Director of Software Engineering - Prime Financial Services Group

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 Commercial & Investment Bank's Prime Financial Services Group, you lead a technical area and drive impact within teams, technologies, and projects across departments. Utilize your in-depth knowledge of software, applications, technical processes, and product management to drive multiple complex projects and initiatives, while serving as a primary decision maker for your teams and be a driver of innovation and solution delivery.
 

Job responsibilities

• Leads multiple technology and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide technology objectives
• Directly manages multiple areas with strategic transactional focus
• Provides leadership and high-level direction to teams while frequently overseeing employee populations across multiple platforms, divisions, and lines of business
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives, driving consensus across competing objectives
• Manages multiple stakeholders, complex projects, and large cross-product collaborations
• 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 Java concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition,      5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Deep understanding of post-trade processing, including Trade Processing, Trade Matching, Affirmation/Confirmation, Settlement, Position Keeping, and Asset Servicing.
• Familiarity with post-trade technology platforms and systems, as well as modern technology solutions for legacy system transformation.
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Awareness of regulations affecting post-trade activities, such as Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and MiFID II.
• Demonstrated experience in successfully transforming legacy systems to modern technology platforms.
• Excellent leadership and team management abilities, with experience managing an organization of 40-plus people.
• Demonstrated prior experience influencing across highly matrixed, complex organizations and delivering value at scale
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and develop effective solutions.

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

 

• Experience working at code level

 

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 range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided duri