Product Owner / Business Analyst - Vice President

JPMorgan Asset Management is looking for a seasoned Product Owner / Business Analyst to join our newly formed RIO Reconciliation POD in London and help shape strategy, delivery, As a Product Owner - Vice President within the Global RIO Reconciliation programme, you will be responsible for helping POD Leads drive the end-to-end reconciliation strategy across multiple testing and delivery environments, including JUAT, Replication Cycle, and Prod Parallel. You will own requirements from definition through delivery, shape technology priorities, and ensure large-scale testing is well governed so that outcomes are delivered predictably and with high quality.,

• Support the POD Lead to drive the Global RIO Reconciliation Strategy across JUAT, Replication Cycle, and Prod Parallel, transitioning the organisation toward an AI-Assist operating model.
• Translate strategy into deliverables and measurable outcomes, ensuring alignment across business, operations, technology and control partners.
• Lead BA analysis (workflows, data needs/definitions, target state design, controls considerations).
• Own and maintain the BRD / requirements documentation, including governance, change control, and stakeholder sign-offs.
• Manage the technology build priority list and ensure prioritisation reflects business value, operational feasibility, risk/control outcomes, and delivery dependencies.
• Partner with technology to clarify requirements, unblock delivery, and ensure readiness for test and release.
• Lead large-scale testing efforts across multiple platforms and environments (JUAT, replication cycles, prod-parallel).
• Arrange testing, manage execution tracking, coordinate defect resolution, and support showcases/demos to ensure the reconciliation strategy is delivered.
• Build strong, cohesive partnerships with business, operations, technology and other key stakeholders; operate effectively within a matrix organisation.
• Be able to lead, motivate and get the very best out of a high-performing team of operations professionals.
• Advocate for and apply AI technologies (LLMs, Copilot, Claude/Claude Code) to accelerate requirements drafting, analysis, test design, and knowledge capture (while ensuring appropriate validation and controls).
  
  Analytic problem solver with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience leading end-to-end business analysis: current-state assessment, target-state definition, process mapping, requirements elicitation, and translating outcomes into clear deliverables
• Strong requirements discipline with ownership of BRD and/or user story documentation, including governance, stakeholder sign-off, change control, and traceability from requirements to build and testing.
• Mandatory skills: Jira/Confluence, SQL, Alteryx, Python (and strong comfort working with data and tooling to support analysis/testing).
• AI enablement mindset and practical experience advocating and applying AI-based technology (e.g., LLMs, Copilot, Claude/Claude Code) to improve BA/product delivery outcomes (requirements quality, testing productivity, documentation/knowledge capture), with an emphasis on validation and controlled adoption.
• Proven experience of managing large-scale testing efforts across multiple platforms and strong experience with Jira governance and Confluence tools.
• Strong sense of prioritisation and ability to execute against deliverables; ability to take personal accountability for projects and issue resolution.
• Proven ability to build strong, cohesive partnerships with the business, operations, technology and other key stakeholders and work effectively in a matrix organisation.
• Excellent understanding of the investment process and associated market practices, with the ability to think strategically about business-led solutions.
• People leadership capability: able to lead, motivate, and get the best out of high-performing operations professionals
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
• Relevant experience in Business Analysis, PM, in large scale program
• Preferably experience in Investment Accounting / Middle Office.
• Product knowledge of investment management product offerings (e.g., Equities, Unit Dealing, Mutual Funds, etc.).
• Computer skills including MS Office, Tableau and SQL.
• Expectation is to be able to engage with people, work well with others, and have a high-performance personality.
  
  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., J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.