Area Product Owner, Quantitative Risk Analytics
Job Description
Drive next-generation quantitative risk analytics with J.P. Morgan Wealth Management’s Investment Analytics Product Team in New York, NY. In this Area Product Owner role, you will shape the product vision and help deliver scalable quantitative risk model capabilities, while partnering closely with technology and business stakeholders globally. The position supports prioritized stakeholder needs worldwide and focuses on long-term product outcomes across the platform.
What you’ll do
As an Area Product Owner within the Multi-Asset and Portfolio Solutions group, you will act as the business lead for a specific area and work as part of a scrum team. You will be accountable for the health and value delivered for the product, including ownership of product objectives, roadmaps, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Plan and execute larger scale projects or business initiatives independently alongside the Product Owner.
- Set strategy and drive product-level strategic and tactical decisions.
- Analyze feedback from end users and other product partners to identify platform improvement opportunities.
- Participate in defining product-level Objectives and Key Results, including prioritization of work and product sprint planning.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to set day-to-day priorities and continuously collaborate with Technology, Designers, and Business Users.
- Engage broader business groups such as Risk, Controls, and Strategic Partnerships to align on business vision and drive progress and outcomes.
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of total professional experience in quantitative risk management, financial engineering, or quantitative analytics.
- At least 5 years focused on product management for complex technical or data platforms.
- Deep technical knowledge of risk methodologies, quantitative risk models, and multi-factor models across asset classes (equity, fixed income, or multi-asset).
- Proven experience managing end-to-end product lifecycles, translating complex quantitative requirements from risk managers and quants into scalable software and analytics roadmaps.
- Strong working knowledge of quantitative tools and programming languages, including Python, R, and SQL, to collaborate effectively with data scientists, quantitative researchers, and software engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Preferred background
- Extensive experience operating as an Area Product Owner or Senior Product Owner within scaled Agile/Scrum environments.
- Familiarity with modern cloud-based data architectures, distributed computing, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments used for large-scale risk simulations.
- Relevant professional designations such as Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or recognized product management certifications.
Team context
J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management supports strategies across asset classes through a global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families, and foundations take an intentional approach to their wealth and finances to define, focus, and realize their goals.
Location: New York, NY (onsite)
Compensation: USD 118,750 - 185,000 per year
Technologies: Python, R, SQL