CDO Strategic Execution Technical Program Manager

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Strategic Execution Project Manager within the Commercial & Investment Bank Chief Data Office to drive transformation and align initiatives with business priorities.

The role focuses on coordinating projects, building relationships with partners and senior management, and delivering successful outcomes across Technology, Operations, and Business Management teams.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in technical program management concepts.
• Experience delivering complex cross-functional technology programs in agile environments.
• Expert stakeholder and vendor management with strong influencing skills.
• Technically fluent with ability to simplify complex processes for diverse audiences.
• Analytical, data-driven, and able to translate metrics into actions.
• Excellent communication with strong executive-ready messaging and visuals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans with agile and traditional methods.
• Monitor progress, update stakeholders, and lead forums for governance.
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and escalate when needed.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business stakeholders on scope and deliverables.
• Define operating models to support business readiness and change.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PM processes and AI-enabled workflows.
• Utilize AI capabilities to accelerate program planning and risk synthesis with validation.
• Promote reuse-first, AI-assisted governance and reporting with human review.

Skills

Technical program management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Education

Technical program management certification

Tools

Monday.com

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

As a Strategic Execution Project Manager within the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) Chief Data Office (CDO), you will play a pivotal role in driving transformation and advancing business priorities. You will coordinate and execute projects, manage business activities, and build strong relationships with partners, stakeholders, and senior management. Collaborating closely with leaders across Business Controls, Technology, Operations, Firmwide partners, and Business Management, you will ensure successful project outcomes and drive the success of our initiatives.

The CDO is committed to delivering high-quality, compliant data to our internal clients, empowering them to fully leverage its potential. Our Strategic Execution team ensures consistency and standardization across the global CDO, providing comprehensive project management and reporting capabilities. Leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership to guide cutting-edge projects, fostering growth and innovation in a dynamic environment. Your strong analytical reasoning, adaptability, and advanced communication skills will enable you to navigate ambiguity, align technology initiatives with business goals, and influence decision-making to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, incorporating technical requirements, resource allocation, and timelines, with consideration of Agile and traditional methodologies.
• Monitor project progress, adjust plans as needed, and provide regular status updates and program communications to stakeholders to ensure timely project delivery, scope adherence, and alignment with business goals. Lead project working forums and steering forums.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, addressing roadblocks and implementing strategies to minimize impact. Facilitate resolution of key issues and risks, escalating when necessary.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Support operational and business change readiness by defining and documenting new operating models.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes and methodologies including the use of AI tools.
• Utilize advanced analytical reasoning to assess program performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement data-driven optimizations.
• Uses enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate program planning and risk synthesis (e.g., consolidating inputs into integrated plans, RAID, and executive-ready updates), validating outputs and handling data according to sensitivity requirements.
• Promotes reuse-first, AI-assisted practices for program governance and reporting, ensuring human review and alignment to delivery standards.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on technical program management concepts and advanced applied experience
• Experience in delivering complex, cross-functional technology programs in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Expert stakeholder and vendor management—builds trusted partnerships, influences decision-makers, and drives mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Technically fluent and able to simplify complex processes for diverse audiences; strong end-to-end project lifecycle ownership and adaptability to changing priorities.
• Highly analytical and data-driven—breaks ambiguous goals into actionable plans, solves problems proactively, and communicates impact with metrics.
• Excellent communicator with strong visualization and presentation skills (advanced PowerPoint), plus strong written and verbal executive-ready messaging.
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute multiple concurrent workstreams with high attention to detail, independently or collaboratively, under tight deadlines; proficient with Monday.com, Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Copilot.
• Demonstrated experience using enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to support program management workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-assisted plans, risks, and recommendations before use, escalating when uncertain and following data handling expectations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in data management and/or data governance, regulatory initiatives.
• Experience in an investment banking Regulatory, Compliance or Data team.