Product Manager - GIB Coverage & GCB - Vice President

J.P. Morgan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Greater London is seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive product strategy and lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in product management, guiding product development, and ensuring top-tier client experiences. This role involves collaborating with various teams to meet stakeholder needs while fostering innovation. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential to succeed in this fast-paced environment. Join and help shape the future of product innovation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management or relevant domain.
• Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle.
• Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities.

Responsibilities

• Develops a product strategy and vision that delivers value.
• Manages market research and discovery for customer solutions.
• Builds and tracks key success metrics of the product.

Skills

Product management experience

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project leadership

Knowledge of data analytics

Job description

You enjoy shaping the future of product innovation as a core leader, driving value for customers, guiding successful launches, and exceeding expectations. Join our dynamic team and make a meaningful impact by delivering high-quality products that resonate with clients.

As a Product Manager in the Global IB Coverage and Global Corporate Banking organization, you are an integral part of the team that innovates new product offerings and leads the end-to-end product life cycle. As a core leader, you are responsible for acting as the voice of the customer and developing profitable products that provide customer value. Utilizing your deep understanding of how to get a product off the ground, you guide the successful launch of products, gather crucial feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. With a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability, you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations. You will independently drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for your products, ensuring they deliver customer value, comply with regulations, and maintain operational resilience. You will oversee platform health, define and assess key performance indicators, and champion continuous improvement through data-driven insights. Collaborating closely with engineering, operations, and cross-functional teams—including controls, finance, compliance, legal, and technology—you will deliver solutions that meet stakeholder needs, manage change initiatives, and support go-to-market readiness for new launches. Embracing emerging technologies such as AI, you will foster innovation and productivity within your team.

Job responsibilities

• Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers
• Manages discovery efforts and market research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap
• Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition
• Builds the framework and tracks the product's key success metrics such as cost, feature and functionality, risk posture, and reliability
• Define OKRs with Product Ops, and assess regular KPIs. Take ownership of the reliability, compliance, and performance of solutions
• Maintain comprehensive product documentation and ensure adherence to internal governance and external regulatory requirements
• Partner with controls, finance, compliance, legal, technology and Go-To-Market teams to deliver solutions, change, and enhancements that meet stakeholder and customer needs.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 5+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product management or a relevant domain area
• Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle, design, and data analytics
• Proven ability to lead product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management
• Excellent communication skills; able to drive conversations with senior leaders in the business, align technical and non-technical teams, and represent product needs across a variety of stakeholders
• Experience leading complex projects with multi-disciplinary teams, e.g., technology, operations, compliance, risk and legal, across multiple time zones and in a highly matrixed organization
• Demonstrate ability and openness to working on a variety of products and functions, adapting to emerging technologies and business priorities
• Strong analytical skills, with hands-on experience using data and reporting tools to drive decisions

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization
• Experience within a Tier 1 bank. Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, and operations experience is highly regarded and preferred
• Experience of adoption emerging technologies, e.g., AI to drive productivity and innovation for yourself and your team