Senior Lead Architect - Architecture Governance

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Job Description

This role offers an exciting opportunity for problem-solvers who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment. You will have the chance to influence multiple teams and processes, and your innovative ideas will be key in promoting solutions to completion. If you enjoy variety in your work and are ready for a role that challenges you to think both micro and macro, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Corporate Investment Bank, you will be responsible for problem-solving, understanding wider implications, and generating innovative solutions. You will work collaboratively across multiple teams and processes, addressing changes that impact various areas such as inventory, code releases, and data centre exits. Your role will be a combination of working on projects and initiatives to improve the Developer Experience and our Governance obligations, and ensuring that we keep close to the problems facing CIB. You will also contribute to the firmwide architecture community, promoting solutions and decisions that improve architecture processes and control.

Job Responsibilities

• Combine major responsibilities of working on projects and initiatives which improve the Developer Experience and our Governance obligations and 1-2 days of BAU a week to ensure that we keep close to the problems facing CIB.
• Lead initiatives that include OSS, risk, audit, compliance, strategy, workflow and process improvements. The tasks involve leading working groups to discuss, solution and execute changes within the technology environment.
• Run Enterprise Architecture Governance bodies and address risk and controls obligations for architecture
• Provide feedback and proposes improvements to architecture governance practices
• Drive solutions and decisions that architecture governance and improves architecture processes and control
• Actively contribute to the Corporate Investment Bank and the firmwide architecture community

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on Technology skills concepts and proficient advanced experience
• Good understanding of architecture concepts and the SDLC
• Excellent communication skills and good presentation skills with the ability to relate and influence the junior and senior stakeholders
• Collaboration skills and the ability to work on lots of things at the same time (subject to a lot of interruptions), starting and finishing initiatives efficiently
• Ability to tackle architecture problems independently with little to no oversight
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect with flexibility and empathy

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• A degree in a technology discipline or relevant work experience.
• Coding skills in any language (Python, Java), Risk and Controls experience, workflows and automation skills

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

The Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets and securities services. The world's most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.