Global Regulatory Operations Executive Director

JP Morgan Chase; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JP Morgan Chase in the United Kingdom is seeking an Executive Director and Global Operations Lead within Payments Regulatory Reporting Operations. You will own the global operating model and oversee day-to-day delivery of a critical regulatory reporting service, partnering with regional leads across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas.

This role blends regulatory rigor with transformation, including an AI-enabled multi-year program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in operations leadership and regulatory-related roles within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of payments products, flows, and core systems used for payments processing and reporting.
• Experience leading regulatory change and operating in a controlled environment.
• Ability to lead through influence with senior stakeholders and strong communication.
• Expertise in delivering tech-driven strategic change at scale.
• Program and execution management capabilities with governance and delivery under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global regulatory reporting organization, including staffing, performance management, and succession planning.
• Own the global operating model, governance forums, procedures, standards, and controls.
• Drive strategic change with Technology, automation, platform modernization, and process simplification.
• Manage regulatory-driven change: interpretation support, planning, and controlled regional execution.
• Strengthen data and controls: identify and remediate data quality issues with clear ownership.
• Ensure exam readiness and RFI responses with audit trails and regulator coordination.
• Partner with business on product and market initiatives affecting regulatory reporting.

Skills

Operations leadership

Regulatory experience

Team management

Communication skills

Tech-driven strategic change

Program management

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

This is a role that combines end-to-end ownership with hands-on execution: you will be accountable for the global operating model and the day-to-day delivery of a critical regulatory reporting service. It’s a high-impact position at the intersection of regulatory rigor, operational excellence, and transformation—shaping how the service runs globally today and how it evolves for the future.

As an Executive Director and Global Operations Lead within Payments Regulatory Reporting Operations, you will serve as the global anchor for regulatory reporting operations, partnering with regional operations leads across APAC, EMEA, and the Americasto ensure consistent delivery, issue management, change execution, and governance. The regulatory reporting function is embarking on an innovative transformation process with significant investment in AI. You will be at the forefront of executing this multiyear transformation, making it an exciting time to lead this organization. You will also build strong, outcome-oriented partnerships with Technology, Compliance, Controls, Legal, and key business stakeholders across Payments and broader lines of business to deliver timely reporting, strong data quality, and sustained exam readiness.

Job responsibilities

• Lead a global organizationresponsible for regulatory reporting operational execution, including staffing, performance management, talent development, and succession planning.
• Own the global operating model, including governance forums, operating procedures, standards, and controls that enable consistent regional execution.
• Drive strategic changein partnership with Technology (automation, platform modernization, and process simplification), ensuring measurable reduction in manual effort and operational risk.
• Manage regulatory-driven change, including interpretation support, implementation planning, and controlled execution of complex changes across regions.
• Strengthen the data and controls environment, including identification and remediation of data quality issues and upstream dependencies, with clear ownership and sustainable fixes.
• Ensure exam and RFI readiness, coordinating horizon scanning, responses to regulators/supervisors, and delivery of evidence with a clear audit trail.
• Partner with the business on product and market initiativeswhere regulatory reporting obligations are impacted, ensuring operational readiness and adherence to global frameworks.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• Experiencein operations leadership and/or regulatory-related roles within financial services, including managing teams and complex delivery.
• Strong knowledge of payments products, flows, and core systems/applicationsthat support payments processing and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience leading regulatory changeand operating in a controlled environment (controls, audit, compliance partnership).
• Proven ability to lead through influence with senior stakeholders; strong written and verbal communication.
• Expertise in delivering tech driven strategic change at scale
• Program and execution management capability: prioritization, governance, dependency management, and delivery under tight deadlines.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience engaging with regulators/supervisors and familiarity with supervisory frameworks relevant to payments and transaction banking.
• Background in payments operations, cash operations, transaction banking, or regulatory reporting operations.