Principal Architect - Employee Platforms - Executive Director

Aumni; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase seeks a Principal Architect (Executive Director) to lead cloud-based architecture initiatives and drive adoption of strategic, AI-enabled solutions across Vendor and Enterprise platforms. You will shape multi-year roadmaps, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure secure, scalable production systems.

The role requires deep architectural expertise, cross-functional leadership, and hands-on delivery across cloud, AI/ML, and mobile disciplines, with a focus on governance and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s).
• Deep knowledge of software, applications, and architecture, including advanced software architecture, application development, and technical processes within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, AI, ML).
• Experience applying enterprise‑authorized AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows with validation habits and data sensitivity awareness.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into scalable platforms while ensuring resiliency, security, and auditability.
• Experience leading a product as a product owner or product manager.
• Ability to present and communicate to senior leaders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Advises cross-functional teams on technology selection to achieve target state architecture.
• Applies AI capabilities to accelerate architecture analysis and roadmap development with human-in-the-loop validation.
• Develops multi-year roadmaps aligned with business strategy and priorities.
• Represents the LOB at Firmwide technical forums on best practices.
• Develops secure, well-architected production applications and addresses issues from feedback loops.
• Guides evaluation of current and new technologies using standards and frameworks.
• Serves as SME and contributes to development of technical methods in architecture fields.
• Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns with governance across SDLC.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML integration

Communication with executives

Software architecture

Education

Formal architecture certification

Tools

Cloud platforms

AI tooling

Job description

Step into the role of a Principal Architect (Executive Director) at JPMorganChase and become a driving force behind the development and adoption of cutting-edge, cloud-based technologies.

As a Principal Architect at JPMorganChase within the Employee Platforms - Workforce Technology and Employee Experience organization, you provide expertise to enhance and develop architecture platforms based on modern cloud-based technologies, as well as support the adoption of strategic global solutions. Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes.

Job responsibilities

• Advises cross-functional teams on technology selection to achieve target state architecture and decisions on improvements to current technologies
• Applies enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment to accelerate architecture analysis, roadmap development, and design decisioning, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data.
• Develops multi-year roadmaps aligned with business and architecture strategy and priorities
• Represents the LOB at Firmwide technical forums related to well-architected best practices
• Develops secure and high-quality well-architected production applications, and reviews issues from feedback loops for continuous improvement
• Guides evaluation of current and new technologies using existing standards and frameworks, influencing peers and decision-makers to adopt leading-edge solutions where appropriate
• Serves as the function’s go-to subject matter expert and contributes to the development of technical methods in specialized fields in line with the latest architecture methodologies
• Establishes reuse-first AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across SDLC/toolchain practices, ensuring traceability/auditability, resiliency, and security controls.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and advanced applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Expertise in one or more programming language(s)
• Deep knowledge of software, applications, and architecture, including advanced software architecture, application development, and technical processes within one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within the work environment in architecture and engineering workflows with strong validation habits and awareness of data sensitivity.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI-enabled capabilities into scalable platforms while meeting resiliency, security, and auditability requirements.
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Experience leading a product as a product owner or product manager
• Ability to present and effectively communicate to senior leaders and executives

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Industry certification in a platform technology (Cloud, Network, OS, Database etc)
• Small team management

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.

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. Provide expertise and architecture excellence to enhance, build, and deliver market-leading technologies across the firm.