Senior Manager, IT Delivery – Enterprise Communications & Agentic AI Platforms

Leads the strategy, delivery, and ongoing evolution of enterprise technology platforms that drive client engagement, operational excellence, and AI-powered innovation. Responsible for defining vision, roadmap, and execution across transactional communications and Agentic AI capabilities while leading high-performing product and engineering teams. Partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and customer-focused solutions that generate measurable business value.

Responsibilities:

• Defines and executes technology strategy, roadmaps, and investment priorities aligned to enterprise and business objectives.
• Partners with business, digital, marketing, operations, and technology leaders to identify opportunities for innovation and transformation.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on customer engagement technologies, platform strategy, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Promotes a product-centric culture focused on business outcomes, customer value, and continuous improvement.
• Leads multiple product and engineering teams responsible for enterprise communication and AI platform capabilities.
• Drives delivery of scalable, resilient, and secure solutions leveraging Salesforce Marketing Cloud, AWS, enterprise data platforms, and modern AI technologies.
• Oversees platform modernization initiatives that improve customer engagement, personalization, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Establishes priorities, manages funding and resources, and ensures successful execution of strategic initiatives.
• Monitors business outcomes, delivery metrics, and platform performance to inform investment and roadmap decisions.
• Leads the development and adoption of enterprise AI capabilities, including Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
• Partners with product and business leaders to identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases that improve productivity and business outcomes.
• Drives responsible AI practices, governance standards, and scalable platform adoption across the organization.
• Builds, leads, and develops high-performing teams of product managers, engineers, architects, and technical leaders.
• Fosters an environment of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Develops organizational capabilities across cloud engineering, digital platforms, marketing technology, and AI solutions.
• Coaches leaders and team members while promoting engineering excellence and operational discipline.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Ten or more years of experience leading the delivery of enterprise-scale technology solutions.
• Five or more years of people leadership experience managing technical, engineering, or product teams.
• Experience leading Agile product delivery organizations and cross-functional teams.
• Experience delivering customer engagement, digital platform, cloud, or enterprise technology solutions.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, modern software delivery practices, and AI-enabled platforms.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution and delivery excellence.
• Additional Qualifications: Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud, customer engagement platforms, personalization technologies, or marketing technology ecosystems.
• Experience leading cloud-based solutions and platforms leveraging AWS.
• Experience delivering Generative AI, Agentic AI, intelligent automation, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS Bedrock, large language model (LLM) technologies, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• AWS, Salesforce, AI, or related industry certifications.
• Experience driving large-scale platform modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Special Factors
• Sponsorship
• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term 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.

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 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.