The Vanguard College to Corporate (C2C) Internship program offers students the opportunity to work on real-world challenges, expand their expertise in a particular discipline, and develop a broad understanding of Vanguard’s business. Our interns invest in meaningful work across the enterprise and are an essential part of building a pipeline of talent. National Intern Day is on July 28th and it’s a special day that we would like to dedicate to recognizing and celebrating our future leaders of Vanguard. In this blog, we hear from program managers who partnered closely with our interns this year. Here is what they had to say about their interns’ projects and contributions:

“We gave our intern, Taylor, two big projects this summer as part of a strategic review of the entire fixed income fund market and she created enduring reports for us to use. She has learned so much about the market and created tools that give us significant insights into our competitive position in the marketplace. Not just that, her peers love working with her, with one describing her as a “gem” to partner with.”
– Ben A., Investment Product Strategy Manager

“Interns, Abel and Kevin, spent the summer with Vanguard’s Quantitative Equity Group (QEG) where they played an instrumental role in supporting the QEG business. While they had a chance to get involved in the day-to-day work and monitor portfolios closely, they were also involved in a strategic priority for both QEG Investment Risk and QEG – calibrating constraints for Vanguard’s Global funds. It was a two-month effort that involved strong collaboration between Investment Risk, QEG, and external data vendors to pull a proposal together that will ultimately result in optimal risk taking for the portfolios and investor outcomes.”
– Denis H., Investment Risk Manager

“Our amazing IT interns, Ian, Malcolm, and Mike) have taken a cumbersome, manual process and turned it into an automated tool complete with metrics and historical data. They picked up on the new technology and ran with it. This is saving us hours of work during our disaster recovery tests.”
– Annette S., Disaster Recovery Manager

“My intern, Brittany, brings a positive attitude to work every day! She is creating insightful financial reporting that will be used across our division!”
– Korey M., Finance Manager

“Having an intern has been a true gift to the department and the team!  Our aligned intern, Mikayla, explored potential, future-state efficiency projects and made actionable recommendations to add value to our organization.  It was really a rewarding experience to not only help our intern gain exposure to our industry and organization, but also experience the fruit of that investment through the completion of quality work.  We were overjoyed to hear that our intern had decided to apply to Vanguard formally through our rotational program and we cannot wait to see her as a full-time crew member in 2023!”
– Jim A., Manager, Global Payroll

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