About JPMorgan's Global Custody Business:

With over 80 years of expertise, JPMorgan is one of the largest and most prestigious Global Custody and Clearing organizations in the world. JPMorgan's Global Custody and Clearing solutions are acknowledged as market leading - solution innovation and service excellence are the cornerstones of success. Global Custody and Clearing clients include more than 2,000 of the largest and most prestigious corporations and financial services firms in the world, including Banks, Endowments and Foundations, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds, Insurance Companies, Investment Managers, Mutual Funds, and Pension Funds. The Global Custody and Clearing businesses are active in more than 100 markets and work with clients to meet the challenges of cross-border investing and to promote global standards for efficiency and risk management.

About The Role:

JPMorgan is one of the largest Global Custody and Clearing organisations in the world - with offices, operations and clients throughout the world. This role is responsible for leading the development of core product enhancements and targeted tactical solutions to meet the extensive needs of the clients and prospects for the Global Custody and Clearing business. Our aim is to position J.P. Morgan as 'best in class' with clients and prospects. The Product Development Team also maintains and expands subject matter expertise, providing thought leadership in the Global Custody product space. The Product Development Team is organized along functional lines broken down into 4 key product "towers" and is distributed globally:

• Asset Servicing
• Positions and Settlements
• Cash
• Direct Custody

This position, within the Product Development team, will be located in London. As part of Securities Services wider strategy around Direct Custody, we are seeking to hire an experienced Product Development SME, to focus on Business Requirements for a number of markets, and advancing our strategic platform to help close product gaps and rapidly adapt to business and regulatory change. The product and operating model proposed for Direct Custody involves a strategically significant development for the custody product overall and therefore the individual in the role will be a key contributor to the development of the same model in other locations.

The successful candidate will primarily focus on developing functionality on our Positions & Settlements and Asset Servicing platforms, while also coordinating across the wider Securities Services organization to enable adoption of the platforms and any required changes to operating models.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with Product leads in Securities Services and senior members of Product Development to design and deliver key elements of the strategic Positions & Settlements and Asset Servicing platforms
• Interact with internal stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver a strategic P&S product offering.
• Partner with Operations to identify and remediate existing manual workflows
• Work with the technology team in the development of the strategic Positions & Settlements and Asset Servicing infrastructure
• Coordinate the user testing and rollout of new products, managing feedback and implementing additional enhancements based on priorities
• Manage effective working group meetings across Product, Operations and Technology to deliver on key services and tools
• Working with external sub custodians and CSDs where required to determine product knowledge
• Partner with Sales & Marketing/Client Service to develop, brand and communicate new products to our external clients
• Participate in and contribute to the broader Securities Services Custody Product Development teamwide forums
• Identify opportunities for improvement, presenting them to senior management and helping to affect change

Qualifications:

The candidate preferably has direct Securities Services, Asset Servicing or Settlements experience or worked in a securities, investment management and / or global custody environment. Previous project management or management reporting experience would be an advantage. They will be able to:

• Drive and measure business results through strategy development, business planning, general knowledge and skills
• Drive results through people, communication, influence management and interactions
• Ensure market-drive direction by performing market research and competitive intelligence
• Guide product enhancements through requirement development, product testing and release management; deliver on-time and under-budget
• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple streams of work concurrently
• Drive data analysis; ability to work with large volumes of data and conversion into a reportable format

Skills:

• Leadership: be personally accountable for achieving key milestones on a development roadmap
• Initiative: be able to move initiatives forward in a cross-functional and matrixed organizational model
• Facilitation: be able to lead design workshops and brainstorming sessions
• Self-Directed: be an independent contributor who is comfortable working in a self-directed mode on multiple assignments
• Analytical: strong analytical skills with complementary communications and presentation skills

The successful individual should be prepared to travel as required by the role.