Asset & Wealth Management Controls Strategy & Innovation (CSI) – AI Controls Enablement (Associate)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. recruits an Associate to join AI Controls Enablement within Controls Strategy & Innovation. The role interfaces with senior leadership and cross-disciplinary teams to translate AI design into robust, compliant controls and actionable risk findings.

You will help co-develop, coach, and gatekeep across controls, technology, and business, ensuring responsible AI deployment within the Asset & Wealth Management framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk or control management within financial services, with a focus on compliance and operational risk mitigation.
• Technical AI fluency and understanding of AI models, limitations, and failure modes.
• Ability to translate complex AI behavior into documented risk findings within a controls framework.
• Capability to implement robust controls to safeguard business operations and meet regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in process and data analysis to enhance control environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI tools alongside Citizen Developers and Technology, optimizing control frameworks and identifying risks.
• Determine the right tool to solve problems from cost-effective AI and automation options and prototype scalable automated controls.
• Run scenario simulations and red-team exercises; establish best practices for reviewing and deploying AI tools.
• Coordinate the AI Controls Council and produce quarterly AI Controls Intelligence Reports for senior leadership.

Job description

As the first line of defense for JPMorganChase (JPMC), Control Management identifies and manages operational, regulatory, and reputational risks. Within Asset & Wealth Management (AWM), Controls Strategy & Innovation (CSI) plays a key role in meeting client commitments and driving the strategic priorities that future-proof the AWM business in an ever-changing global landscape.

As an Associate in AI Controls Enablement within Controls Strategy & Innovation (CSI), you will report to the AI Controls Enablement program lead, as part of a team of Controls professionals with deep technical AI expertise who sit at the intersection of the Business and Technology.

On any given day, as part of the AI Controls Enablement team, you might conduct a joint risk review with a Control Manager, bringing the technical depth while they own the controls finding; Act as co-developer, coach, and gatekeeper across the control, Technology and the Business - making the invisible visible and the technical actionable.

This role carries strong visibility to senior Controls leadership and to senior AWM and firmwide business stakeholders, positioning you to influence how the AWM Controls builds and deploys AI for the Business. It is a stimulating environment where a wide range of activities require engagement with cross-disciplinary teams to build creative, sustainable solutions.

Our people-first culture underpins everything we do. Here, you will have the opportunity to grow your career, master new skills for the future, and join a diverse, inclusive community of professionals who embrace teamwork and innovation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop AI tools alongside Citizen Developers and Technology, optimizing control frameworks, identifying risks sooner and working with business to solve problems, co-signing every tool submission before it is approved for deployment to colleagues.
• Determine the right tool to solve the problem from a cost effective mindset across AI and general automation tools (e.g., UiPath, Python, and other JPMorgan-authorized workflow, process, and decision automation tools) to prototype and scale automated controls.
• Run scenario simulations and red-team exercises; establish best practices and standards for the review and deployment of AI tools across the AI Controls Enablement team.
• Assist with coordination of the AI Controls Council, producing quarterly AI Controls Intelligence Report for senior leadership, including status of in-flight items, prioritization of new work, and solutions launched with impact - providing the role strong visibility across both Controls and business leadership.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Experience in risk or control management within financial services, with a focus on compliance and operational risk mitigation, equivalent to seven or more years of experience.
• Technical AI fluency - a genuine understanding of how AI models work, including their assumptions, limitations, and failure modes.
• Ability to translate complex, technical AI behavior into documented, escalatable, and actionable risk findings within a controls framework.
• Capability to implement robust controls to safeguard business operations and meet critical regulatory requirements.
• Proficiency in process and data analysis to enhance control environments and interpret business needs and trends.
• Good Internal stakeholder management skills, including the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with senior Controls leadership and senior business stakeholders.
• Good project management skills and a commitment to operational excellence.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), with the ability to develop compelling and meaningful executive presentations.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills:

• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM tools, ideally on low-code or sanctioned development platforms, with an instinct for catching design risk early.
• Experience with automation platforms (e.g., Python, UiPath, Pega, or other JPMorgan-authorized workflow, process, and decision automation tools).
• Relevant AI and cloud certifications, (e.g., NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Generative AI and LLMs (NCA-GENL) or AWS Certified AI Practitioner certifications) preferred but not necessary.
• Familiarity with the AI regulatory and policy landscape, model releases, and AI incident trends, with the ability to map them to controls implications and peer-institution intelligence.
• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence business leaders in a meaningful and actionable manner to drive organizational change.
• Ability to operate with minimal direction while consistently delivering results and making decisions aligned with organizational objectives.