HR Project Consultant - 6 month Temp Contract

Compensation & Benefits professional with strong project management skills to support the setup of benefits programs and supporting technology for a new office in Europe. This role will play a key part in designing and implementing benefits infrastructure, initial managing of vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with local regulations, while also supporting broader compensation initiatives. Compensation & Benefits professional with strong project management skills to support the setup of benefits programs and supporting technology for a new office in Europe. This role will play a key part in designing and implementing benefits infrastructure, initial managing of vendor relationships, and ensuring compliance with local regulations, while also supporting broader compensation initiatives. The role will also lead and contribute to broader regional HR projects, supporting cross-functional initiatives across the Europe HR team. This will involve full ownership of the delivery of projects, starting with effective requirements gathering, scope definition, through to delivery and implementation. 6 month Temp Contract.

In this specialist role you will:

• Develop project plans that have clear roles and responsibilities and that ensure planned and continuous effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration remain central to the project e.g., with HRBPs, Global Reward, IT, Finance, Leaders across the business, etc.
• Develop presentations, communication materials and\or other documentation which effectively translate mass data and analysis into clear solution pathways and areas for decision making. Materials need to convey updates and outcomes effectively and clearly to senior leaders across multiple regions, virtually and in person.
• Lead process automation and identify areas to reduce and transfer manual activity to HR systems, tools and templates.
• Support the HR team in its ongoing liaisons with Technology to provide requirements for Workday system developments and implementation for HR needs.
• Oversee the full vendor management lifecycle, including selection, onboarding, due diligence and risk assessments, contract negotiation and execution, and ongoing relationship management—driving continuous improvement, compliance and alignment across all third-party engagements.

What it takes:

• Experience in Compensation & Benefits, ideally within a multinational or European context.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills and Microsoft Excel (v/x-lookup, index matching, countifs/sumifs)
• Strong HR project management experience demonstrated in leading successful complex projects in a global matrix organization.
• Office launches or expansions highly desirable.
• Proven strong stakeholder management and communications skills. Essential as the role will work independently and across multiple teams with competing demands.
• Experience with HR Systems e.g. Benifex, Darwin, Workday, MarketPay, Payfactors.
• Ability to navigate through ambiguity and remain flexible amidst change.

Special Factors

Hybrid work model

Vanguard is not offering sponsorship for this position.

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.

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.