Reference Data Management Ops - Vice President

Reference Data Management Operations (RDMO) is responsible for creation & maintenance of Assets, Pricing, Issuer, Index reference data,  along with SOD pricing oversight for the prices received from Vendor via internal source and support for Market data analytics. RDMO provides global 24/5 operational support & services to multiple stakeholders within Asset and Wealth Management Business which includes various internal groups i.e. Operations, Front office,  Middle Office, Performance Analysis group, Client reporting, Compliance, Regulatory reporting  and collaborates with Technology & CDO to Onboard/implement strategic system of record and authoritative data sources which helps business to receive real time, dynamic reference data. RDMO also partners with Ops to resolve the data quality issues, with objective to enhance the data users experience and timely grab the opportunities to meet Business demands across regions .

Within RDMO the Index & Benchmark Data Operations teams provide high quality Reference Data to its subscribers from major external market providers under a single operating model. Data are sourced, validated, mastered and distributed via J.P. Morgan’s strategic Reference Data architecture and is used for trading, risk management, fund valuation, settlement and Client and regulatory reporting.

Role Description

We are seeking a Vice-President specializing in the Index and Benchmark Reference Data space to join the Reference Data Management Operations Team, responsible for the delivery of internal client demands across AWM Lines of Business’ within JP Morgan..  The role is based in Hyderabad, and involve managing the India footprint, establishing a robust control framework and effective operating model.  The successful candidate should be able to provide thought leadership and execution of the reference data operations strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for contributing to the success and overall execution of the strategic agenda within Reference Data
• Recruit, train, and manage a team of individuals responsible for the onboarding/creation/maintenance of the Index Reference Data on our core platform.
• Responsible for Performance Management of team members as well as develop and coach of existing talent. 
• Assist with defining and implementing a succession plan for members of the team.
• Ensure proper controls are in place to reduce financial risks, implement procedures to enforce controls and ensure controls are adhered to.
• Project management capabilities on Operations initiatives and projects related to productivity, process streamlining and automation
• Represent Operations views and concerns on initiatives that have both technology and operations components
• Provide support for our Strategic initiatives and Adoptions program.
• Assist where needed with the management of the productivity stream and that will contribute to the annual productivity targets for Operations
• Responsible for Data and process, special projects and analyses that are impacting the strategic reference data platform. 
• Responsible for the timely execution of project tasks, stakeholder updates, resolving and escalating issues. 
• Partner with technology team and Operations team to deliver change to our production environment.  
• Design and implement controlled operational processes to meet specific business needs.
• Candidate may also be required to perform Business Analysis tasks within the role in addition to the overall management of initiatives.  

 Qualifications/Eligibility:

• 10+ years’ experience within Financial Services ideally in a data management
• Experience in Operations Management, with solid risk and controls awareness
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically with respect to data, technology, risk/control and operations agendas
• People Management – candidate review and assessment, performance management, training and development planning, objective setting
• Good leadership, influencing & communication skills with the ability to work with others at all levels and across disciplines in a virtual organization.
• Domain knowledge of Index data, its usage and various components.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills and related experience
• Ability to deal with issues on a global, cross business levels
• Strong team attitude
• Proactive and pragmatic approach - recognized as someone who get things done 
• Self-starter, able to work autonomously, under pressure and to fixed deadlines
• Strong practical experience of Excel, Visio, PowerPoint

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 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.

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