Data Governance and Project Management Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in London is seeking a Data Governance and Project Management Senior Associate. You will play a key role in managing data governance and project coordination, ensuring the integrity and quality of datasets. The ideal candidate has strong experience in data governance and project management, with notable skills in business analysis and Python. This position offers growth opportunities within a collaborative engineering environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated, data-driven environment.
• Working knowledge of Python for technical support.
• Strong stakeholder engagement abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support project planning and delivery for governance initiatives.
• Implement and maintain data access policies and quality controls.
• Collaborate with teams to embed governance requirements.

Skills

Data governance experience

Project coordination skills

Business analysis skills

Strong communication skills

Familiarity with data access controls

Technical knowledge of Python

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Job Description

Empower secure, data-driven innovation-support governance, compliance, and project delivery in a collaborative, fast-paced engineering environment.

As a Data Governance and Project Management Senior Associate in the Security Services Data Modelling and Engineering Team, you will play a key supporting role in the management of data governance, project coordination, and business analysis activities. Working closely with the VP Governance Lead and Department Head, you will help ensure the integrity, privacy, and quality of reusable datasets, and support the planning and delivery of governance and data-related projects across the organization.

Job responsibilities

• Support project planning, tracking, and delivery for governance and data initiatives; help maintain project roadmaps and ensure timely achievement of milestones.
• Assist in implementing and maintaining data access policies, quality controls, and compliance processes, including sensitive and PII data.
• Gather requirements, map processes, and write user stories to support governance and project objectives.
• Use Python to assist with testing and technical controls, supporting data privacy, quality, and governance requirements.
• Help document data flows, ETL logic, and support the registration of datasets and pipelines in relevant catalogues and consoles.
• Collaborate with the VP Governance Lead and Department Head to support governance, project management, and business analysis activities.
• Assist in the intake, prioritization, and tracking of governance and project-related requests.
• Help maintain inventory of data assets and associated entitlement policies.
• Work with Data Engineering and Data Modelling & Architecture teams to ensure governance and project requirements are embedded throughout the product lifecycle.
• Participate in governance and project meetings, and cross-functional forums as a supporting team member.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in governance, data quality, and operational efficiency.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in data governance, project coordination, or business analysis in a regulated, data-driven environment.
• Familiarity with data access and quality control frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Python for technical support and control implementation.
• Understanding of data privacy, PII controls, and regulatory compliance.
• Business analysis skills, including documentation of data flows and requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in financial services or large enterprise data environments.

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

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.