Project Management - Associate

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is an opportunity for you to implement & industrialize business-driven decision making at scale and work on complex business analysis projects with an exposure to multiple products and trade flows to make significant contribution towards various Strategic Transformation Programs.

As a Project Management Associate within our Strategic Securities Processing Platform team, you will have the opportunity to make significant contributions towards various Strategic Transformation Programs. You will work on complex business analysis projects, partner with line subject matter experts to determine detailed business requirements, and contribute to solutions and designs. This role will allow you to leverage your expertise in promoting conversations and influencing decisions with Business / Stake holders and Technology. We value strong attention to detail and the ability to adapt within a changing environment. Join us in this exciting opportunity to improve existing systems and make our strategic platform Fixed income ready.

Job responsibilities: 

• Conduct data & process analysis to identify improvement opportunities and propose solutions (both Strategic and tactical) that will not only improve existing systems but will also help in making the strategic platform Fixed income ready.
• Supporting sign off and adoption of all requirements within an agile development framework.
• Assist in the development of project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Define test scenarios and associated test cases as well as support test execution. Further ensure tracking of all issues identified during UAT and successful closer of the same.
• Running project meetings and ensure risks and issues are effectively escalated and monitored.
• Facilitate communication among project stakeholders. Prepare and publish project documentation, including status reports, meeting minutes, and presentations.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and issues by implementing corrective actions as needed.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor degree (Finance/ Business administration) with relevant techno-functional work experience.
• 6+ years in Business analysis and project management.
• Leverage subject matter expertise in driving conversations and/or influencing decisions/direction with Business / stake holders and Technology.
• Strong attention to detail and must be able to demonstrate outstanding delivery track record. 
• Excellent communication, presentation (both oral and written) & influencing skills.
• Experience working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse workgroups.  
• Effective change management skills. Ability to support & adapt within a changing environment, in matrix and multi-year type project structures where strong influencing skills are required.
• Highly skilled at problem solving, ability to scope and provide structure to complex issues, rapidly learn unfamiliar processes and provide insightful and timely remediation.
• Ability to keep sight of the overall context and remain centered on the strategic picture.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Experience of Fixed Income products and processes a plus.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience working within an Agile development lifecycle. 

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.