Vice President, Digital Asset Intelligence & AML Operations

Fairygodboss; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 220,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Newark, DE is seeking a Vice President for Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Digital Asset Intelligence Operations to lead a high-performing team in detecting, investigating, and mitigating ML/TF risks across fiat and digital assets.

You will collaborate across Risk, Operations, Technology, and Legal to design innovative detection approaches and deliver intelligence on blockchain platforms and on-chain activities.

Qualifications

• 5 years of financial crime investigations experience, including SAR preparation and filing; at least 3 years focused on digital asset investigations or compliance.
• Demonstrated people leadership and team development experience, including coaching investigators and enhancing capabilities.
• Proven project management experience delivering defined outcomes (process scaling, typology launches, alert optimization).
• Expert knowledge of banking systems and AML typologies, with specialization in digital asset typologies and cryptocurrency trends.
• Proficiency with BSA/AML and sanctions regulatory requirements (including OFAC) and familiarity with FinCEN guidance relevant to digital assets.
• Hands-on experience using Chainalysis Reactor to trace and assess suspicious activity; experience with digital asset transaction monitoring and wallet/VASP screening.
• Experience acquiring and analyzing customer and transaction data across multiple systems, including exchange/VASP data and on-chain sources; ability to synthesize complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Strong collaboration skills with partners across businesses, regions, and functions; confident presenter to senior audiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication tailored to technical and non-technical stakeholders; high attention to detail, sound judgment, and commitment to ethical decision-making.
• Ability to operate amid ambiguity, prioritize multiple tasks, and manage case queues to meet objectives.

Responsibilities

• Coach, train, and upskill the team on current and emerging risk typologies, including digital asset typologies; lead workshops to drive awareness of on-chain risks and investigative best practices.
• Produce and maintain reporting that monitors key trends (on-chain and off-chain), articulates risk drivers, and recommends risk-mitigating actions to leadership.
• Partner with data analysts and technology teams to design typologies and help build monitoring/detection tools for fiat and digital assets, including on-chain tracing, clustering, wallet/VASP screening, and cross-chain analytics.
• Identify and acquire relevant customer, transaction, exchange/VASP, and on-chain data across platforms to assess suspicious and high-risk activity; ensure appropriate data governance and controls.
• Lead and conduct complex investigations employing blockchain analytics and forensic tools (e.g., Chainalysis Reactor, Elliptic, TRM Labs) alongside traditional AML platforms; resolve cases and escalate significant matters.
• Drive process improvements and efficiencies that anticipate stakeholder needs and scale globally (case triage, risk-based prioritization, alert tuning, and typology iteration for digital assets and fiat).
• Coordinate investigative activities within GFCC and across lines of business, regions, and functions; present intelligence findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, Legal, Audit, and Risk.
• Share appropriate information with external law enforcement in alignment with policy and legal requirements; support responses to regulatory inquiries and exams.
• Collaborate with Anti-Money Laundering Investigations and senior stakeholders to enhance detection and reporting outcomes across digital assets and traditional payment rails.
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in accordance with FinCEN, BSA/AML, and sanctions standards.
• Independently manage the team's case inventory, set priorities, and allocate resources to meet departmental objectives and service-level expectations.

Skills

Financial crime investigations

People leadership

Project management

AML / BSA knowledge

Chainalysis Reactor

Data analysis & cross-system data

Stakeholder communication

Ambiguity management

Tools

Chainalysis Reactor

Mantas

Actimize

Job description

JPMorganChase in Newark, DE is seeking a Vice President for Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Digital Asset Intelligence Operations to lead a high-performing team in detecting, investigating, and mitigating ML/TF risks across fiat and digital assets.

You will collaborate across Risk, Operations, Technology, and Legal to design innovative detection approaches and deliver intelligence on blockchain platforms and on-chain activities.