Vice President Securities Lead

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Vice President, Securities Lead within the Network Management Agent Transitions team. The role focuses on coordinating complex change across agent bank and FMI networks, with emphasis on Securities Services and post-trade operating models.

You will engage senior stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and deliver structured outcomes across regions. You will build robust delivery frameworks, maintain governance, and apply a disciplined risk and control mindset while

Qualifications

• Significant experience in program, project or change management within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of Securities Services and post-trade processes/operating models.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal and Compliance.
• Proven track record managing governance, prioritization, risks/issues, dependencies, and senior reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for concise senior updates and materials.
• Strong focus on controls, accountability, and delivery outcomes in a regulated environment.
• People management experience and mentoring career progression.

Responsibilities

• Lead Securities-focused change delivery across the Agent Transitions portfolio with strong market readiness and stakeholder alignment.
• Directly manage and develop a team of Project Managers, coaching and performance feedback.
• Own delivery plans from planning through post-implementation review with clear outcomes and controls.
• Drive portfolio discipline: prioritization, sequencing, dependencies, governance for senior oversight.
• Act as a senior escalation point for risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions affecting delivery timelines.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance and Network Management.
• Partner with Global/Regional Heads to ensure consistent transition activity across markets/regions.
• Ensure high-quality documentation, controls and reporting for audit readiness and governance.
• Lead ad hoc strategic initiatives and drive continuous improvement in processes and reporting.

Skills

Program/Change management

Securities Services knowledge

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Risk & controls

Communication skills

Job description

• Lead Securities-focused change delivery across the Agent Transitions portfolio, ensuring projects impacting custody/clearing/settlement and related post-trade activities are delivered with strong market readiness and stakeholder alignment.
• People management, directly manage and develop a team of Project Managers, including coaching, objective setting, performance feedback, and supporting career progression; foster an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Own delivery plans from evaluation and planning through execution, stabilization, and post-implementation review, ensuring clear outcomes, cutovers, and controls are embedded.
• Drive portfolio discipline for Securities workstreams, including prioritization input, sequencing, dependencies, and governance routines to support senior management oversight.
• Act as a senior escalation point for risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions that may affect delivery timelines, client outcomes, or operational readiness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance and Network Management, driving timely decisions and clear accountability.
• Partner with Global and Regional Heads to ensure a consistent approach to transition activity across markets/regions and alignment to Network Management standards.
• Ensure high-quality documentation, controls and reporting are maintained throughout the delivery lifecycle to support audit readiness and transparent governance.
• Lead ad hoc strategic initiatives and drive continuous improvement across processes, governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement, including adoption of best practices and lessons learned.

As a Vice President Securities Lead within the Network Management Agent Transitions team, you will lead and coordinate delivery of complex change impacting the agent bank and financial market infrastructure (FMI) network, with a primary focus on Securities Services and associated post-trade operating models. You will operate across ambiguity, build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, and bring structure to a portfolio of strategic and mandatory change across Securities, Cash and Legal Entity-related activity. You will combine disciplined project delivery with a strong risk and control mindset, excellent communication skills, and a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Significant experience in program, project or change management within financial services.
• Strong knowledge of Securities Services and post-trade processes/operating models (e.g., custody, clearing, settlement, corporate actions, market infrastructure interactions).
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior stakeholders across Product, Operations, Technology, Legal and Compliance.
• Proven track record managing governance, prioritization, risks/issues, dependencies, and senior reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to produce concise senior-level updates and decision materials.
• Strong focus on controls, accountability, and clear delivery outcomes; comfortable operating in a regulated environment.
• People management experience, including developing talent and supporting career progression.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Network Management, agent bank/custodian transitions, clearing or securities operations, or coordination across external providers/market infrastructures/vendors.
• Knowledge of legal entity change and its impact across products, markets, and operating models.
• Experience coordinating global/regional stakeholders across time zones and driving consistent execution across regions.
• Experience improving project governance, portfolio transparency, reporting, or resource allocation.
• Experience leading innovation initiatives or embedding new ways of working (e.g., improved reporting/data visualization).

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.

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.