J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers investment solutions to institutional, retail, and high net worth clients across all major asset classes and regions. JPMorgan Alternative Investments, comprised of Private Market Alternatives and Global Alternative Investment Solutions (GAIS), oversees more than half a trillion dollars in client assets and offers strategies spanning private equity and credit, real estate, infrastructure, transportation, liquid alternatives, and hedge funds. With approximately 1,200 professionals in over 50 cities across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the platform combines deep specialist expertise with the global reach, resources, and infrastructure of J.P. Morgan to help meet each client’s specific objectives. GAIS is one of the largest and most diversified alternative solutions providers globally, managing about $265 billion in assets across private equity, private credit, hedge funds, real assets, and multi-product solutions.

Job Summary

As the Head of Business Management in the Global Alternatives Investment Solutions (GAIS) team within JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management, you oversee and manage the GAIS Business Management Team and sit within the Finance and Business Management organization of JPMorgan Asset Management. This individual is responsible for leading the business management agenda of the GAIS business in close partnership with the Global Head of Alternatives Finance & Business Management, the Global Head of GAIS, the CAO of GAIS, the Asset Management CFO and respective Alternatives CIOs/Business Heads and product leads.

Job Responsibilities:

• Act as a strategic partner to the GAIS management team, working closely with the various groups across GAIS to execute on the overall strategy and spearheading key initiatives that align with strategic objectives and deliver measurable impact across the organization.
• Manage a team of Business Managers supporting GAIS across Hedge Funds, Private Credit, Multi-asset Alternatives, Private Equity, Private Capital, Sales and Distribution.
• Act as a trusted advisor to help senior leaders make balanced and informed decisions and provide support, unbiased advice, analysis and actionable recommendations to the senior leaders within GAIS and F&BM.
• End to end ownership and management of business priority projects that help to drive transformation.
• Act as the face of the business representing GAIS in internal and external meetings.
• Partner with Alts Structuring Team on Fund and SMA launches including ensuring operating model is in place and internal JPM requirements are met (NBIA, CCM).
• Oversight to ensure the business is run in an efficient and controlled manner.
• Partner with other business-aligned functional areas (including Sales, Marketing, Legal, Risk & Controls, HR, Compliance, Technology and Operations) with respect to change management initiatives.
• Collaborate with F&BM counterparts on various global projects and to share best practices and drive consistency across AM / Alts. Collaborate globally to share best practices and ensure operating model consistency across teams.
• Identify internal control/process issues or inefficiencies and own solutions (business process reengineering, technology enhancements, control environment) and policy/procedure enhancement/governance
• Act as leader, culture-carrier across the broader GAIS / AM F&BM organization as well as acting as a central contact for internal control partners (across Control Management, Risk, Audit, Legal and Compliance)

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years Business Management or equivalent experience
• Excellent team management skills and ability to influence and lead teams across an organization
• Strong understanding of Alternative investments
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong organizational, transformational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines across GAIS product groups
• High level of professionalism, integrity, and discretion, with the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, with a commitment to delivering high quality work.
• Ability to execute within a fast-paced and demanding environment and pivot based on business requirements
• Confidence and skill to think strategically, develop solutions, and present recommendations to business leaders