Job Description
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 Sustainable Investing & Stewardship Product Manager is responsible to set the product vision and empower all investors across asset classes to integrate sustainability factors in the investment decision making process, and support the engagement efforts of the company.
As a Sustainable Investing & Stewardship product manager (Associate or Vice President) on the JPM Asset Management Investment Platform team, you will collaborate with a large team of technologists, data scientists, and sustainability experts. You will be part of a highly visible product team that has a direct impact on the execution of our product vision and roadmap, with a specific focus on integrating sustainability factors and building related capabilities into our investment platform. You will also support the engagement efforts of the Stewardship team by designing novel systems and solutions.
Job Responsibilities:
Support and/or act as a product manager for the Sustainable Investing & Stewardship (SI&S) business, including setting the product vision, understanding the needs of users, and condensing 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.Tracking and reporting KPIs related to product adoption & business impactPartner with Chief Data Office (CDO) teams, external ESG data vendors, etc. to steer & provide strategic inputs that accelerates the development of solutionsParticipate in stakeholder meetings to review progress, gather feedback, and ensure alignment.Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for leveraging AI technologies in asset management.
Required Qualifications, Skills, and Capabilities:
Minimum 4+ years of work experience in financial services, preferably within the wealth or asset management industry. Domain knowledge of Sustainable Investing and/or Stewardship, along with understanding of ESG data and its providers (e.g. MSCI, Bloomberg, etc.). 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, operations, technologists, and external data vendor partners. Strong communication, documentation and organization skills.
Prior product management experience, underpinned by a strong understanding of Agile principles and product management tools such as Jira.Good to have: Experience with AI technologies, particularly Generative AI and Large Language Models, and their application in financial services. Data analysis & manipulation via Python and/or Alteryx, Data Visualization via Tableau.