Business Solutions Principal Architect, Executive Director

J.P. MORGAN; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking a Principal Architect to drive the adoption of cloud-based technologies. This role involves advising on technology decisions, collaborating with leadership on strategic implementation, and ensuring scalability and maintenance of solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial services, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders. A proactive and innovative mindset is essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Expert experience in designing and implementing solutions in a complex environment.
• Experienced in financial services, ideally with Compliance exposure.
• Ability to present and communicate to Senior Leaders.

Responsibilities

• Advise teams on technology selection for target architecture.
• Collaborate to translate strategic goals into architectural plans.
• Propose innovative solutions to maintain competitive edge.

Skills

Business Architecture concepts

Complex solution design

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Software architecture

Communication to executives

Education

Formal training or certification on Business Architecture

Tools

Cloud technologies

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Job description

Overview

Step into the role of a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase and become a driving force behind the development and adoption of cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology Corporate Oversight & Governance Technology (COGT) team, you provide expertise to enhance and develop architecture platforms based on modern cloud-based technologies, as well as support the adoption of strategic global solutions. Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Advises cross-functional teams on technology selection to achieve target state architecture and decisions on improvements to current technologies
• Collaborates with senior leadership to understand strategic goals and translate them into architectural plans.
• Proposes innovative solutions and improvements to existing systems and processes to maintain a competitive edge.
• Ensures that the business architecture integrates seamlessly with other enterprise architecture domains (applications, data, infrastructure and security).
• Creates high-level design artifacts, including value streams, business capability models, process models, and data flows.
• Ensures that the proposed solutions are scalable, maintainable, and align with the organization's architectural standards.
• Collaborates across business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure clear communication and understanding of requirements.
• Establishes and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices across COGT, and as the Business Architect.
• Serves as the organization's go-to subject matter expert.
• Champions the firm's culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Business Architecture concepts and expert applied experience
• Expert experience in designing and implementing solutions in a complex environment.
• Strategic thinker and passion for business strategy and business processes.
• Experienced in financial services, ideally with exposure to Compliance, Controls Management, Regulatory Engagement or Operational Risk functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture, application development, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Ability to present and effectively communicate to Senior Leaders and Executives
• Knowledge of industry standards and regulatory initiatives.
• Proactive and self-motivated, with ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines.
• Experience leading a product as a Product Owner or Product Manager.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Interest in innovative technologies and how these can be applied, e.g. Generative AI and Agentic AI.

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.