Lead Architect (Permanent)

If you are excited about shaping the future of technology and driving significant business impact in financial services, we are looking for people just like you. Join our team and help us develop game-changing, high-quality solutions.

As a Senior Lead Architect at JPMorgan Chase within Asset & Wealth Management (AWM), you are an integral part of a team that works to develop high-quality architecture solutions for various software applications and platforms products. You drive significant business impact and help shape the target state architecture through your capabilities in multiple architecture domains.

• Represents architecture strategy on cross-domain change initiatives to CTO level.
• Provides feedback and proposes improvements to architecture governance practices.
• Provides thought leadership and development for the System of Record for AM Architecture and is capable of operating in the capacity of a Product Owner.
• Foster collaboration across the federated architecture teams to reinforce the effectiveness of a common working framework.
• Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus across the Asset Management architecture.
• Actively engages the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of leading-edge technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in architecture roles and facing off to senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Experience in architecture methodologies, solution design, C4 notation, ARx notation.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture, applications, and technical processes with in-depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.).
• Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to select or recommend the best solutions for the future state architecture.
• Be highly organised, a great communicator and be a strong advocate for instilling the best possible architecture skills into the Architecture practice.
• 10+ years in Financial service, preferably Asset Management.
• Product Owner experience leading the direction and strategy of Architecture Tooling.
• Development of communities of practice and driving collaboration/partnership.
• Use in architecture, architecting the use/reuse of and using to build architecture tooling, standards, patterns etc.

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. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.