Product Director - Data Catalog - Executive Director

JPMorganChase; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking an Executive Director for their Chief Data & Analytics Office. The successful candidate will manage the design and user experience of data products. Responsibilities include leading the product roadmap, establishing requirements, and collaborating with various teams. A strong background in product management, data management, and exceptional communication skills are essential. This role offers the opportunity to drive firmwide strategic change within an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Significant expertise in delivering products, projects, or technology applications.
• Extensive experience in Product Management/Product Ownership.
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage multiple deliverables.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads analysis and establishes a backlog of product requirements.
• Manages the product roadmap and prioritization of deliverables.
• Measures and reports on product performance and metrics.
• Communicates effectively with Lines of Businesses and Corporate Functions.

Skills

Delivery of products, projects, or technology applications

Data Catalog experience

Product Management

Data management knowledge

Customer and user experience focus

Project management under pressure

Strong communication skills

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, or Design

Job description

The Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) at JPMorgan Chase is responsible for accelerating the firm’s data and analytics journey. The Firmwide Data Catalog product team is responsible for the overall implementation and management of JPM's Data Marketplace and inventory of Data Products, Datasets and Technical Assets. The catalog is foundational to the CDAO wider objectives that enable Lines of Businesses and Corporate Functions to achieve AI-ready data, and effectively and efficiently manage data risk.

As an Executive Director in CDAO Product Management, you will be responsible for advancing the design, functionalities, scalability and user experience of the product, working with Lines of Businesses and Corporate Functions to onboard and register their Data Products and Datasets, resulting in a comprehensive firmwide inventory of JPM data. Our product objective is to allow users to Find, Understand and Access data quickly, with minimal necessary Controls. In this role, you will capture requirements, manage the roadmap, priortise the backlog and drive the execution of delivery, resulting in firmwide business benefit. In this role, you will partner closely with Engineering, User Experience, Architecture and Information Architecture teams and ultimately be responsible for the end product. You will also work alongside partnering product teams to integrate and advance the overall CDAO platform experience. Product maturity and business value should be measured using metrics, and marketed through effective reporting and communications.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads analysis and establishes a backlog of well thought out firmwide product requirements
• Manages the product roadmap and prioritisation of deliverables
• Measures and reports on product performance and metrics, ensuring alignment with the organization's overall objectives
• Partners with UX and Software Engineering teams to design and implement features delivering a first in class product
• Partners with the Firmwide Chief Data Office to implement product capabilities to support their controls, standards and guidelines
• Leads strategic change initiatives end-to-end from initiation through to completion, ensuring adherence to timelines and quality standards
• Communicates and coordinates effectively with Lines of Businesses and Corporate Functions to, status updates, drive program reporting and alignment on program deliverables and objectives
• Develops and maintain deep relationships with stakeholders across Lines of Businesses and functional areas, gather further requirements and user feedback
• Coaches other team members and contributes to the wider group's objectives

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Significant expertise in delivering products, projects, or technology applications
• Data Catalog experience
• Extensive experience in Product Management / Product Ownership
• Strong knowledge of data management, data products and datasets
• An eye for good design and a strong focus on customer and user experience
• Ability to consider the wider business use and operating models used to support the catalog
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to project manage multiple deliverables and work under pressure, whilst managing tight delivery timelines, and ensuring our organization is on track to execute and deliver strategic change that meets our goals
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) and ability to articulate complex ideas and challenges in a succinct way
• Ability to build consensus and progress initiatives in a highly collaborative, cross-functional and matrixed environment
• Ability to influence people at all levels across a broad variety of functions with excellent leadership skills - of programs, projects, teams and/or employee
• BS/BA degree or equivalent experience/ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, Design or other related area

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Financial Services experience
• Experience and technical knowledge of data management and governance, big data platforms, or data architecture preferred
• MBA and/or advanced degree from a top-tier program
• UX Design experience
• Software Engineering experience

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

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.