Vice President-strategy Program Manager

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

This role is for a Vice President, Strategic Program Manager in the Chief Data Office Strategy and Execution team at JPMorgan Chase. The primary focus is on modernizing data governance and privacy risk management through leading transformation initiatives. The role involves partnering with product and technology teams, translating strategy into execution, and managing complex programs. While the goal is to enable AI-ready data, the role itself is not directly building or researching AI models but rather managing the programs that support data infrastructure for AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead strategic change initiatives in partnership with product and technology teams, business lines, and corporate functions
  2. Gather and prioritize requirements from stakeholders across business and corporate functions
  3. Partner with product and technology teams to design solutions and define program roadmaps and deliverables
  4. Support the development of business cases to secure funding aligned to roadmap priorities
  5. Provide governance and oversight, ensuring stakeholder engagement, decision-making, and status updates

Skills

Required

  • Five years of experience in program management, strategic execution, and/or transformation delivery in large, complex organizations
  • Demonstrated experience leading programs that deliver new capabilities, products, and/or solutions through strategic or transformational change
  • Experience with program governance and project management methodologies (for example, Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall)
  • Experience using enterprise program and project management tooling for planning, execution, and tracking
  • Demonstrated ability to manage tight timelines and multiple deliverables while maintaining delivery discipline
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to drive alignment across multiple stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to produce clear status reporting and executive-ready updates with actions, risks, and decisions
  • Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and identify process improvements that strengthen execution and team effectiveness
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, and related program management tools
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Data Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice to have

  • Experience working in a data and analytics organization with understanding of data governance processes and related functions
  • Familiarity with data lineage, data classification, and data lifecycle management concepts
  • Understanding of data management and governance practices, including modern data platforms and data architecture concepts
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) or other relevant advanced degree

What the JD emphasized

  • modernizing enterprise-wide data governance and privacy risk management
  • enable AI-ready data
  • regulatory commitments