Tech Risk Lead – AI-Driven Software Delivery Oversight

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director Technology Development Risk Lead to independently assess controls over AI-driven software delivery. You will challenge the first line, analyze large engineering data sets with Python and SQL, and report to senior management and regulators.

You will mentor junior staff and define the oversight plan for the domain. You will work in Technology Risk Management to ensure compliance with the framework for risk, conduct, and operational controls

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15 years of experience in technology risk, technology audit, software engineering, or application security within financial services.
• Hands-on software development experience in Python.
• Experience querying and analyzing data in SQL.
• Hands-on experience with the software delivery toolchain, including source control, continuous integration and delivery pipelines, and automated testing.
• Experience assessing or testing technology controls such as change management, access management, or secure software development.
• Experience with data visualization and reporting tools such as Tableau or AWS QuickSight.
• Experience presenting technology risk findings to senior management.
• Experience coaching or developing junior technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent risk assessments of the controls governing how software is planned, written, reviewed, tested, and released, using data-first approaches and advanced analytics.
• Challenge the first line on the control model applied to AI coding assistants and agentic development tooling, covering human review of generated code, attribution of authorship, and the audit trail behind every change.
• Evaluate entitlements and credentials for development tooling and autonomous agents, and whether access controls hold when a machine initiates a change.
• Assess observability and telemetry across the engineering estate to detect data loss, misuse, and unexpected agent behaviour.
• Utilize Python and SQL to analyze large engineering data sets, and build dashboards and reports that make development risk visible to senior management.
• Define and test statistical hypotheses to identify thematic risks in software delivery from risk indicator KPIs.
• Develop and maintain the annual oversight plan and report an independent view to senior management and regulators.
• Assess prioritization and treatment of control findings, and monitor first line remediation to closure.
• Coach and develop junior data scientists and risk professionals, raising the analytical bar of the function.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Risk management

Communication

Coaching

Software delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Tableau

AWS QuickSight

Splunk

Datadog

Dynatrace

Job description

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director Technology Development Risk Lead to independently assess controls over AI-driven software delivery. You will challenge the first line, analyze large engineering data sets with Python and SQL, and report to senior management and regulators.

You will mentor junior staff and define the oversight plan for the domain. You will work in Technology Risk Management to ensure compliance with the framework for risk, conduct, and operational controls