Asset Management Operations - Product Owner

Asset Management – Operations Strategy & Transformation – Product Owner

Our Team: 
Asset Management Operations is responsible for supporting, overseeing, and optimizing the end-to-end investment process, primarily working with Portfolio Managers, Investment Specialists, Traders, Risk Management, Client Service, Technology, and other functions across the transaction lifecycle. 

The Asset Management Operations Strategy & Transformation team partners across Ops, Technology, and our various Business partners to define and execute our organizational priorities. We focus on evolving our organization’s capabilities to move from lower to higher-value added tasks, and creating agile processes, teams, and infrastructure that enable differentiated client experiences and drive business results. We follow a data-informed approach to identify opportunities and employ design principles to create effective, scalable, controlled solutions that deliver return-on-investment. Those solutions seek to equip our people and support their development as Operations professionals of the future. 

This Role: 
Reporting directly to the Head of AM Operations Strategy & Transformation, you will apply your business process acumen, data-driven decision making and product development expertise to lead the development of Operations products. We are seeking a senior, hands-on product leader, who will refine the product line vision, align the execution roadmap and data dependencies and work closely with partner functions to execute the multi-year vision. 

As a Product Owner, you will work with both internal products, used by our Operations professionals, and external capabilities, used by our stakeholders around the globe. You will lead a team, grasp the business needs and demand/priorities, navigate the existing product landscape and develop the target state vision and strategy for how to achieve it. The ultimate measure of success will be the delivery of planned capabilities, and you will define those OKRs and work with stakeholders to track and achieve them diligently.

Job responsibilities

• Develop a detailed vision your product and build consensus for the direction with a multi-level governance structure across our global business.
• Partner with Design and Engineering to develop an execution plan, accounting for business priorities, implementation constraints, data availability, etc. Rigorously apply product best practices, and flex where reasonable to create execution momentum.
• Complement a strong product intuition with data-informed evidence to actively manage the product backlog in an agile development environment. Critically evaluate data, information, ideas, and arguments when determining what should be built, and describe what’s needed with well-written stories.
• Maximize your product’s value to the business by marketing it effectively and educating its users. 
• Lead a talented team of product managers, upholding standards for product practices, and set motivating objectives for your business stakeholders, Engineering, Design, and Product peers with well-designed OKRs. 
• Oversee and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of product milestones, manage project timelines, and ensure alignment with our strategic goals.
• Lead frequent updates to C-level Asset Management executives, including the CEO, covering key milestones, progress and challenges. 

You Are:

Excited to drive organizational transformation and delivery within a dynamic, global team. Someone with an appetite for continuous learning, and a strong background knowledge and network in emerging technologies. Vocal in challenging business-as-usual operating models, recommending innovative improvements, and making them a reality. Passionate about solving problems end-to-end, and love to break down complex concepts into simple, understandable parts. Looking to work in organization where diversity, opportunity, and inclusion are paramount, and everyone is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Track record as a hands-on product manager with demonstrable experience in agile product practices throughout the product lifecycle. 
• High data literacy, facility with various sources, analysis techniques, and ability to communicate insights to drive collective decision-making. 
• Understanding of technology trends and desire to incorporate them into useful applications for our business.
• Comfort navigating conflict and genuine appreciation for insights to be gained from opposing perspectives. 
• Organized and effective execution – set and manage expectations, model work ethic, proactively manage efforts across multiple teams, rigorously communicate. 
• Excellent documentation, analytical, and reasoning skills (e.g., adheres to best practices in meeting management, regularly completes tasks and conducts business with minimal supervision).
• Inherent curiosity about how users behave and why, the ability to articulate implications, and advocacy for their needs against inertia.
• Asset Management business experience and/or experience delivering solutions for a Operations organization.
• UX research or design experience is valued.
• Experience in development of Operations products is a plus.

Company Description:

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm with assets of more than $2.7 trillion, over 240,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries. It operates across four business segments including Asset & Wealth Management (AWM), Corporate and Investment Banking, Commercial Banking and Consumer and Community Banking.

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management is a global leader in investment and wealth management, and our Asset Management team manages over $2.7 trillion in client assets. Clients include institutions, high-net-worth individuals and retail investors in every major market throughout the world. The division offers investment management across all major asset classes including equities, fixed income, alternatives, multi-asset and money market funds. For individual investors, the business also provides retirement products and services, brokerage and banking services including trusts and estates, loans, mortgages and deposits.