• Job Description

  Req#: 210448196

  As a direct report to the Lead Program Manager, this individual will be helping coordinate change initiatives across key pillars of the Finance & Risk organization to contribute to Business optimization and Technology modernization goals

  Project book of work includes change initiatives relating to Finance, Data, Risk, and Controls, where scope is cross-consumer or cross-asset class and there are significant interdependencies between Business and Technology teams (examples include moving fit for purpose data to the public cloud for key functional groups’ consumption)

  Job Responsibilities:

  • Support Program Management Lead in their larger book of work oversight
  • Own day to day management of entire project or specified workstream as part of larger programs
  • Partner with Business and Technology Leads to plan major milestones with understanding of stakeholder needs
  • Identify risks and issues to be escalated and partner with workstream Leads to assess options for resolution
  • Continuously review value proposition and validate painpoints to track to measures of success
  • Oversee status reporting to own executive summaries or coordination of regular scorecard updates
  • Contribute to senior governance forum meetings with agenda preparation and materials
  • Create artifacts to simplify complex aspects of project and assist in “story telling”
  • Collaborate with other Project Managers in the organization, or workstream Leads, to promote information exchange and contribute to larger initiatives
  • Seek opportunities to improve processes for efficiency and best practices, making recommendations to Program Management Lead and helping execute on changes

  Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities:

  • 3-5 years’ experience in a large scale financial services are consulting firm
  • Experience in change management with proven success in executing on multiple projects / initiatives at once
  • A team player who is motivated to contribute to the program book of work and motivate others to prioritize projects
  • Proven experience working autonomously and delivering high quality work in a fast-paced environment
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain a positive and professional attitude while acting with integrity and dependability
  • Ability to work effectively in a large matrixed organization within financial services or another regulated industry
  • Ability to support a cross-functional project team with varied disciplines and stakeholders at varied levels of seniority

  • Critical Competencies / Soft Skills:
    • Oral communication - confidence engaging with key stakeholders in person and over zoom
    • Written communication - experience writing clear, concise emails and compiling project materials with key messages or status updates
    • Project management - familiarity with project or program management best practices, organization and time management
    • Relationship building - ability to assimilate in organization and proactively form working relationships with key stakeholders across varying levels of seniority
    • Results orientation - desire to work independently and be intellectually curious in order to contribute to project deliverables and assist in problem solving
  • Preferred Technical Skills:
    • PowerPoint - familiar with PitchPro+, experience creating 1-page executive summaries and aggregating presentations with agendas and materials that flow
    • MS Teams - for regular communication and collaboration on project workstreams
    • Confluence - familiar with Confluence for navigating key artifacts on sites maintained by key stakeholders such as Technology and Corp Consumers (note move to MS Teams)
    • JIRA: will not own JIRA but will liaise with Product Owners and Technology to work in agile fashion

• About the company

  J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering solutions to clients in more than 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. We have been helping our clients to do business and manage their wealth for more than 200 years. Our business has been built upon our core principle of putting our clients'​ interests first.

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