Data Governance and Protection Team - Commercial & Investment Bank Chief Data Office Lead

Job Description

Join a team that sets standards, strengthens controls, and enables confident decision-making across the Commercial & Investment Bank and work with senior stakeholders across business, technology, risk, controls, compliance, and legal to drive measurable governance outcomes. 

As a Data Governance/Data Protection Lead, within the Commercial & Investment Bank Chief Data Office, you play a senior delivery role in defining and implementing governance frameworks that strengthen data management, reduce risk, and improve transparency and translate complex topics into clear executive materials that support informed decisions and effective oversight. 

Job responsibilities: 

• Deliver data related initiatives to sustainable closure by driving milestones, resolving dependencies, maintaining evidence, and escalating barriers early

• Improve executive oversight and accelerate delivery through reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and metrics on data related risk and control effectiveness 

• Maintain operating models, standards and applicable control procedures  

• Partner with key cross-functional partners to contribute to data strategy, shape priorities, and maintain strong delivery discipline

• Own project plans, milestones, dependencies, delivery risks, and stakeholder alignment for assigned cross-functional initiatives

• Prepare executive-ready materials for governance forums, senior committees, audits, regulators, and client engagements

• Experience coaching teams on data literacy and controlled adoption of new technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Bring 7+ years’ experience in financial services,  fintech , data  protection, data  governance, risk,  or  controls

• Deliver complex data related initiatives and control procedures through clear ownership, prioritisation, evidence tracking, dependency management, and timely escalation

• Influence senior stakeholders and align cross-functional stakeholders and translate data related risks, issues, and remediation into clear executive messaging and reporting 

• Analyse data and trends to assess risk, identify control gaps and root causes, and recommend practical remediation and improve governance workflows through automation and analytics while maintaining auditability and appropriate oversight

• Produce high-quality executive materials and reporting using PowerPoint, Excel, and visualisation or workflow tools

• Support effective project and change management including prioritization, dependency management, and timely escalation

• Model resilience, adaptability, attention to detail, and continuous learning in a rapidly evolving data and AI environment

 

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:

• Experience delivering data governance or data risk initiatives within an investment bank or other highly regulated financial institution and understanding of banking and markets, transaction flows, and front-to-back operating models to assess data protection exposure

• Expertise in data governance for applications and unstructured data assets and knowledge of access and entitlements governance

• Experience in evaluation of data related risks and challenge control design and effectiveness and p roficiency with analytics, data visualization and automation tool

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 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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

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.