Product Director - Bank to Bank Payments - Accelerator Program

J.P. MORGAN; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Product Director for its Accelerator Program to lead product life cycles and manage bank-to-bank payment systems. This role focuses on driving innovation and requires strong expertise in payments, stakeholder management, and market trends to enhance product offerings. Join a collaborative environment that values diversity and personal growth while delivering customer-focused technology solutions.

Qualifications

• Expertise in delivering products and technology applications such as payment schemes.
• Extensive knowledge of domestic and cross-border payment operations.
• Experience with regulatory and audit requirements prevalent in banking.

Responsibilities

• Lead the entire product life cycle from planning to execution.
• Define operational management for bank-to-bank payment schemes.
• Coach product team on best practices for product delivery.

Skills

Product delivery

Bank to Bank payments experience

Project management

Market analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

Out of the successful launch of Chase in 2021, we're a new team, with a new mission. We're creating products that solve real world problems and put customers at the center - all in an environment that nurtures skills and helps you realize your potential. Our team is key to our success. We're people-first. We value collaboration, curiosity and commitment.

As a Product Director at JPMorgan Chase within the Accelerator Program, you are the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our customers. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative squads, and are passionate about new technology. By your nature, you are also solution-oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. You thrive in working in tribes and squads that focus on specific products and projects – and depending on your strengths and interests, you'll have the opportunity to move between them.

While we're looking for professional skills, culture is just as important to us. We understand that everyone's unique – and that diversity of thought, experience and background is what makes a good team, great. By bringing people with different points of view together, we can represent everyone and truly reflect the communities we serve. This way, there's scope for you to make a huge difference – on us as a company, and on our clients and business partners around the world.

Job responsibilities:

1. Lead the entire product life cycle through planning, execution, and future development by continuously adapting, developing new products and methodologies, managing risks, and achieving business targets like cost, features, reusability, and reliability to support growth
2. Define partnership model, enablement procedures, and day-to-day operational management of the connected bank-to-bank payment schemes (e.g. SWIFT, SEPA, FPS, etc.) and relating clearing & settlement mechanisms (e.g. STEP2), in line with the firm's global expansion strategy, operational excellence, and security standards
3. Assist with commercial/ go-live functions such as new business approvals process, product reviews, policy and compliance checks for both product and operational processes, market research, and go-to-market activities
4. Coach and mentor the product team on best practices, such as solution generation, market research, storyboarding, prototyping methods, product adoption strategies, and product delivery, enabling them to effectively deliver on objectives
5. Own product performance and is accountable for investing in enhancements to achieve business objectives
6. Monitor market trends, conduct competitive analysis, and identify opportunities for product differentiation

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

1. Expertise delivering products, projects, or technology applications
2. Must have Bank to Bank payments experience
3. Extensive and in-depth knowledge in direct enablement of domestic (e.g. SEPA, FPS, Bacs, etc) and cross-border payment schemes
4. Experience with platform/ API products and related system design concepts in order to help translate the needs and requirements of the customers into well-designed services
5. Familiar with additional rigour around regulatory and audit requirements (e.g. financial crime monitoring) that banks are subjected to
6. Experience driving change within organizations and managing stakeholders across multiple functions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

1. Recognized thought leader within a related field
2. Hands-on knowledge of financial messaging e.g. SWIFT MTxxx, ISO20022
3. Experience working directly with clearing and settlement mechanisms (CSMs) and transaction banking industry qualifications e.g. ACT / ICM, SWIFT, etc.
4. Knowledge of the external transaction banking landscape, key players (inc. banks, PSPs, fintech, vendors), legislative environment (Open Banking, PSD2/3 etc)

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