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**Vice President – Senior Lead Data Architect (Information Architect)** shapes global information strategy at JPMorganChase. Define, implement, and advance complex data solutions across the Commercial & Investment Bank. This senior role requires a proven expert to advise, lead architecture strategy, drive adoption of modern tech methods, and ensure durable, reusable frameworks. Partner with teams to evaluate and implement emerging technologies responsibly, including enterprise-authorized AI capabilities. Key to success is 5+ years' experience in information architecture, data management, and cloud-native environments, alongside strong influencing skills. A degree in a related field or relevant certification is expected.

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Country: United States

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Location: Jersey City, NJ, United States

You're a proven information architect who wants to influence the future of technical architecture and our team is looking for people like you. At JPMorganChase, how we organize, govern, and leverage information is as critical as the technology that powers it, and this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact at a global scale.

As a Senior Vice President Information Architect at JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank (Middle Office & Shared Services), you provide specialized expertise to influence the target-state architecture and strategy across the organization. You will work across teams to implement and advance the adoption of complex strategic global solutions that give JPMorganChase a competitive advantage driving decisions that shape how information flows, is governed, and is leveraged across one of the world's leading financial institutions.

In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor across architecture domains, partnering with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and technology leaders to ensure information architecture standards are applied consistently, emerging technologies are evaluated responsibly, and the firm's most critical programs are delivered with quality and durability.

Job responsibilities

Advise and lead on information architecture strategy across multiple products, applications, and technologies within the Middle Office & Shared Services portfolio

Translate highly complex technical issues, trends, and architectural approaches for senior leadership to drive firm-wide innovation and enable well-informed decisions about target-state information architecture

Drive adoption and implementation of technical methods in specialized information architecture fields, in line with the latest product development methodologies

Establish and lead an architecture governance body, defining standards, metrics, and guardrails that improve decision traceability, cost-performance outcomes, and review-board effectiveness

Create durable, reusable frameworks that improve velocity and quality of output across teams and functions within the Commercial & Investment Bank

Partner across domains to reduce tooling duplication, clarify ownership, and maintain authoritative technology status and lifecycle governance

Evaluate emerging capabilities for enterprise fit and adoption readiness, recommending the best technology solutions to achieve future-state information architecture

Lead reuse-first adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities to accelerate architecture analysis, option evaluation, and delivery of strategic global solutions, with human-in-the-loop validation and appropriate handling of sensitive data

Establish portfolio-level guardrails for AI-assisted and agentic workflows used in architecture and engineering governance, including traceability, auditability, and control expectations aligned to resiliency and security standards

Champion the firm's culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on information architecture concepts and 5+ years applied experience

Practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability across enterprise-scale environments

Deep expertise across data management architecture areas, including relational, NoSQL, and graph database technologies

Hands-on experience with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools and processes for managing data pipelines, data warehouses, and data lakes

Proficiency in data analytics, data mining tools, and data governance frameworks and practices

Demonstrated experience influencing across functions and teams to deliver modern, target-state architecture aligned to business strategy

Extensive practical cloud-native experience, with a strong understanding of hybrid and multi-cloud operational models

Demonstrated experience leading the safe adoption of enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture workflows, including validation practices and awareness of data sensitivity

Ability to assess and validate AI-assisted architecture recommendations before adoption, ensuring outcomes align to resiliency, security, and auditability expectations

Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best solutions and approaches to achieve future-state information architecture

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Advanced certifications in cloud, enterprise architecture, IT service management, site reliability engineering, or security disciplines

Expertise in operational automation, event intelligence, and self-healing workflows integrated with ticketing and incident management processes

Experience with enterprise configuration management databases and asset intelligence programs that improve control compliance and cost transparency

Familiarity with financial services regulatory and control frameworks for operational resilience and auditability

Experience leading architecture governance bodies and driving cross-functional adoption of enterprise information architecture standards at a global scale

Shape the future of information architecture and influence the strategies that power global financial services.

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