Securities Services, Product Development- Asset Servicing - Vice President

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Posted on Jul 4, 2024

Job Description

Securities Services, Product Development, Asset Servicing – Vice President

Job Description

About JPMorgan's Global Custody Business

With over 80 years of expertise, JPMorgan is one of the largest and most prestigious Global Custody and Clearing organizations in the world. JPMorgan's Global Custody and Clearing solutions are acknowledged as market leading - solution innovation and service excellence are the cornerstones of success. Global Custody and Clearing clients include more than 2,000 of the largest and most prestigious corporations and financial services firms in the world, including Banks, Endowments and Foundations, Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds, Insurance Companies, Investment Managers, Mutual Funds, and Pension Funds. The Global Custody and Clearing businesses are active in more than 100 markets and work with clients to meet the challenges of cross-border investing and to promote global standards for efficiency and risk management.

The Role

JPMorgan is one of the largest Global Custody and Clearing organizations in the world - with offices, operations and clients throughout the world. This role is responsible for leading the development of core product enhancements and targeted tactical solutions to meet the extensive needs of the clients and prospects for the Global Custody and Clearing business. Our aim is to position J.P. Morgan as 'best in class' with clients and prospects. The Product Development Team also maintains and expands subject matter expertise, providing thought leadership in the Global Custody product space. The Product Development Team is organized along functional lines broken down into 4 key product "towers" and is distributed globally:

· Asset Servicing

· Positions and Settlements

· Cash

· Direct Custody

This position, within the Product Development team, will be located in Mumbai and is aligned to the Asset Servicing product. The successful candidate will need to have a good understanding of corporate action and income events, and have experience either leading or being involved in the successful delivery of large change projects. The candidate will be need to work closely with service providers to ensure a seamless delivery of services to JPMorgan’s client’s, be engaged in defining the Product Development strategy in order to deliver projects on time and implementing product solutions aligned to the strategic roadmap for the Custody business.

The candidate for this role will work with team members across Global Custody and Clearing, Clients, internal business partners, external vendors and industry utilities to analyze, recommend, design, develop and implement product enhancements and solutions to client requests (as well as market-driven changes). The candidate for this role will be responsible for understanding our competitive deficiencies and for tailoring commercially viable solutions to address these deficiencies.

The responsibilities for this role include:

  • Operating as an Asset Servicing subject matter expert with respect to industry and market developments and their impact on the Global Custody product platform
  • Researching the anticipated needs of clients; this will be achieved by a combination of "own" research as well as coordination across a number of key partners
  • Understanding the competitive landscape; understanding the features and functions of competitor offerings and, where possible, pricing information
  • Researching into the commercial benefits of any proposals to build out capabilities in a market, be it new sales / revenue opportunities or revenue protection
  • Understanding the risk profile of each initiative and ensuring that it is compliant with group guidelines
  • Understanding the evolution of the markets in which we operate and incorporating change into the product roadmap(s)
  • Collaborating with Product Management and Client Service teams to determine the priority of client requests and alignment to strategic roadmap.
  • Taking responsibility for coordinating initiatives across all stakeholders (Product Management, Network Management, Client Services, Sales, Operations and Technology) to ensure that commercial benefits are realized at least in line with the business case (and to identify obstacles preventing the realization of business cases and formulate strategies to overcome said obstacles)
  • Working closely with Operations, Technology and Client Services to define, refine and improve Global Custody operating models across instrument types, processing hubs and client segments ; and to assess client requests and recommend solutions
  • Gaining a comprehensive understanding of existing product capabilities and designing innovative solutions to new opportunities
  • Operating as a Proxy Voting subject matter expert with respect to industry and market developments and their impact on the Global Custody product platform

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have extensive asset servicing knowledge, worked in a securities, investment management and / or global custody environment. Previous project management or management reporting experience would be an advantage. They will be able to:

  • Drive and measure business results through strategy development, business planning, general knowledge and skills
  • Drive results through people, communication, influence management and interactions
  • Ensure market-drive direction by performing market research and competitive intelligence
  • Guide product enhancements through requirement development, product testing and release management; deliver on-time and under-budget
  • Ability to multi-task and manage multiple streams of work concurrently
  • Drive data analysis; ability to work with large volumes of data and conversion into a reportable format

And will have the following skills

  • Leadership: be personally accountable for achieving key milestones on a development roadmap
  • Initiative: be able to move initiatives forward in a cross-functional and matrixed organizational model
  • Facilitation: be able to lead design workshops and brainstorming sessions
  • Self-Directed: be an independent contributor who is comfortable working in a self-directed mode on multiple assignments
  • Analytical: strong analytical skills with complementary communications and presentation skills