Kinexys Program Manager - Vice President
J.P. Morgan
Operations
J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Kinexys is a well-established product line within the J.P. Morgan Payments business, building a multi-asset tokenization platform that unlocks new utility for our clients' financial assets.
As a Program Manager Vice President within Kinexys, you will own the book of work across the broader Kinexys organization, prioritizing initiatives, tracking delivery in close partnership with Engineering, building the operational backbone of how the team runs, and producing the executive communications that keep leadership and partners aligned. You'll work across Product, Engineering, and business stakeholders to translate organizational priorities into a coherent, well-sequenced plan, and make sure that plan is actually getting delivered.
Job Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the consolidated book of work across Kinexys, partnering with Product and Engineering leads to prioritize, sequence, and resource initiatives against organizational goals and OKRs.
- Partner closely with Engineering on delivery tracking, including milestones, dependencies, risks, and capacity, and drive the cadence that keeps cross-team execution on track.
- Establish and operationalize the processes that make the organization run: planning rituals, status reporting, intake and prioritization, decision logs, and operational reviews.
- Produce executive-level communications and reporting, including narratives, status updates, leadership readouts, and OKR progress views, that enable clear, accountable decision-making.
- Drive alignment across Kinexys and partner functions (Technology, Finance, Legal, Risk, Controls), acting as a connective layer between leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Surface risks, trade-offs, and dependencies early, and shepherd them to resolution with the right owners.
- Contribute to strategic planning cycles, helping leadership frame priorities, pressure-test plans, and convert strategy into executable workstreams.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- 5+ years of experience in program or project management, with a track record of running a book of work in partnership with engineering or highly technical teams.
- Strong delivery instincts: comfortable in the details of milestones, dependencies, and risk management while keeping the bigger picture in view.
- Demonstrated ability to design and operationalize processes (planning, reporting, governance) in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent written communication, with experience producing exec-level updates, narratives, and decks for senior leadership.
- Ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences to drive alignment and decisions.
- Comfortable with ambiguity; able to break complex problems into structured, actionable workstreams.
- Self-starter who can shape the role and the operating model around what the team actually needs.
- High proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Office; familiarity with Lucid and Figma.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Background in payments, banking, or financial technology.
- Experience supporting a product or engineering organization through scaling, building the ops layer as the team grows.
- Exposure to strategic planning, OKR frameworks, or chief of staff style work.
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.
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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.
Own the book of work across the broader Kinexys organization