Senior Associate, Data Risk Management & Governance

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

This role focuses on data risk management and governance within a financial services context, ensuring data protection, privacy, retention, and responsible use. It involves supporting the data risk strategy, enhancing the governance framework, identifying and mitigating risks, maintaining control inventories, preparing management reports, and developing training. The role also monitors emerging risks, including those related to AI and new technologies, and ensures the framework stays current with evolving regulations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support execution of the data risk management strategy, aligning activities to business objectives, regulatory requirements, and firmwide priorities.
  2. Maintain and enhance the data risk governance framework, including procedures for data protection, privacy, retention, and storage.
  3. Assist in identifying, assessing, and mitigating data-related risks, including risks associated with data products and data usage practices.
  4. Maintain the inventory of data-related controls; partner with stakeholders to document controls for data access, transfer, storage, and use.
  5. Prepare reporting for management on data risk exposures, trends, remediation progress, and corrective actions.

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in data risk management, data governance, or related roles within financial services.
  • Experience updating policies and procedures for data use, quality, protection, retention, storage, and lifecycle management, including regulatory considerations.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting data governance processes and management reporting.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, professional work products.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze complex issues and support practical solutions.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across functions and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.

Nice to have

  • Experience in controls, risk management, compliance, or internal audit within financial services.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory requirements
  • data risk management
  • data governance