Sr. Director of Architecture - Trust & Security

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • New York, NY

10h

About The Position

As a Senior Director of Architecture at JPMorganChase within Connected Commerce Technology you
llead across multiple areas, manage the activities of multiple
departments, and collaborate across both business and technical domains in the
Architecture function to execute critical initiatives of the function. Your
expertise is applied cross-functionally to drive the adoption and implementation
of technical methods within various teams and aid the firm in remaining at the
forefront of industry trends, best practices, and technological advances.

Requirements

• Formal training or certification on Architecture concepts and 10+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ year of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise and more broadly across the organization
• Proven experience architecting authentication, identity and access management, or fraud/risk systems in secure, regulated, or high-availability environments.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization patterns and protocols such as OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and token/session management.
• Experience with modern authentication methods, including FIDO2, WebAuthn, multi-factor authentication, and device intelligence.
• Understanding of distributed systems, including microservices, service mesh concepts, event streaming, idempotency, and consistency.
• Experience in data architecture for security domains, including feature stores, signals pipelines, real-time decisioning, and logging/auditing.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive transformation and lead cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at code level

Responsibilities

• Define target state architectures, reference implementations, and modernization plans
• Lead architecture for core capabilities such as: sign-in, MFA, step-up auth, device binding, session management, identity proofing, account recovery, credential lifecycle, and fraud signals/decisioning.
• Design secure APIs and event-driven patterns enabling reusable trust services across channels (web, mobile, call center, partners).
• Embed security controls into designs: least privilege, strong cryptography, secrets management, key rotation, secure enclaves/HSM integration where needed.
• Ensure compliance with privacy and data minimization principles; define data classification, retention, and access patterns.
• Drive non-functional requirements: availability, performance, latency budgets, disaster recovery, and operational readiness.
• Architect risk engines and policy frameworks that support adaptive authentication (step-up) and real-time fraud controls.
• Enable explainable decisioning, model governance hooks, and experimentation (A/B, canary) without compromising controls.
• Leverage AI & ML to better protect customers and reduce fraud losses
• Define identity models (customer, account, device, session), correlation strategies, and identity graph patterns.
• Ensure interoperability with standards and integrations (e.g., OIDC/OAuth2/SAML/FIDO2/WebAuthn) and external identity providers/partners.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees