Governance & Controls Program Lead

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Governance, Strategy, Change, and Insights professional within Asset & Wealth Management Control Management to help shape risk and control management.

You will coordinate governance routines and committee processes, synthesize risk themes into executive-ready materials, and drive continuous improvement across AWM controls priorities. This role requires strong stakeholder management, excellent communication, and experience in controls, audit, or operational risk

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in controls, audit, quality assurance, operational risk, governance, or related fields.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience preparing executive-ready materials and coordinating prep meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support governance and escalation protocols by maintaining AWM Business Control Committee (BCC) frameworks and routing potential escalations for review.
• Run the committee operating cadence (agendas, logistics, presenter/SME coordination, and content intake).
• Produce and manage meeting outputs by drafting and reviewing for accuracy and consistency meeting materials, capturing minutes, and tracking action items to closure across stakeholders.
• Coordinate with sub-LOB control committees to collect updates, consolidate inputs, and surface key themes for AWM-level governance.
• Support senior forum deliverables (e.g., leadership business reviews, Audit Committee-related materials) by gathering inputs and ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Partner across business, operations, legal, compliance, risk, audit, regulators, and technology/control functions to manage inputs and ensure timely follow-through.
• Synthesize risk/control information and metrics (e.g., KRI/KPI-style data, trends, themes) to support messaging, prioritization, and committee decisioning.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline governance processes and reduce manual touchpoints.
• Support business management reporting by tracking headcount movement and expenses versus budget (with Finance) and surfacing variances/opportunities.
• Provide program/project management support for AWM Controls priorities by facilitating cross-Controls discussions, tracking milestones and progress metrics, and helping drive initiatives to completion.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Executive-level communication

Leadership for senior meetings

Analytical/problem-solving

Organizational skills

Proactive/action-oriented

Professional discretion

5+ years of controls/audit/risk exp

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

SharePoint

Tableau

Alteryx

Python

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Governance, Strategy, Change, and Insights professional within Asset & Wealth Management Control Management to help shape risk and control management.

You will coordinate governance routines and committee processes, synthesize risk themes into executive-ready materials, and drive continuous improvement across AWM controls priorities. This role requires strong stakeholder management, excellent communication, and experience in controls, audit, or operational risk