Finance Product Portfolio Director & Strategy Lead

Next Frontier Capital; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Product Portfolio Operations Director to lead portfolio operations and strategic execution across finance product areas, partnering with senior leaders to drive priorities, accelerate delivery, and strengthen operating cadence in a complex environment.

The role focuses on enabling executive-ready communications, change management, and talent engagement while guiding a small team in portfolio management, metrics, and reporting to sustain high standards of quality and

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on product portfolio operations concepts and 10+ years applied experience.
• Three years of experience leading and developing teams, including setting priorities, coaching, and driving accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to execute cross-portfolio initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record delivering strategic initiatives within finance, data, or product management environments.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes, manage trade-offs, and drive alignment across functions.
• Strong executive communications skills, including concise writing, storytelling, and creating leadership-ready materials.
• Bias for action and sound judgment when operating with incomplete information, ambiguity, or shifting priorities.
• Strong analytical and operational rigor, including defining metrics, tracking outcomes, and improving operating cadence.
• Proficiency with common work management and productivity tools (for example, Jira, Excel, and PowerPoint) and the ability to learn modern data platforms quickly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as chief of staff to the head of product, driving executive action tracking, meeting preparation, decision follow-through, and leadership communications.
• Coordinate cross-product initiatives, aligning plans, roadmaps, metrics, and best practices with finance and partner leadership teams.
• Produce executive-ready updates and materials that clearly communicate progress, trade-offs, risks, and decisions needed.
• Drive portfolio prioritization and investment trade-off discussions, articulating options and expected benefits in a clear, outcomes-focused way.
• Lead change management coordination across product, technology, data, design, and key partner functions to improve execution and adoption.
• Shape enablement strategies for new tools and ways of working for a large finance employee population, focusing on adoption and measurable impact.
• Operate as a front door and triage point for forecasting transformation work, ensuring clear intake, alignment, and delivery coordination.
• Track and report productivity outcomes, translating improvements into insights that inform reinvestment and resourcing decisions.
• Benchmark portfolio operations against leading product organizations and apply improvements to portfolio cadence, governance, and reporting.
• Lead, coach, and develop a small team responsible for portfolio management, metrics, and reporting, setting high standards for quality and execution.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communications

Stakeholder management

Change management

Portfolio operations

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Jira

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Jira

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Product Portfolio Operations Director to lead portfolio operations and strategic execution across finance product areas, partnering with senior leaders to drive priorities, accelerate delivery, and strengthen operating cadence in a complex environment.

The role focuses on enabling executive-ready communications, change management, and talent engagement while guiding a small team in portfolio management, metrics, and reporting to sustain high standards of quality and