JPMorgan Vice President - Project Manager LATAM 

Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo 

488353320

Short description

J.P. Morgan is seeking for a Vice President for LATAM Payments, to work at Transformation Design & Delivery (TDD) department in Brazil.

There will be high exposure & visibility to senior management. This role requires highly motivated individuals with advanced problem solving, strong technical analysis and communications skills.

Job responsibilities

The role will require working with stakeholders across the Corporate and Investment Banking, looking to leverage best practice across the industry and other J.P. Morgan business units. Lateral contacts in business, technology, operations, product and client facing organizations firm wide would need to be developed and mined for best practices and for driving outcomes.

The professional on this position will be responsible for:

• Understand global TDD and regional LATAM Payments strategy and interpret it from a LATAM TDD’s perspective, translating the aspects into goals, monitoring tools, KPIs and communication plan.
• The LATAM TDD Project Manager will support the senior Management with business management requests and will be responsible to coordinate and/or execute related tasks e.g. define and monitor governance, finance and capacity planning, metrics for automation and OKRs monitoring, and support senior management with decks for forums and management activities.
• The LATAM TDD Project Manager will also be responsible for a portfolio, acting as project/program for certain products in Latin America Payments.
  • The LATAM TDD Project Manager may coordinate BA(s) or act directly to:
    • represent LATAM Operations requirements into several project´s squads.
    • manage coordination and formalization of the Operational Requirements derived from projects and new products in a partnership with Products, Operations, and Technology teams
    • coordinate testing planning, acceptance criteria, escalate blockers timely
    • manage Readiness phase and engage proper resources to guarantee training, entitlements and procedures are updates before go-live date
    • support Implementation (including PVT plan and PVT execution)
    • support Post-Implementation phase (issues monitoring and communication to senior management)
• The LATAM TDD Project Manager will perform a key role to make sure that he/she or the BAs maintain stakeholders updated in relation to the project’s status and next steps
• The position will be based in São Paulo Office

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Deep understanding of payments and collections platforms and operational processing systems
• Extensive familiarity and experience to lead with people, understanding operational requirements, be able to criticize and suggest solutions aiming to optimize the operational process aligned with the business interests.
• Responsible for articulating complex concepts clearly to differing audiences in multiple regions, strong communication skills in English to negotiate internal priorities among the project’s stakeholders in Latin America
• Strong Time management and organization skills
• Familiarity with Agile concepts and project management concepts
• Partner with Product, Operations, and Technology to identify barriers preventing efficient change deliverables

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Payments Business required
• Fluent in English, Spanish is welcome
• Outstanding ability to communicate effectively and confidently (oral and written)
• Strong Organization skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Finance, Business or related areas - required.
• Project / Agile Methodology Qualification - preferred.
• Agile methodology skills – preferred.
• Previous experience as Business Manager is welcome.