Lead Technical Program Manager - Aiml Databricks

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Jersey City, NJ +1 · Corporate Sector

Lead Technical Program Manager for AI/ML Data Platforms within JPMorgan Chase's Chief Data & Analytics Office. This role focuses on managing complex technology programs related to data platforms, including Databricks and Snowflake, and cloud-native data solutions on AWS. The position requires strong program management, agile delivery, technical fluency in data architectures, and understanding of data governance and compliance in an enterprise setting. While the role supports AI/ML initiatives, its core function is program management of the underlying data infrastructure.

What you'd actually do

  1. Creates and maintains detailed project plans, timelines, and delivery schedules for assigned programs
  2. Manages day-to-day program execution using JIRA, Confluence, and other project management tools, ensuring accurate tracking of user stories, epics, and sprint progress
  3. Facilitates agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming, with engineering teams
  4. Maintains comprehensive program documentation, including status reports, risk registers, RAID logs, and dependency matrices
  5. Oversees engineering risks, issues, and dependencies across assigned programs

Skills

Required

  • Technical program management
  • Agile delivery methodologies
  • JIRA, Confluence, MS Project
  • Technical solutioning
  • Vendor product evaluation and management
  • Solution implementation
  • Analytical reasoning and problem-solving
  • Stakeholder management
  • Modern data platform architectures (data lakes, data warehouses, Lakehouse)
  • Distributed computing frameworks
  • Databricks
  • Snowflake
  • AWS data analytics services (Redshift, EMR, Glue, Athena, Kinesis, Lake Formation, MSK, S3)
  • Data governance
  • Security and compliance requirements

Nice to have

  • Experience architecting end-to-end data solutions on AWS

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience (or equivalent expertise) in technical program management, leading complex technology initiatives in large organizations
  • Hands-on experience with agile delivery tools (JIRA, Confluence) and planning tools (e.g., MS Project), with proven ability to maintain accurate program artifacts and metrics
  • Proven ability to lead through change, manage dependencies, and control scope in high-pressure, shifting environments
  • navigating complex data governance, security, and compliance requirements across multi-cloud and hybrid data environments at enterprise scale