JPMorgan Product Delivery Lead 

United Kingdom, England, London 

310387797

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale transformation programs, ensuring that outcomes, roadmaps, and reporting are effectively established.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and business stakeholders, to agree on scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering teams throughout the development cycle to ensure that delivery goals and timelines are met.
• Provide regular transparency to stakeholders through high-quality governance materials, such as scorecards and SteerCo updates.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, and budgets
• Act as the primary point of contact for project-related aspects with stakeholders, partners, and customers, fostering strong relationships and providing regular updates on project progress.
• Contribute to the architecture and design of solutions that support product goals and objectives.
• Collaborate with Engineering Leads and Product Owners to define, plan, and conduct testing, showcasing and socializing the output of each sprint to users and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with end users, test teams, and relevant stakeholders to align test environments and facilitate effective execution of end-to-end testing.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, implementing effective mitigation strategies and contingency plans to maintain project momentum.
• Manage blockers and impediments through to resolution, ensuring risks and dependencies are transparent, and fully accounted for in delivery.
• Ensure adherence to best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

• BS/BA degree or equivalent
• At least 5 years of experience in a project management or delivery management role, preferably in the financial services or technology sector.
• Experience working on large-scale transformation programs.
• Detailed understanding & experience in project management tools and methodologies (e.g., JIRA, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall).
• Proven experience of building strong, cohesive partnerships with key stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate concepts to senior mgmt. and clients
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams and develop meaningful relationships to achieve common goals
• A commercial mind-set to deliver short, medium and long term strategies to achieve sustained efficiency, an innovative thought process, and focus on simplification
• Understanding of financial and accounting management, such as investment processes, business case development