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).

, capabilities, and skills

• 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.