RFP Sr. Specialist

Malvern, PA April 16, 2026 Full Time Workday

Qualifications

Required

  • Minimum of 5 years of corporate experience in proposal management, sales, sales support, marketing, or project management

  • At least 2 years of hands‑on experience responding to RFPs, RFIs, and due diligence questionnaires

  • Exceptional persuasive writing, editing, and project management skills

  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and tailor messaging for diverse audiences

  • Proven ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment

  • Experience using RFP knowledgebase or proposal management software

  • Practical experience leveraging artificial intelligence tools in the proposal process

  • Strong business acumen, intellectual curiosity, and professional presence

  • APMP certification

  • Undergraduate degree required

Preferred

  • Experience in retirement planning and recordkeeping

  • Experience working with external consulting firms

  • Master’s degree

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.

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How to Get Hired at Vanguard

  • The Vanguard Group is the world's second-largest asset manager with ~$10T AUM and ~21,000 employees, headquartered on a 100-acre wooded campus at 100 Vanguard Boulevard in Malvern PA, with major U.S. offices in Charlotte NC, Phoenix AZ, and Scottsdale AZ, plus international offices in London, Melbourne, Mexico City, and Shanghai.
  • Vanguard is mutually owned by its own funds (and through them by the funds' investors) — there is no IPO, no parent company, no founding family equity stake, and no external shareholder. This structure is the source of the firm's roughly 0.07 percent average expense ratio and is referenced in nearly every internal cultural conversation. Engaging with this structure understandingly is the single biggest cultural-fit signal you can send.
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