Securities Services - Cash & Liquidity Product Development - Associate

Job Description
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing team in a fast paced and challenging area? This is a unique opportunity for you to work in our team to partner with the Business to provide a comprehensive view.
Join our Securities Services Cash, Liquidity and Foreign Exchange Product Development team to shape our cash and FX capabilities. As a Cash & Liquidity Product Development Associate, you'll promote strategic projects, lead regional initiatives, and partner with product management on strategic re-platforming programs. Based in Mumbai, you'll lead strategic projects from India, support our global team, and have end-to-end ownership of understanding client and stakeholder requirements, developing industry/product knowledge, and defining the target end state for our Cash & Liquidity capabilities.
As an Associate within the Securities Services Cash, Liquidity and Foreign Exchange Product Development team, you will be responsible for spearheading strategic Cash and Liquidity development initiatives and managing significant regional projects. Your role will necessitate close collaboration with product management on strategic re-platforming programs, implementing client-requested modifications, and delivering other strategic outcomes. You will have comprehensive ownership, collaborating closely with all business stakeholders including technology, Operations, and the testing department.
Job Responsibilities :

• Support the Cash & Liquidity Product strategic deliveries planned and subsequent roadmaps, with particular focus on the management and development of core cash lifecycle events and the translation of these into balance and transaction recordkeeping and reporting.
• Ensure ongoing alignment with J.P. Morgan Payments' strategic transformation journey for cash and liquidity.
• Develop expertise for different types of cash and liquidity transactions and be able to link this to business activities, system flows and future state target operating models.
• Own and maintain product development team artefacts such as Confluence, program and milestone delivery management, and business requirements documentation.
• Participate in the governance of the testing cycle prior to implementation.
• Collaborate with key stakeholder groups (Product Managers, client-facing teams, publishers and consumers of cash and liquidity transactions and data, technology, testing, Program Management Office teams, amongst others) to understand end to end lifecycle including upstream and downstream system integration.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Manage effective working group meetings across Product, Operations and Technology to deliver the cash and liquidity strategy and design systemic architecture to deliver leading cash solutions for clients.
• Prioritize and schedule work, understand / evaluate the relative importance of different pieces of work, manage dependencies across streams, and co-ordinate the deliveries in the overall functional on-boarding.
• Deliver timely against the project objectives - program definition, planning and execution - and hold others to account for their components of delivery.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills :

• Direct experience of working within the Global Custody business with knowledge of products in Securities Services such as FX, Lending, Transfer agency, Asset servicing and others
• Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills are required with ability to see the big picture across lines of business, as well as being able to step in to understand the detail to help resolve issues as and when required.
• Strong program management skills, must be organized and able to lead, influence and drive the project plan.
• Strong collaboration skills, ability to work across teams/ stakeholders will be important.
• Excellent written and oral communication, clarity of thought and the ability to express oneself clearly.
• Self-motivated, quick learner, being the focal point of a virtual project team, comfortable with responsibility.
• Broad business understanding, with ability to capture end-to-end business flow and progressively deepen subject matter expertise, identifying impact and dependencies up and down stream.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills :

• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience with a sound academic record. Experience of working with the product development lifecycle in cash, and a strong track record of delivering change with basic project management skills would be desirable.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and other advanced tools such as Tableau/Alteryx/Signavio will be preferred.
• Experience with system, process or data design, and Target Operating Models will be preferred.

About Us
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.
About the Team
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.