Director of Software Engineering - Asset Wealth Management/Climate Risk

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Job Description

If you are a software engineering leader ready to take the reins and drive impact, we've got an opportunity just for you.

As a Director of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Technology division, you will lead a technical area, influencing teams and projects across various departments. Your expertise in software, applications, and technical processes will be crucial in managing multiple complex projects, including the strategic direction for Asset Wealth Management (AWM) Risk and Climate Risk in Glasgow.

This key leadership role will have the responsibility for overseeing and driving the strategic direction for AWM Risk and Climate Risk in Glasgow and partner with other regional leads to drive the overall program. Your expertise will be applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

Job responsibilities

• Provides visionary leadership to Glasgow team, work with current Glasgow leads and continue to build the leadership and team expertise, ensuring a forward-looking and innovative approach to AWM Risk and Climate Risk programs.
• Manages senior stakeholders, complex projects, and cross-product collaborations.
• Oversees decisions that influence teams' resources, budget, tactical operations, and the execution and implementation of processes and procedures.
• Carries governance accountability for coding decisions, control obligations, and measures of success such as cost of ownership, maintainability, and portfolio operations.
• Delivers technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple businesses and domains.
• Influences peer leaders and senior stakeholders across the business, product, and technology teams.
• 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 expert applied experience. In addition, advanced experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Practical software development experience across technologies, including Java, Spring Framework, BigData, Python, AWS, AI/ML.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cultural change without direct team ownership across a globally diverse organization.
• Experience developing or leading cross-functional teams of technologists.
• Experience with hiring, developing, and recognizing talent.
• Experience in agile transformation at scale.
• Experience in working with and leveraging a data driven approach to decision making.
• Experience working with SRE and Support teams to foster a culture of observability, maintainability and constantly work toward meeting SLIs/SLOs as well as helping to assess and maintain them.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.