Operations Project Manager

**JOB DESCRIPTION** Job Description**

CIB Operations Project Manager - Senior Associate President - Mexico City, Mexico

**About J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.**

The Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across investment banking, wholesale payments, markets, and securities services. The world’s most important corporations, governments and institutions entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. We provide strategic advice, raise capital, manage risk and extend liquidity in markets around the world.

Department Description

The Commercial and Investment Bank (CIB) LATAM Transformation Team provides consolidated project management for Operations at a pivotal moment in the regional growth plan. The key objective of the team is to provide exceptional levels of project delivery and governance mixed with innovative solutions for Operations to lead the change agenda.

The teams scope is wide, covering all CIB Operations in LATAM and key partnerships with Technology, Operations and Global Transformation teams, in efforts to drive, influence and lead Platform, Regulatory, AI and Strategic change driven by value.

The team has responsibility for project managing CIB Markets and branch operations, developing workflow automations & data visualization tools including UiPath, Tableau and Alteryx aimed at increasing controls and efficiency.

Role Description

The role is unique with the variety and breadth of responsibilities, driving change across Operations, regulatory and transformation initiaitves. As a dynamic, collaborative Project Manager, you will support the operations business with a focus on project delivery, system prioritization and stakeholder management ensuring that risks are mitigated and a delivery focus is maintained for the variety of go-lives across the branch.

Business and regulatory change across the branch has a substantial impact on back, middle and front office, requiring a strong communicator and someone comfortable at times delving into data and confronting issues head on.

Key Responsibilities:

- Create, coordinate and prepare executive-level presentations and analysis, building strong narratives and compelling stories.
- Manage projects and key initiatives as part of the PMO whilst ensuring sound best practice across project delivery is accomplished.
- Drive strategic communications agenda across operations, supporting business activity for the Transformation and Operations lead as required.
- Pro-actively highlight issues and risks to the objectives, help derive solutions and drive remedies to completion
- Pick up, run with and deliver other ad-hoc initiatives as they arise and when needed
- Assist with the planning and execution of the change agenda, whilst keeping engaged with other streams / projects to work towards a consolidated approach and view
- Analyzing data, processes, organization and supporting Middle Office & Back Office system change
- Act as coordinator between technology, the business and operations teams to meet project objectives, ensuring they are communicated and executed properly
- Partner closely with Stakeholders to manage project deliverable expectations.
- Participate in and lead progress status meetings at the operational and project management level
- Provide continuous feedback on project status, offering constructive options to ensure project tracks to original expectations
- Provide documentation to support business cases or funding requests

Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent certification.
- 5 years project management or business analyst preferred with a total of minimum 9 years of total work experience.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, & relationship management skills with the ability to manage during ambiguity.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills with the ability to effectively and confidently deliver for senior management.
- Experience in the Financial industry with a strong product background in Payments, Futures & Options, OTC Derivatives, FX and Fixed Income is preferred.
- Ability to synthesize information to reach logical conclusions; manage projects, evaluate & improve processes & present findings.
- High degree of initiative, self direction, and ability to work independently as well within a team.
- Strong problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Demonstrated quantitative & qualitative analytical skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio.
- Fluent English essential; Portuguese and / or Spanish an advantage.

**ABOUT US**

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,