Senior Data Governance & Protection Leader

Aumni; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

On-site wellness

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Financial coaching

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Data Governance/Data Protection Lead within the Commercial & Investment Bank Chief Data Office to define governance frameworks that strengthen data management, reduce risk, and improve transparency for executive oversight.

You will drive senior delivery, translate complex topics into concise executive materials, coach teams on data literacy, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to maintain delivery discipline, resilience, and auditability in a rapidly

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in financial services, fintech, data protection, data governance, risk, or controls.
• Deliver complex data related initiatives and control procedures through clear ownership, prioritisation, evidence tracking, dependency management, and timely escalation.
• Influence senior stakeholders and align cross‑functional stakeholders and translate data related risks, issues, and remediation into clear executive messaging and reporting.
• Analyse data and trends to assess risk, identify control gaps and root causes, and recommend practical remediation and improve governance workflows through automation and analytics while maintaining auditability and appropriate oversight.
• Produce high‑quality executive materials and reporting using PowerPoint, Excel, and visualisation or workflow tools.
• Support effective project and change management including prioritization, dependency management, and timely escalation.
• Model resilience, adaptability, attention to detail, and continuous learning in a rapidly evolving data and AI environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data related initiatives to sustainable closure by driving milestones, resolving dependencies, maintaining evidence, and escalating barriers early.
• Improve executive oversight and accelerate delivery through reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and metrics on data related risk and control effectiveness.
• Maintain operating models, standards and applicable control procedures.
• Partner with key cross-functional partners to contribute to data strategy, shape priorities, and maintain strong delivery discipline.
• Own project plans, milestones, dependencies, delivery risks, and stakeholder alignment for assigned cross‑functional initiatives.
• Prepare executive‑ready materials for governance forums, senior committees, audits, regulators, and client engagements.
• Experience coaching teams on data literacy and controlled adoption of new technologies.

Skills

Data governance

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Executive reporting

Project leadership

Data literacy coaching

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Visualization tools

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Data Governance/Data Protection Lead within the Commercial & Investment Bank Chief Data Office to define governance frameworks that strengthen data management, reduce risk, and improve transparency for executive oversight.

You will drive senior delivery, translate complex topics into concise executive materials, coach teams on data literacy, and partner with cross-functional stakeholders to maintain delivery discipline, resilience, and auditability in a rapidly