Sr Director of Architecture

Job Description

If you are ready to lead the way in technology innovation at JPMorganChase, we’ve got an exciting opportunity for a technology leader like you to make a real difference in the industry.

As a Senior Director of Architecture at JPMorganChase within the Consumer and Community banking team, you lead across multiple areas, manage the activities of multiple departments, and collaborate across both business and technical domains in the Architecture function to execute critical initiatives of the function. Your expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads multiple architecture and process implementations across departments to achieve firmwide architecture objectives
• Design and architect scalable, responsive web and mobile applications using modern technologies and frameworks
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and UX/UI designers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Ensures all applications adhere to industry-standard security best practices and compliance requirements
• Provides technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Acts as the primary interface with senior leaders, stakeholders, and executives while driving consensus across competing objectives
• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10\+ years applied experience. In addition, 5\+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and in building cloud-native application
• Experience in domain driven design, data modeling, micro services architecture, event \& streaming technologies and best practices.
• Hands-on experience modeling with UML, object-oriented constructs, or other modeling language
• Advanced experience in API design and management, Service definition and consumption including API, brokers, REST APIs
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or similar role in digital web and mobile application development.
• Proficient in responsive web design principles and frameworks such as React, AngularJS, and Next.js.
• Experience developing or leading large and sometimes cross-functional teams of architects
• Experience leading complex projects supporting system design, testing, and operational stability
• Experience hiring, developing, and recognizing talent

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

• Experience working at code level
• Experience with formal enterprise architecture models and tooling, such as TOGAF
• AWS Certification
• Experience with AI/ML, LLM and Generative AI is preferred

About Us

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

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. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans

About The Team

Our Consumer \& Community Banking division serves our Chase customers through a range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. We’re proud to lead the U.S. in credit card sales and deposit growth and have the most-used digital solutions – all while ranking first in customer satisfaction.