Role Summary

The Senior Investment Risk Manager plays a key role within the Investment Management & Finance Risk (IMFR) function, providing independent, data‑driven oversight of fund risk across Vanguard’s Irish‑domiciled UCITS funds. Operating within the Dublin‑based IMFR team, the role helps ensure that investment activities remain aligned with fund objectives, regulatory expectations, and Vanguard’s global risk framework.

This role directly supports the safeguarding of investor outcomes by ensuring Vanguard’s Irish funds operate within a transparent, well‑controlled fund‑risk environment. It strengthens IMFR’s mission to enable, protect, and steward the investment process through rigorous oversight, challenge, and thought leadership.

In this role you will

• Monitor and Report Fund Risks: Conduct ongoing risk monitoring and reporting for Vanguard’s Irish domiciled funds, covering material risks such as portfolio, liquidity, counterparty, operational, and sustainability risks

• Support Regulatory Oversight: Assist the Designated Person (PCF 39C) in fulfilling Fund Risk Management obligations, ensuring compliance with UCITS requirements and adherence to internal risk limits and guardrails

• Enhance Risk Management Framework: Develop, implement, and maintain a robust infrastructure to measure, monitor, and report risk exposures across cash, equity, fixed income, and multi-asset investments

• Advance Risk-Return Analysis: Improve methodologies for risk-return assessment, including performance attribution, stress testing, and incident analysis, to optimize fund risk/return profiles

• Enable Risk-Aware Decision Making: Gather and analyze data from multiple sources to produce insightful reports and recommendations that inform portfolio management decisions. Deliver clear, actionable analysis to senior leaders, portfolio managers, and traders

• Partner Across Functions and Regions: Demonstrate strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams to support cohesive, enterprise‑wide risk management

• Maintain Market and Investment Expertise: Stay informed on financial markets, quantitative drivers, and investment themes to provide a well-informed perspective in risk management processes. Develop deep knowledge of Vanguard’s investment management functions and adapt risk analysis to evolving business needs

• Contribute to Strategic Initiatives: Participate in special projects and perform additional duties as required

What it takes

• Strong technical grounding in fund risk analytics, quantitative methods, and portfolio behaviour

• Deep understanding of UCITS regulations, including their application to Irish‑domiciled UCITS funds and UCITS ETFs, as well as fund risk frameworks and ESG‑related fund‑risk considerations

• Experience interpreting market drivers, macro events, and cross‑asset trends within a risk‑management context

• Proven ability to deliver high‑quality analysis, articulate risk insights, and influence investment stakeholders

• Proven experience operating in senior investment‑risk positions or comparable roles within the financial‑services industry

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or another quantitative or related discipline

• Professional qualifications such as IMC, CFA, FRM (or progress towards these) are highly beneficial

Special Factors 

• Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position

• This is a hybrid position and would require you to work in the office 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) 

This role encompasses activities that fall within the remit of Central Bank of Ireland (‘CBI’) regulation. The successful candidate will therefore be subject to Irish regulatory requirements in relation to conduct rules, regulatory references and the assessment of fitness and propriety, knowledge, experience and competence. Where appropriate, the role may also be subject to approval by the CBI.

Why Vanguard? 

Vanguard is a different kind of investment company. It was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage its funds solely in the interests of its clients. 

This is a philosophy that has helped millions of people around the world to achieve their goals with low-cost, uncomplicated investments. 

It's what we stand for: value to investors. 

Inclusion Statement  

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”  

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values. 

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose: to take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.

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.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Vanguard. Please inform [email protected] if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

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.