VP Trade Ops: Automation, Risk & Leadership

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Manila; On-site; PHP 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Manila is seeking a Trade Operations Lead to guide day‑to‑day delivery, ensure operational resilience, and maintain robust control outcomes for a trade operations coverage team.

You will set priorities, manage escalations, coach the team, and drive process improvements that reduce risk and recurring issues while providing timely updates to internal stakeholders. This role blends people leadership with strong governance, collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset

Qualifications

• End-to-end trade lifecycle knowledge for equities, ETFs, and mutual funds.
• Hands-on Python automation for data processing, reconciliations, and reporting; strong debugging and RCA.
• Excel proficiency for reconciliations, trackers, and break analysis.
• Operational risk mindset with documented procedures and audit readiness.
• Develop practical solutions that reduce operational risk and manual effort.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication in time-sensitive situations.
• Experience leading process improvements in an operations environment.
• People leadership experience including coaching and raising team quality.
• 12 years of relevant experience in trade operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior escalation point for high-impact trade breaks and settlement fails, driving timely resolution.
• Own operational risk management and controls for the process, ensuring documentation quality, evidence standards, and audit readiness.
• Manage stakeholder communications and service levels across internal partners, providing clear status updates, timelines, and risk escalations.
• Lead the team through coaching, performance management, cross-training, and coverage planning to support business continuity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (standardization, efficiency, and automation opportunities) to reduce manual effort and recurring issues.

Skills

Trade lifecycle knowledge

Python automation

Excel proficiency

Operational risk mindset

Stakeholder management

Process improvement leadership

People leadership

Time-sensitive communication

Education

Master's degree in finance / MBA

Tools

Python

Excel

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Manila is seeking a Trade Operations Lead to guide day‑to‑day delivery, ensure operational resilience, and maintain robust control outcomes for a trade operations coverage team.

You will set priorities, manage escalations, coach the team, and drive process improvements that reduce risk and recurring issues while providing timely updates to internal stakeholders. This role blends people leadership with strong governance, collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset