AI Transformation & Strategic Execution - Executive Director

About the role

This is a business transformation role focused on shaping and driving the firm's AI agenda across global Operations. As a strategic change agent, you will architect a value-driven portfolio, challenge the status quo, and uncover high-impact AI opportunities. You will transform complex data into compelling, data-driven narratives to secure buy-in and inspire action from senior leaders, ensuring AI investments deliver maximum strategic and financial value.

Responsibilities

• Architect and spearhead the AI portfolio strategy, shifting from a management process to a dynamic value-creation engine focused on measurable business impact.
• Translate portfolio data into powerful, data-driven narratives and actionable insights for executive leadership, emphasizing ROI, strategic alignment, and business impact.
• Own executive reporting and communication on program performance and outcomes.
• Proactively identify and champion high-impact, "big bet" AI opportunities, pushing teams to pursue transformative outcomes.
• Develop and deploy robust analytical frameworks and governance models to rigorously assess, prioritize, and measure the success of AI initiatives from intake to scaling.
• Cultivate and lead a high-performing team of strategic thinkers and execution experts, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making and intellectual curiosity.
• Act as an accelerator for supported teams, proactively clearing roadblocks and resolving key escalations to ensure strategic objectives are met.
• Champion best practices in strategic planning, change management, and benefits realization across the organization.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, leveraging data-backed insights and storytelling to influence key business decisions and guide the firm's AI investment strategy.
• Forge strategic partnerships across all Lines of Business (LoBs), driving alignment on ambitious goals and orchestrating complex, cross-functional change initiatives.
• Masterfully communicate program strategy, performance, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring transparency and enterprise-wide alignment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or strategic program management, with a demonstrated track record of leading large-scale business transformation initiatives.
• Hypothesis-driven problem solver with the ability to dissect complex, ambiguous problems and architect elegant, data-driven solutions.
• Mastery of executive-level communication; able to distill complex analyses into simple, compelling narratives using PowerPoint and build sophisticated analytical models in Excel.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML concepts and their practical application to solve real-world business challenges and drive value.
• A bias for action and an entrepreneurial spirit; comfortable challenging the status quo and relentlessly driving outcomes in a large, matrixed organization.
• Exceptional influencing and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build trust and consensus with senior executives, cross-functional partners, and technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Alteryx) is a strong plus.
• Bachelor's degree required; an MBA or equivalent advanced degree is strongly preferred.

About Us

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses, and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional, and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years, and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing, and asset management.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• On-site health and wellness centers.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Backup childcare.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support.
• Financial coaching.

Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

About The Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services, and payments. Corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk, and extends liquidity in markets around the world.