Product Owner (Data Taxonomies) - Vice President

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join us as a Product Owner to shape the strategic evolution of RDaaS and build taxonomy/reference data capabilities that scale across the firm. You'll lead discovery and design, partnering with business and technology leaders to turn strategy into a consistent, user-centred roadmap with measurable impact.

As a Vice President Product Owner in the Data Taxonomies Product Strategy team, you will shape and drive the strategic evolution of the Reference Data as a Service (RDaaS) Platform and its taxonomy/reference data capabilities. You will lead product discovery and feature design, define standards for data modelling and documentation, and ensure the product roadmap delivers scalable, consistent, and user-centred outcomes. You will partner closely with Product Delivery, UX, Technology, Architecture, Data Governance, and business stakeholders to translate strategy into executable plans and measurable value.

Job responsibilities

• Define and maintain a clear product vision and multi-quarter roadmap for taxonomy and reference data capabilities aligned to CIB priorities.
• Establish outcomes and success metrics (e.g., adoption, onboarding efficiency, data quality improvements, user experience enhancements).
• Lead discovery for new capabilities and enhancements, including customer interviews/workshops, problem framing, and option analysis.
• Partner with UX and Engineering to design intuitive workflows and journeys; ensure solutions are scalable and consistent.
• Drive standard data models and taxonomy patterns (hierarchies, relationships, attribute standards, naming conventions, metadata expectations).
• Ensure designs support governance needs and consistent downstream consumption across tenants and consumer groups.
• Define and maintain product documentation and process standards (feature documentation, onboarding materials, operating procedures, decision logs).Improve repeatability of product processes (requirements capture, design reviews, change management) in partnership with Delivery.
• Lead engagement for complex consumer/tenant requirements and onboarding scenarios; translate needs into product patterns rather than one-off solutions.
• Provide guidance on edge cases and prioritise enhancements that strengthen the core product.
• Work with the Product Delivery sub-team to ensure strategy is translated into clear epics/stories, acceptance criteria, and release-ready scope.

• Support refinement, prioritisation forums, and stakeholder communications to enable effective execution

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• User-centered, systems-oriented approach to product design— able to translate user needs into scalable designs leveraging existing functionality where possible and if necessary designing additional features with a focus on wider, application level benefit
• Prototype those designs individually & in collaboration with UX teams to deliver a quality user experience
• Extensive experience in product management/product ownership delivering enterprise platforms, data products, or regulated technology capabilities. 
• Demonstrated ability to develop product strategy and roadmaps, and translate stakeholder needs into clear requirements and outcomes. 
• Strong knowledge of data concepts including reference data, taxonomies, metadata, data quality, and data governance/stewardship. 
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to influence across business, UX, engineering, and governance teams. 
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments (Scrum/Kanban) with strong backlog management discipline.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with enterprise reference data/taxonomy management tooling (e.g., EBX or similar). 
• Financial services and/or capital markets data experience. 
• Experience defining product standards and operating models that improve onboarding, consistency, and usability at scale.

ABOUT US

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

  

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.

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 throughout the world 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.