Core Trade Product Manager - Payments - Vice President

J.P. Morgan; London; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Core Trade Product Manager to lead product strategy and development in the EMEA region. This pivotal role involves managing product capabilities, coordinating with key partners, and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and ownership skills, drive operational excellence, and collaborate closely with global teams to deliver best-in-class solutions. Join a dynamic team dedicated to innovation and excellence in trade payments and risk management, and make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and ownership skills are essential for this role.
• Proven ability to manage product strategy and development.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy aligning with global TWC objectives and regional challenges.
• Own P&L, manage costs, and drive product innovation.

Skills

Leadership

Ownership

Stakeholder Management

Influencing skills

Teamwork

Project management

Strategic planning

Job description

Join J.P. Morgan's Trade & Working Capital division, a global leader in trade payments, liquidity access, and risk management for over 200 years. We're seeking a Core Trade Product Manager to join our EMEA team, managing product strategy, development and maintenance. This role offers the opportunity to build product capabilities, coordinate with key partners, and maximize our regional offering. Strong leadership and ownership skills are essential.

Job Summary

As a Core Trade Product Manager, Vice President, in the Trade & Working Capital (TWC) division of Payments, you will part of the team in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. You will manage the Core Trade product strategy, product development, and innovation for Europe and CIS Region, as well as product maintenance and oversight over the Profit & Loss. Your role will involve building out product capabilities, coordinating with key partners, obtaining product approvals, and maximizing our offering within the region. Your leadership and ownership skills will be key in this role. You will also work closely with parties external to J.P. Morgan, including but not limited to legal counsels, external Corporate and Financial Institutional clients.

Job Responsibilities

• Define a strategy that not only aligns with the global TWC objectives but also leverages the unique opportunities and addresses the specific challenges within the European & CIS region.
• Ensure the Core Trade strategy proactively adapts to meet changing market and client needs; Takes into account competition, market dynamics, macro-economic and regulatory impacts and drives product innovation
• Own P&L including delivery of revenue goals, achievement of expense targets, management of cost allocations and introduction of product-specific initiatives to measure/improve product profitability.
• Collaborate with the global teams to design and develop full product lifecycle, including product strategy, marketing, approvals and customer engagement ensure that regional market insights, customer feedback, and competitive analysis are integrated into the product development process. Work with Technology and other groups to develop and bring to live new technology projects and system´s enhancements
• Manage the product build-out to ensure global capabilities become best in class within the industry
• Lead legal/tax/compliance discussions with internal Legal partners and external legal counsels to ensure product meets evolving requirements in every jurisdiction.
• Provide product leadership and regional guidance i.e. provide Core Trade market updates and guidance on new regulations/booking/directives/rules impacting the Core Trade Product Solutions
• Drive operational excellence through continuous improvement initiatives and best practice sharing
• Develop product training, marketing materials and provide RFP support
• Partner closely with Regional Management and Functional partners to achieve product goals and all the above initiatives

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Leadership
• Ownership
• Stakeholder Management
• Influencing skills
• Teamwork
• Project management and strategic planning skills