Vice President, Ultimate Rewards Operations and Enablement

Working closely with teams across Consumer & Community Banking, we maintain a centralized pipeline of partner benefits that supports both branded and co-branded credit cards. Our partnerships deliver meaningful value and experiences for customers, create incremental benefit for merchant partners, and generate scalable impact for Chase through platform-led distribution. We also advance innovation across the loyalty and open banking ecosystems and provide a cohesive partnership framework to grow and deepen relationships with large-scale commercial partners.Job DescriptionJoin us to shape the future of our rewards program and deliver exceptional value to our customers. Make a meaningful impact by driving innovation and collaboration across teams.The Vice President of Ultimate Rewards Operations & Enablement will report to the Executive Director of Ultimate Rewards Operations & Enablement. You will drive operational excellence across all Ultimate Rewards (UR) redemption channels, ensuring reliable, scalable performance and strong customer outcomes. This role will lead day-to-day operations enablement and control execution across fraud monitoring and rewards misuse management, partnering closely with Data & Analytics, Risk, Global Security, Product, and Servicing to detect abuse patterns, mitigate program failures, and help embed effective controls and policies into execution. The VP will also support competitor benchmarking, governance routines, and continuous improvement, delivering enablement through procedures, playbooks, and training.Job ResponsibilitiesOperational excellence across UR redemptions: Drive operational performance across UR redemption channels by defining standards, routines, and continuous-improvement actions to ensure reliable, efficient, and scalable redemptions.Fraud monitoring & rewards misuse management: Centralize monitoring and operational response for fraud and rewards misuse across UR redemption channels and partners, including detection, escalation, remediation coordination, and control enhancement.Insights-to-controls translation: Partner with Data & Analytics (D&A) and Risk to identify, quantify, and track abuse/fraud behaviors; translate observed patterns into actionable controls, policies, thresholds, and operational plays.Cross-functional mitigation & incident response: Coordinate mitigation plans with Global Security and Servicing teams to prevent and respond to program failures (e.g., fraud spikes, control gaps, partner issues), including incident response support and post-mortems with documented actions.Policy operationalization & enablement: Help shape UR program policies and ensure they are operationalized via procedures, training, tooling, and clear decision frameworks for frontline and back-office teams.Controls-by-design partnership: Partner with Product and Servicing to embed controls into customer journeys, redemption experiences, and servicing workflows; contribute requirements and influence the roadmap for tooling, automation, and customer experience improvements.Competitor benchmarking: Assess competitor program controls and industry practices; benchmark UR against peers and recommend opportunities to strengthen preventive/detective controls while maintaining a strong customer experience.Governance & operating cadence: Drive governance routines including control reviews, KPI/KRI reporting, escalation paths, issue tracking, and regular stakeholder updates; prepare materials for senior leadership reviews.Documentation & change management: Deliver enablement through documentation, playbooks, training materials, and change management to ensure consistent execution across teams and regions.Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills6-8 years of experience in complex operations and/or fraud/risk programs in loyalty, payments, financial services, or adjacent domains.Demonstrated ability to drive operational excellence across multi-channel customer journeys (quality, controls, efficiency, scalability).Demonstrated partnership with Risk, D&A, and Security to detect abuse patterns, quantify exposure, and implement effective controls.Strong capability in fraud monitoring and rewards misuse management, including alerting/case workflows, escalation, and loss mitigation.Experience translating policy into execution (governance routines, procedures, playbooks, training, and servicing enablement).Strong cross-functional leadership and influence, partnering with Product/Tech and Servicing to embed “controls by design.”Highly data-driven and execution-oriented; ability to support incident response and deliver change management across teams and senior stakeholders.Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience).Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and SkillsExperience in credit cards, loyalty programs, and/or financial services with direct accountability for operational performance, control outcomes, and customer experience metrics.Prior people leadership and/or demonstrated leadership of cross-functional workstreams in a matrixed environment.Strong communicator with executive-ready writing and presentations; strong stakeholder management across Operations, Product/Tech, Risk, and Servicing.Additional Information: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. We are not able to provide immigration sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Final job grade level and corporate title will be determined at time of offer and may differ from this postingChase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs. 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 during the hiring process. 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.Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans Our Consumer & Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction. We offer a broad array of credit cards to meet the needs of individuals and small businesses, including Chase-branded and co-branded cards in partnership with well-known companies and organizations. Merchant Services is a leading provider of payment, fraud and data security for companies, capable of authorizing transactions across global currencies. Full timePosting Date: 2026-09-30