Applied AI ML Director, Risk Management & Compliance

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking an Applied AI ML Director in Risk Management & Compliance. You will guide AI/ML strategy, shape GenAI adoption, and build a high-performing team across data science, product, engineering and lines of business.

You will mentor and enable rapid prototyping, ensuring solutions deliver business value and align with governance standards. Strong leadership and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in data science, computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Proven leadership of data science/R&D teams and tech innovation.
• Experience deploying AI/ML models in large-scale enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mentor a team of data scientists building predictive models and AI solutions.
• Lead design and deployment of AI/data-driven applications with product, business and engineering teams.
• Communicate complex analytics to senior leadership for strategic decisions.
• Manage end-to-end model development lifecycle: planning, execution, risk management, delivery.
• Ensure governance, explainability, fairness, and compliance in AI/ML implementations.
• Collaborate with leaders to embed AI into workflows and drive adoption.
• Drive research initiatives and pilot projects for GenAI and agentic tech.
• Monitor production GenAI models, implement drift monitoring and retraining.

Skills

Data science leadership

ML & AI expertise

Cloud technologies

Communication skills

Agentic AI & automation

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science / CS / Mathematics / Engineering

Tools

Databricks

LangGraph

Google ADK

Cloud platforms

Job description

Job Summary

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-word challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about challenging the status quo and striving to be best in class.

Job Description

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-word challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about challenging the status quo and striving to be best in class.

As an Applied AI ML Director, Risk Management & Compliance at JPMorganChase within the Digital Strategy and Enablement team, you will be supporting Market Risk, Country Risk and Principal Risk, and you'll shape how we leverage artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to solve complex business challenges. You will guide us in exploring, piloting, and implementing transformative AI solutions, including Gen AI, while collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and Lines of Business. Together, we will foster a culture of experimentation, delivery, and continuous learning, encouraging new ideas and maintaining operational excellence.

You will help build and mentor a high-performing team focused on deep data understanding and advanced analytics, driving the development of robust tools and solutions using cutting-edge AI/ML techniques, cloud technologies, and enterprise knowledge bases. In this strategic and hands-on role, you will engage with technical aspects, review code, monitor the impact of production GenAI models, and enable rapid prototyping, ensuring our solutions deliver real business value and are seamlessly integrated into our operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage a team of data scientists responsible for developing predictive models, prompt-based LLM solutions, autonomous agents and agentic systems.
• Lead the design, build, and deployment of impactful AI and data-driven applications in collaboration with Product, Business and Engineering teams. Use cloud, data mesh, and knowledge base technologies such as centralized repositories, semantic search, and automated information retrieval systems that organize, store, and provide easy access to critical business data and insights.
• Distill and communicate complex analytical findings and recommendations to senior leadership to inform strategic decisions.
• Manage the end-to-end model development lifecycle, including planning, execution, continuous improvement, risk management, and alignment with business objectives.
• Adhere to model risk management, responsible AI, and governance standards, including explainability, fairness, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to re-engineer processes and define a compelling vision for the target state by embedding AI into current workflows, driving change and efficiency.
• Integrate data science solutions and applications into operational workflows to drive business value and adoption.
• Guide research initiatives and pilot projects to identify and apply state-of-the-art AI/ML solutions, including GenAI and agentic technologies.
• Implement robust drift monitoring and model retraining processes to maintain accuracy and performance.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Extensive experience in data science, analytics or a related field.
• Proven track record of deploying, operationalizing, and managing AI, ML, and advanced analytics models in a large-scale enterprise environment, including hands-on experience with ML Ops frameworks, tools, and best practices for model monitoring, automation, and lifecycle management.
• Significant leadership experience in managing data science/R&D teams and driving technology innovation.
• Extensive experience in AI/ML algorithms, statistical modeling, and scalable data processing pipelines, with a strong background in modern data platforms (e.g. Databricks or equivalent), cloud-based technologies, data mesh architectures, and big data ecosystems.
• Experience with A/B experimentation, data- and metric-driven product development, cloud-native deployment in large-scale distributed environments, and the ability to develop and debug production-quality code.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts and results to both technical and business audiences.
• Scientific mindset with the ability to innovate and work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Ability to thrive in a matrix environment and build partnerships with colleagues at various levels and across multiple locations.
• Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks and orchestration (e.g., LangGraph, Google ADK or equivalent).

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About The Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.