Tech Risk and Controls Lead

JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase · Banking · GLASGOW, LANARKSHIRE, United Kingdom · Corporate Sector

This role focuses on managing technology risks and controls within the Asset and Wealth Management division, ensuring compliance with regulatory and firm standards. It involves identifying, quantifying, and mitigating tech risks, collaborating with stakeholders, and reporting on control effectiveness. While the role mentions leveraging AI agents for risk analysis and staying current with AI-driven cybersecurity, its core function is risk management and control, not AI development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ensure effective identification, quantification, communication, and management of technology risk, focusing on root cause analysis and resolution recommendations
  2. Develop and maintain robust relationships, becoming a trusted partner with LOB technologists, assessments teams, and data officers to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and progress toward shared goals
  3. Execute reporting and governance of controls, policies, issue management, and measurements, offering senior management insights into control effectiveness and inform governance work
  4. Proactively monitor and evaluate control effectiveness, identify gaps, and recommend enhancements to strengthen risk posture and regulatory compliance

Skills

Required

  • Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and technology control domains
  • Capability to design, build, and deploy AI agents/assistants to automate risk analysis and support Technology stakeholders on their priorities.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business, Technology, Compliance, Controls) to embed risk and control practices into technology solutions.
  • Stay current with emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and advancements in AI-driven cybersecurity.
  • Ability to translate complex technical risks into actionable business insights.
  • Applied expertise in technology risk management, information security, or related field, emphasizing risk identification, assessment, and mitigation
  • Familiarity with risk management frameworks, industry standards, and financial industry regulatory requirements
  • Proficient knowledge and expertise in data security, risk assessment & reporting, control evaluation, design, and governance, with a proven record of implementing effective risk mitigation strategies
  • Demonstrated ability to influence executive-level strategic decision-making and translating technology insights into business strategies for senior executives

Nice to have

  • CISM, CRISC, CISSP, or similar industry-recognized risk and risk certifications are preferred
  • Exposure to hands-on software engineering

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory requirements
  • risk management frameworks
  • industry standards
  • financial industry regulatory requirements