Asset Management - Quantitative Research Product Owner - Executive Director

The Investment Platform team was recently created in 2019 and is tasked with driving the vision for a common technology platform to support the needs of our investors. The team engages a broad community of investors along four cross-product disciplines: Portfolio Management, Research, Trading, and Investment Data & Risk Analytics with the objective of building the systems that can enable them and their teams to deliver exceptional client outcomes. The Quant Research Product Owner is responsible for setting the product vision and empowering quant research analysts and investors across asset classes with technology to generate alpha through the investment decision-making process.

As a Quant Research Product Owner on the JPM Asset Management Investment Platform team, you will lead the vision, roadmap, and delivery of technology platforms that enable quantitative research in a leading asset management organization. You will collaborate with quant research, portfolio managers, and engineering teams to deliver scalable tools, data infrastructure, and analytics that power the full investment process from research signal generation to systematic portfolio construction, such as portfolio optimization and backtest simulation.

 Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the definition and ownership of product strategy and roadmap for quant research technology across asset classes in Asset Management.
• Partner with researchers to capture requirements and translate them into user stories or specifications, overseeing implementation, and representing the product after release to ensure appropriate training and adoption.
• Facilitate regular product cabinets (stakeholder forums) and selected agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives).
• Maintain a clear and prioritized product backlog and roadmap that ensures transparency into the book of work and balances innovation, usability, and technical debt.
• Track and report KPIs related to product adoption & business impact.
• Partner with data and product teams to steer & provide strategic inputs that accelerate the development of solutions.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for leveraging AI and technologies in asset management. 

Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities:

• Minimum 10 years of work experience in financial services.
• Domain knowledge of quantitative research workflows, factor modeling, research backtesting, portfolio optimization, and analytics.
• Knowledge of financial products and investment management processes across asset classes.
• Proficiency in creatively resolving problems and conflicts while developing unique solutions, with a proven track record in complex decision-making.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders & align them to a shared goal of product vision & roadmap.
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships with business users and technologists.
• Strong communication, documentation, and organization skills.
• Track record of prior product management experience, underpinned by a strong understanding of Agile principles and product management tools such as Jira.  

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Familiarity with Python, statistical languages, or quantitative research environments.
• Experience with AI technologies, particularly Generative AI and Large Language Models, and their application in financial services.
• Experience in asset or wealth management industry.
• Fixed Income highly preferred.  Equities and Mult-Asset Solutions knowledge will also be considered.

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 offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a rang