Asset Management - Investment Platform - Products Strategy & Implementation- Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking an Associate for the Investment Platform Product team in the City of Westminster. The role involves collaborating with product owners, managing reporting channels, and supporting strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate should have over 2 years of experience on an investment team, excellent analytical and communication skills, and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. This position offers a dynamic environment where you will drive process improvements and support key projects.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience on an investment team.
• Interest or experience in product management.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners to understand key initiatives.
• Own reporting channels and materials support for update forums.
• Support planning workshops, budget cycle, and ad-hoc sessions.
• Identify ways to improve, automate, and add value to processes.
• Respond to executive ad-hoc requests and manage key projects.
• Organize and present complex information using PowerPoint and Excel.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Proficiency in Excel

Proficiency in PowerPoint

Communication skills

Process improvement interest

Job description

Overview

As an Associate on the Investment Platform Product team, you will play a key role in shaping and enhancing how the product team operates across three core investment personas: Research, Portfolio Management, and Trading. You will support the Product team in executing key initiatives, drive process improvements, own platform messaging, reporting, and branding, and execute strategic projects as they arise. The ideal candidate is a highly independent self-starter, comfortable delivering high-visibility work in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners across the platform to understand key initiatives, drive stakeholder communications and updates, and support product execution as needed.
• Own reporting channels and materials support for update forums, inclusive of tracking progress against initiatives, success metrics, and capturing takeaways in meeting minutes where required.
• Support the development and execution of planning workshops, the budget cycle, and ad‑hoc working sessions.
• Identify ways to continually simplify, improve, automate, and add value to existing business processes.
• Promptly respond to executive ad‑hoc requests, managing and delivering key projects and asks.
• Organize and present complex information using advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills, including wireframes and mock‑ups for management presentations and dashboards.
• Identify ways to elevate the Spectrum brand through the pursuit of awards and strategic positioning of key wins in various marketing channels.
• Coordinate team activities and prepare materials for town halls, team meetings, and other recognition forums. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Highly proactive with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Interest and experience in process improvement.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required.
• Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across contexts.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.

Preferred qualifications, skills and capabilities

• 2+ years of experience on an investment team.
• Interest or experience in product management, basic understanding.
• Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and tools.

About J.P. Morgan

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. J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry‑leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.