Principal Architect - Consumer Banking

If you are a principal architect ready to take the reins and drive impact, we’ve got an opportunity just for you

As a Principal Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Consumer and Community Banking Operations Technology Horizontal Architecture organization, you provide expertise to drive the adoption of strategic global solutions across the enterprise. Leverage your advanced architecture capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to drive best-in-class outcomes.

You will execute a horizontal architecture framework that is used to drive solutions for multi-year, strategic initiatives across Consumer and Community Banking Operations. Leverage standard architecture design templates that will be used over time to identify all impacts to the Ops organization including Bank On-A-Page capabilities, technology, and data for each initiative. Enhance the Horizontal Architecture engagement model where opportunities exist to drive increased value in collaboration with business and technology partners across Consumer and Community Banking  and other business areas of focus.

Job responsibilities

• Provides cross-functional teams with design guidance to achieve business goals for strategic initiatives with target state business and architecture strategies in mind
• Designs horizontal architecture solutions that need to be addressed to deliver business results for an initiative
• Designs for reuse to maximize design efficiency, avoid redundancy and drive self service solutions to reduce the need for cross-product dependencies
• Creates end-to-end design views across Consumer and Community Banking products, driving collaboration among key partners such as business process owners, product data owners and product architects.
• Drives architecture decisions and consensus through ongoing collaboration across broad business and technology stakeholder groups including senior leaders
• Provides Product Architects and Engineers with direction for when to build for economies of scale, reuse vs customized solutions, etc.
• Drives consistency in process and deliverables across the Horizontal Architecture team 
• Creates durable, reusable Horizontal Architecture frameworks that improve velocity and quality of output across teams and functions
• Serves as the Horizontal Architecture go-to subject matter expert
• Champions the firm’s culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years applied experience
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture and methodologies
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines
• In depth understanding of the CCB business (including foundational knowledge of its core products and services offered to Customers)
• Advanced knowledge of application development, and technical processes with considerable in-depth knowledge in one or more technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• Experience applying expertise and new methods to determine solutions for complex architecture problems in one or more technical disciplines
• Ability to present and effectively communicate to Senior Leaders and Executives

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills 

• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience designing and/or delivering cloud based solutions to solve complex business problems
• Business architecture knowledge and/or experience

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.