Process Improvement and AI Enablement, Vice President - Merchant Services Cos

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · Chicago, IL +1 · Commercial & Investment Bank

This role focuses on process improvement and AI enablement within Merchant Services at JPMorgan Chase. The Vice President will translate business needs into requirements, manage product delivery, and ensure alignment between COS and delivery teams. Key responsibilities include process re-engineering, risk mitigation, and tracking benefits realization, with a strong emphasis on using JIRA for end-to-end lineage tracing. While the role mentions AI, its core function is product delivery and process optimization, not direct AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Represent COS needs in prioritization, planning, and delivery discussions; ensure COS outcomes are not lost through interpretation, trade-offs, or sequencing
  2. Validate that delivered functionality/process change meet COS requirements and realize the expected benefits
  3. Use JIRA to trace end-to-end lineage from COS request → requirements → stories/epics → acceptance criteria → testing evidence → release outcomes.
  4. Identify gaps, conflicts, or drift between what was requested and what is being built/delivered; drive alignment conversations and document decisions.
  5. Provide Cross-tech delivery coordination for work executed in Merchant Services Tech and/or COS Tech (with build owned by those teams).

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years in product delivery, transformation or operations/technology partnership roles
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment across product, operations, and multiple technology teams.
  • Strong JIRA proficiency (epics/stories, workflows, linkages, audit trails, dashboards) and ability to perform “forensic” tracing of requirement intent vs. build artifacts.
  • Strong structured thinking: can identify root causes of misalignment (ambiguity, competing priorities, misunderstood scope, missing acceptance criteria) and drive resolution.
  • Excellent written/verbal communication; ability to challenge constructively and drive decisions.
  • Delivery discipline: dependency management, risk/issue management, readiness/go-live support, and benefits tracking.
  • Proficient in the application of artificial intelligence in process improvement initiatives, with a focus on optimizing the performance of AI systems.

Nice to have

  • Experience with payment/merchant acquiring
  • Experience with client onboarding, servicing, or operational process design in regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with controls, audit evidence expectations, and change management practices.
  • Experience partnering across two delivery organizations (e.g., product/platform team + separate operations tech team).

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years in product delivery, transformation or operations/technology partnership roles
  • Strong JIRA proficiency (epics/stories, workflows, linkages, audit trails, dashboards) and ability to perform “forensic” tracing of requirement intent vs. build artifacts.
  • Proficient in the application of artificial intelligence in process improvement initiatives, with a focus on optimizing the performance of AI systems.