Job Description

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, is a global leader in investment and wealth management. Its 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.


J.P. Morgan Private Bank advises the world's wealthiest families and helps them achieve their desired goals. Our teams of Advisors deliver advice, solutions and services across investments, wealth planning, credit and banking to help clients build, preserve and manage their wealth over time.


Our team of specialists works seamlessly to help our clients achieve their financial goals and aspirations. We're proud to be named '2019 Best Private Bank for Ultra-High-Net-Worth Clients' by Euromoney : Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Qatar, Spain, United Arab Emirates and UK.

Our team

As part of the International Private Bank (IPB) Digital & Data Transformation (DDT) organization, the Service Engagement product team is committed to enhancing and developing tools for our client-facing teams. Our aim is to craft a seamless omni-channel digital experience for IPB clients by designing comprehensive end-to-end journeys and supporting tool sets that integrate servicing and client experiences more closely. This is an exciting time to be involved in our business transformation, and you will play a crucial role in driving strategic change, accelerating business growth, and achieving efficiency goals globally.

Description

The Service Engagement team in the UK is seeking a strategic-minded Product Manager to spearhead initiatives within the International Private Bank (IPB). The candidate will collaborate with a global team to develop and implement strategic solutions across all IPB regions, including EMEA, Asia, and LATAM. With a focus on advancing paperless solutions and enhancing digital communication options for clients, the Product Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping the overall product strategy. By partnering with bankers, advisors, senior leaders, designers, and technologists, the Product Manager will ensure that priorities are aligned to effectively address the most pressing challenges faced by our internal partners and clients, driving innovation and growth across the organization.


As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for the product vision and strategies to come up with effective solutions to problems that are

valuable

(our users choose to use them),

viable

(the solution works for the business),

usable

(the users can figure out how to use them), and

feasible

(our engineers have the skills and technology to implement them).


You will be required to quickly learn the constraints of our business from Servicing, Trading, Finance, Operations, Legal, Risk, and Compliance, among others, to succeed. The successful Product Manager must also contribute a deep knowledge of our users and the data about how they engage with our products, coupled with tracking of industry trends and the competitive landscape to provide wholesale Product expertise to the business.


You will primarily partner with Technology and Design, but consistent engagement with Regional Business Leadership, Client Advisors, Client Service teams, Operations, Marketing, and Legal/Risk/Compliance stakeholders through the entire product management lifecycle will be necessary to ensure the businesses' needs and control requirements are met.


Candidates should demonstrate extensive knowledge of product management and market trends. In addition, Candidates should have excellent communication skills, the ability to influence and negotiate, the ability to work as an individual contributor as well as a team, strong skills around the Agile framework, an equal appreciation of the discovery and execution process, and the ability to quantify delivery into success measures.

Job Responsibilities

Understands client needs

. Invests in a deep understanding of the business opportunity, client needs, and competitive landscape to inform which initiatives and features to pursue. Participates in user experience research and integrates user feedback to uncover client needs and to inform feature definition so that it is relevant and useful.

Defines strategy, operating model, and roadmap to achieve vision and business goals

. Owns and drives the product roadmap to meet business goals and provide a leading client and product experience. Partners with developers and UX designers to deliver an intuitive and differentiated user experience. Prioritizes and defines each feature to meet client and business goals, while also meeting control requirements.

Leads the product development lifecycle

by defining requirements (in partnership with other teams), ensuring sprint inputs (e.g. designs and requirements) and outputs (e.g. tested code) are as envisioned, and providing direction and smart trade off decisions for the scrum team. Collaborates with other product and requirement owners and designers to deliver end-to-end product and experience. Partners with Technology to triage issues end-to-end until full resolution is achieved, then communicate issue resolution to appropriate parties and escalate issue as necessary to ensure proper response.

Establishes approach to pilot/rollout new capabilities

, including objective/scope, communication, training/support, and feedback/metrics.

Embodies true "client-obsession"

in identifying and leveraging user data, key performance metrics, industry trends, and varying forms of client and internal feedback to shape our designs and product roadmap.

Develops and maintains deep relationships with delivery partners

including senior leaders, Digital, Technology, Design, Operations, CAO, Client Service, and control functions across each region.

Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills

5+ years of experience in product management, data management, or a related role, with a focus on digital products and proven track record of delivery. Must be a strong problem solver and effective communicator with a curious mindset and underlying passion for client needs. Personal or professional experience in Private Banking, preferred. Ability to define and execute product roadmap and business models. Ability to prioritize projects and efforts considering many variables including business and client needs, competitive and industry trends, resource and funding availability, and internal trade-offs. Ability to partner with cross-functional teams at all levels for effective execution in an agile manner. Ability to manage tight delivery timelines and execute under pressure. * Strong commitment to professional responsibilities, a degree of self-motivation suitable for a "start-up" team, and superior work ethic with adaptability to push beyond standard hours during busy periods to meet tight deadlines.