Vice President - Data Scientist Lead (LLM/GenAI)

JPMorganChase; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a VP Data Scientist Lead to drive data-driven initiatives across Commercial Banking. You will lead generative AI projects, design LLM-based solutions, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to deploy scalable, governance-backed capabilities using Bedrock and Cortex.

You will mentor junior data scientists, evaluate models, and translate business needs into measurable outcomes while maintaining strong software engineering practices and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Data Science, CS, ML, Stats, or related field
• 5+ years of applied ML/NLP experience with production deployments
• Experience with NLP and LLMs including prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation
• Hands-on with Bedrock or equivalent LLM platform
• Experience with Cortex Analyst or related workflows
• Strong Python and ML framework skills (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Experience building APIs and integrating LLM/NLP solutions
• Experience building data pipelines with embeddings, vector search, indexing, retrieval
• Knowledge of Git, CI/CD, testing, and software engineering practices
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Strong analytical skills with financial services knowledge

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver generative AI and LLM solutions for extraction, search, QA, summarization, reasoning, and recommendations
• Design and manage prompt-based and retrieval-augmented generation systems
• Build evaluation frameworks for accuracy, robustness, latency, and cost
• Prototype and productionize LLM apps using Bedrock, model selection and deployment patterns
• Collaborate with Cortex Analyst to enable governed analytics experiences
• Apply experience with Bedrock, SageMaker, or Databricks in production
• Build scalable services and APIs, with strong software engineering discipline
• Design and maintain data pipelines for structured and unstructured data
• Conduct applied research and translate findings into practical improvements
• Communicate business needs into measurable problem statements and metrics
• Mentor junior data scientists and promote responsible AI practices

Skills

Python

NLP

LLMs

Bedrock

Cortex

Data pipelines

APIs

Pytorch

TensorFlow

MLOps

Education

Advanced degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Amazon Bedrock

Cortex Analyst

SageMaker

Job description

Job Description

Join the Global Services Insights & Analytics team and help transform data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with senior leaders and cross-functional partners to improve operational performance, efficiency, service, and controls. This role offers the opportunity to lead high-impact generative artificial intelligence solutions across financial services use cases while helping deliver reliable, scalable, and governed capabilities.

As a Vice President, Data Scientist Lead in the Global Services Insights & Analytics team, you will lead data-driven initiatives that enhance planning, efficiency, service, and controls within Commercial Banking. You will design and deliver large language model-powered solutions across high-impact use cases, including content extraction, enterprise search and question answering, reasoning, summarization, and recommendations. You will partner closely with engineering and product teams to deploy reliable, scalable, and governed generative artificial intelligence capabilities using Amazon Bedrock and Cortex platforms. Your work will emphasize evaluation, guardrails, and production-grade machine learning operations.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver generative artificial intelligence and large language model solutions for content extraction, semantic search, question answering, summarization, reasoning, and recommendation use cases
• Design, deploy, and manage prompt-based and retrieval-augmented generation systems, including orchestration patterns and agentic workflows such as tool use, structured outputs, and multi-step reasoning
• Build evaluation and testing frameworks to measure accuracy, faithfulness, robustness, latency, and cost, including red‑teaming and safety checks where applicable
• Leverage Amazon Bedrock to prototype and productionize large language model applications, including model selection, prompt templates, routing, and deployment patterns
• Work hands‑on with Cortex, including Cortex Analyst, to enable governed analytics experiences and generative artificial intelligence‑assisted workflows
• Apply hands‑on experience in environments such as Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, or Databricks
• Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver scalable services, including application programming interfaces, batch jobs, and pipelines, while ensuring strong software engineering discipline and operational readiness
• Build and maintain data pipelines for structured and unstructured data, enabling retrieval, indexing, and preprocessing for large language model applications
• Conduct applied research by studying scientific articles and current techniques in prompting, fine‑tuning, evaluation, and agent design, then translating them into practical improvements
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders by translating business needs into measurable problem statements, solution designs, and success metrics
• Mentor junior data scientists, influence standards, and drive adoption of responsible artificial intelligence practices

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Advances degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of applied experience building machine learning or natural language processing solutions, including production deployment in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with natural language processing and large language models, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation methodologies
• Hands‑on experience with Amazon Bedrock or an equivalent managed large language model platform for building and deploying generative artificial intelligence solutions
• Experience with Cortex, including Cortex Analyst or related workflows, in an enterprise setting
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with machine learning or deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and standard machine learning tooling such as pandas, NumPy, and scikit‑learn
• Experience building application programming interfaces and integrating large language model or natural language processing solutions into applications and services
• Experience building data pipelines for structured and unstructured data processing, with understanding of embeddings, vector search, indexing, and retrieval patterns
• Experience with software engineering practices, including Git or version control, code quality, testing, and continuous integration and continuous delivery fundamentals
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present tradeoffs, risks, and results concisely
• Strong analytical skills and working knowledge of financial services, markets, or asset management concepts

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Deep understanding of large language model techniques, including agents, planning, reasoning, and related methods
• Experience with machine learning operations, including experiment tracking, model registry, monitoring, drift and performance tracking, incident management, and rollback
• Experience with cloud deployment patterns, preferably Amazon Web Services, and production runtime environments such as containers or orchestration platforms

To be eligible for this role, you must be authorized to work in the United States. We do not offer any type of employment-based immigration sponsorship for this role. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase & Co. will not provide any assistance or sign any documentation in support of any other form of immigration sponsorship or benefit, including optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT).

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.