Operations Innovations and Product Transformation Legal Counsel

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Tampa, FL +1 · Corporate Sector

Legal counsel for a financial institution's operations innovation and product transformation teams, focusing on customer servicing and contact center capabilities. The role involves advising on technology-enabled solutions, including AI, managing legal and regulatory risks, and developing legal frameworks for responsible innovation within agile delivery environments.

What you'd actually do

  1. Embed with agile product teams to deliver timely, pragmatic legal counsel aligned to sprint timelines and business priorities
  2. Advise Servicing Operations stakeholders supporting customer experiences across cards, checking, savings, and auto loans
  3. Counsel teams designing and implementing global Voice/Contact Center platforms, including AI-enabled and omnichannel capabilities
  4. Identify emerging legal, regulatory, and technology risks early and recommend mitigation strategies that enable responsible innovation
  5. Research complex issues and draft clear legal analyses, opinions, and guidance tailored to business use cases

Skills

Required

  • J.D. and licensed to practice law, in good standing, in the state/jurisdiction where the role is based
  • 3+ years of post-J.D. legal experience
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and lead through partnership, working effectively with diverse stakeholders
  • Strong capability to analyze complex situations across a broad range of legal and risk topics
  • Proven ability to solve problems collaboratively with creativity, practicality, and sound judgment
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills (written and oral)
  • Ability to operate with high initiative and self-direction in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
  • Experience delivering clear, actionable guidance to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Comfort working in agile environments and supporting teams moving at the speed of product delivery
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to document advice and decisions clearly and consistently
  • Ability to successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to employment

Nice to have

  • Education or experience in technology, including product development or platform/infrastructure initiatives
  • Working knowledge of the financial services industry, especially consumer financial products
  • Familiarity with consumer banking laws and regulatory compliance considerations
  • Experience advising on emerging technology risk (e.g., AI, digital channels, data/analytics, third-party platforms)
  • Experience supporting contact center, voice, or customer servicing transformation programs
  • Demonstrated ability to create scalable legal frameworks (standards, templates, playbooks, guardrails) used across teams
  • Prior experience partnering with Compliance and Operational Risk teams on coordinated guidance and governance

What the JD emphasized

  • AI and omnichannel solutions
  • legal and regulatory risk
  • emerging technology risk