Technical Project Manager - Sr. Lead Software Engineer

JP Morgan Chase; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the Commercial & Investment Bank FX/Cash Custody unit seeks a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to mentor multiple technical teams and drive strategic initiatives. You provide technical coaching, influence budget decisions, and shepherd AI-assisted development across the enterprise, advancing delivery speed and reliability.

You will set operating practices, oversee projects from concept through delivery, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure secure, scalable

Qualifications

• Formal software engineering training or certification with 5+ years applied experience.
• 2+ years leading technologists to solve complex items within your domain.
• Experience leading projects.
• Hands-on software engineering background (coding/design/building).
• Technical program and project management across timelines, backlogs, dependencies.
• AI-first mindset with responsible AI practices in engineering workflows.
• Ability to guide and coach teams toward strategic goals.
• Experience leading multi-team adoption of AI-assisted development tools with governance and quality gates.
• In-depth knowledge of the services industry IT systems.
• Practical cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers.
• Accountable for decisions influencing resources, budget, and processes across teams.
• Set operating practices for AI-assisted engineering and SDLC automation; establish measurable expectations.
• Apply SDLC toolchain knowledge to drive efficiency and capacity unlock initiatives.
• Ensure successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate issues to execute a book of work; escalate as needed.
• Provide input to leadership on budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operations.

Skills

Software engineering concepts

Project leadership

Hands-on software engineering (coding,

Technical program and project planning

Requirements analysis and design

AI-first mindset

Team coaching and mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Cloud-native experience

Code-level experience

Education

Software engineering certification/training

Job description

When you mentor and advise multiple technical teams and move financial technologies forward, it’s a big challenge with big impact. You were made for this.

As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank FX/Cash Custody, you serve in a leadership role by providing technical coaching and advisory for multiple technical teams, as well as anticipate the needs and potential dependencies of other functions within the firm. As an expert in your field, your insights influence budget and technical considerations to advance operational efficiencies and functionalities.

Job responsibilities

• Provide overall direction, oversight, and coaching for a team of entry-level to mid-level software engineers that work on basic to moderately complex tasks
• Accountable for decisions that influence teams’ resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures
• Sets and scales operating practices for enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering and SDLC/TLM automation across multiple teams to improve delivery speed, quality, and operational outcomes; establishes measurable expectations (e.g., throughput, defect reduction, reliability) and ensures consistent validation, security, resiliency, and reuse of proven patterns.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to drive efficiency and support capacity unlock initiatives across teams, prioritizing reuse of existing firm technology assets.
• Ensures successful collaboration across teams and stakeholders
• Identifies and mitigates issues to execute a book of work while escalating issues as necessary
• Provides input to leadership regarding budget, approach, and technical considerations to improve operational efficiencies and functionality for the team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience . In addition, 2 + years of experience leading technologists to manage and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience leading projects
• Strong technical background with prior hands‑on software engineering experience (coding/designing/building)
• Technical Program and Project management with software development experience managing timelines, backlogs, and dependencies across stakeholders’ groups.
• Technical and Functional analysis and design - refining requirements and designs to comply with patterns established in cash architecture
• AI first mindset - using AI to codify thinking tasks and streamline program delivery. Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, resiliency/security implications, and control expectations; ability to coach managers, leads and influence leaders on safe scaling patterns.
• Ability to guide and coach teams on approach to achieve goals aligned against a set of strategic initiatives
• Experience leading multi‑team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI‑assisted development and delivery tools, including defining governance/ways of working (human‑in‑the‑loop validation, quality gates), measuring outcomes, and ensuring secure handling of sensitive inputs/outputs.
• In‑depth knowledge of the services industry and their IT systems
• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience working at code level