisions. Identifies new opportunities to improve products and provide input and support to the business.
• Develops and reviews product architecture and design documentation.
• Provides technical guidance to product team(s) as appropriate.
• Performs feasibility analysis on potential future projects.
• Assists in the development of and management of architecture governance process(es).
• Tracks industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies.
• Mentors less experienced crew members and contributes to overall development of the organization.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures compliance with enterprise architecture standards, regulatory frameworks, and cybersecurity policies.
• Supports solution alignment across multiple products and platforms for consistent architecture reuse.
• Participates in proof-of-concept initiatives and emerging technology evaluations.

Qualifications And Skills

• Minimum 10 years related work experience, with at least 5 years of technology architect experience.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.E./B.Tech) in Computer Science or IT, or Bachelor’s in Computer Applications (BCA), or Master’s in Computer Applications (MCA).
• Strong expertise in Data architecture, system design and technology roadmaps.
• Experience with AWS Data services, microservices, API design and enterprise integration.
• Data Analytics, S3 Iceberg, RedShift, Event Streaming Patterns, AI Modeling
• Experience in Python and/or Java.
• Ability to evaluate and implement new technologies while ensuring scalability and performance.
• A recognized Thought Leader with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to create clarity and certainty when there is Architecture ambiguity; communicate to all stakeholders at varying levels within the Organization.
• Data architecture experience – Conceptual Modeling, Logical Modeling, Data governance, Meta data management and general DB technologies
• Database skills – DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL and DynamoDB
• A deep intellectual curiosity and learning agility; stays on the forefront of business and technology solutions, especially domain driven design, Data mesh and Fabrics.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

Location

This role is based in Hyderabad, Telangana at Vanguard’s India office. Only qualified external applicants will be considered.

Our mission

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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.