Senior Small Market Virtual Sales Specialist

Scottsdale, AZ April 13, 2026 Full Time Workday

Senior Small Market Virtual Sales Specialist - Vangurd Workplace Solutions

To successfully build the institutional asset base with new business relationships and support the retention of client assets. Manages assigned territory to generate new relationships and broaden existing relationships with distributors, advisors, and other intermediaries in the Retirement Plan landscape and maximizes Vanguard asset capture for 401k clients with $0-$50M in assets under management. Works predominantly through electronic and telephone communication (90%) as well as limited field sales activity (10%).

Core Responsibilities

  • Achieves established sales and retention goals through strategic selling activities.  Provides leadership and guidance to other sales executives, extended sales team members, and support staff to achieve the highest levels of performance in new business development.

  • Develop a strategic sales plan to efficiently identify new, quality business relationships and leverage Vanguard capabilities for maximum success.

  • Partners with advisor organizations to raise awareness and drive acceptance of Vanguard solutions that will help them achieve their goals.

  • Effectively represents Vanguard's investments and services to prospects, clients, and industry organizations in client/prospect meetings, at industry conferences, and via written, verbal and electronic media.  

  • Leverages vendor partnership to deliver 401k plan solutions to prospective clients.

  • Develops strong relationships with senior and executive management of prospect and client organizations. Effectively identifies prospect/client needs and proposes appropriate Vanguard solutions.

  • Raises awareness of Vanguard's investments and services through targeted prospecting activities.

  • Uses expertise of market and competitive environments to help position Vanguard's services appropriately.

  • Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Master’s degree and/or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) preferred.

  • Three to five years financial services experience with at least two years of successful institutional sales experience preferred. Up to 25% travel is required.

  • This job requires a regulatory license and/or registration (e.g. FINRA, state, SFC). These will be determined by Compliance based on role-specific duties.

  • Series 7 and Series 63 required.

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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