Asset & Wealth Management Investment Product Operations Business Manager

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

J.P. Morgan is seeking a Business Manager for Asset & Wealth Management Operations to drive strategic initiatives and optimize global performance.

You will advise the Investment Product Operations leadership, coordinate across functions, and influence priorities with executive teams. You will partner with HR and Finance on headcount, budgets, and forecasting while identifying opportunities for cost optimization and organizational design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related area.
• 5+ years of experience in or related to financial services strategy, business management and/or financial planning.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, proactive and self-motivated and able to navigate initiatives independently from ideation to completion.
• Proven experience in influencing and unifying others towards a common goal.
• Excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills, particularly in PowerPoint.
• Confidence and skill to think strategically, develop solutions, and present recommendations to business leaders.
• Demonstrates high degree of organization, experience in project management, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Investment Product Operations leadership team, a diverse group of stakeholders the support several distinct products.
• Support the lead business manager with communicating strategic priorities and tracking progress.
• Prepare and deliver accurate, clear and professional presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner across the organization to execute on people agenda.
• Serve as a key partner with HR in tracking the status and funding of open headcount and overall staffing needs.
• Act as key liaison with Finance in preparing budgets and forecasts, expense management, headcount reporting, and managing allocations.
• Proactively identify opportunities for cost optimization, organizational & operational design, innovation and thought leadership.
• Coordinate agenda, presentations, and follow-ups for management team meetings, internal forums & town halls, and select client meetings with an eye toward streamlining processes and prepare senior management for internal and external meetings (e.g., prepare presentations, compile data and draft talking points)

Skills

Strategic thinking

Influencing others

Presentation skills

Project management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Ambiguity navigation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related area

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Are you someone who excels in influencing outcomes and implementing strategic change, and is looking to grow your career working in a globally diverse organization? Join J.P. Morgan’s Asset & Wealth Management Operations team as a Business Manager, where you’ll drive strategic initiatives, optimize global performance, and serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership. This position will report directly to the Lead Business Manager for Investment Product Operations Business Management with dotted line accountability to the Investment Product Operations leadership team within the Asset & Wealth Management Operations organization.

As a Business Manager within the Asset & Wealth Management Operations team, you will influence outcomes for Operation, partner to set strategic goals and work to optimize the organization.

Job responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Investment Product Operations leadership team, a diverse group of stakeholders the support several distinct products.
• Support the lead business manager with communicating strategic priorities and tracking progress.
• Prepare and deliver accurate, clear and professional presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Partner across the organization to execute on people agenda.
• Serve as a key partner with HR in tracking the status and funding of open headcount and overall staffing needs.
• Act as key liaison with Finance in preparing budgets and forecasts, expense management, headcount reporting, and managing allocations.
• Proactively identify opportunities for cost optimization, organizational & operational design, innovation and thought leadership.
• Coordinate agenda, presentations, and follow-ups for management team meetings, internal forums & town halls, and select client meetings with an eye toward streamlining processes and prepare senior management for internal and external meetings (e.g., prepare presentations, compile data and draft talking points)

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related area.
• 5+ years of experience in or related to financial services strategy, business management and/or financial planning.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, proactive and self-motivated and able to navigate initiatives independently from ideation to completion
• Proven experience in influencing and unifying others towards a common goal
• Excellent written, visual and verbal communication skills, particularly in PowerPoint
• Confidence and skill to think strategically, develop solutions, and present recommendations to business leaders
• Demonstrates high degree of organization, experience in project management, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Asset Management, Wealth Management and/or Operations knowledge