Senior Director of Software Engineering - Market Risk

JPMorgan Chase; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global financial services firm is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to oversee multiple technical areas within their Corporate Technology team. In this role, you will lead teams in implementing advanced technical methods and ensure the integration of AI technologies within the Market Risk sector. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in software engineering and proven leadership capabilities, suitable for driving innovation in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in Software Engineering and expert experience.
• Experience leading large, cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Expertise in supporting system design, testing, and operational stability.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology and process implementations to achieve technology objectives.
• Manage multiple stakeholders and complex projects.
• Champion diversity and inclusion within the team.

Skills

Software Engineering expertise

Cross-functional team leadership

Cloud native experience

Technical project management

Education

Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Tools

DataBricks

AWS qualifications

Job description

Your opportunity to make a real impact and shape the future of financial services is waiting for you. Let's push the boundaries of what's possible together.

As a Senior Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology, Market Risk AIML Tech Team, you will lead multiple technical areas and oversee the activities of various departments while fostering collaboration across technical domains. Your cross-functional expertise will be instrumental in promoting the adoption and implementation of advanced technical methods within diverse teams, ensuring the firm remains at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological innovations. This role emphasizes managing and developing the AIML platform within Market Risk, working closely with Product and the tech team to define the roadmap and implement top-tier AIML and Generative AI practices across Risk Technology.

Job responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams
• Champions the firm\'s culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Software Engineering concepts and expert applied experience. In addition, expert experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience developing or leading large or cross-functional teams of technologists
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent
• Extensive practical cloud native experience
• Expertise in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level and understanding architecture and infrastructure
• Exposure to ML engineering and preferably some experience with Generative AI (GenAI) or at least an understanding of it
• Experience overseeing a team of engineers bringing up AIML platforms
• Experience with DataBricks
• AWS qualifications

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.