Risk Governance - Commercial Solutions - Vice President

JPMorgan Chase & Co. • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

The Vice President of Risk Governance in Commercial Solutions (Dealership Financing) provides strategic leadership for designing, executing, and continuously improving governance processes that support consistent, compliant, and transparent risk management. The role partners with CS Risk leadership, credit risk approval teams and managers, Operations partners, and cross-functional control groups to strengthen accountability, operational efficiency, regulatory readiness, and change management.

The position coordinates governance forums and leadership routines, ensuring decision-quality materials, clear actions, and measurable outcomes. It leads governance for policy and procedure lifecycle management, regulatory oversight, credit authority, business resiliency, and process documentation, while supporting a culture of risk awareness and credible challenge. The role also enables business management through coordination across Operations and tooling, and influences stakeholders across multiple levels, including coaching junior governance resources as applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business discipline, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience developing and managing governance frameworks, controls, audit, operations risk, or related disciplines.
• Working knowledge of wholesale or commercial lending, including interpreting policy requirements, assessing applicability, and driving consistent implementation across stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead governance forums and senior-leader meeting cadences, prepare clear executive materials, and drive actions and decisions to closure.
• Strength in process design, transformation efficiencies, process mapping and flow analysis, and identifying control requirements and governance touchpoints across end-to-end workflows.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex topics into concise governance updates and recommendations.
• Strong organizational discipline, attention to detail, and ability to deliver in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States; employment-based immigration sponsorship and assistance with other forms of immigration sponsorship or benefits are not provided.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting wholesale commercial lending products, credit processes, and risk governance documents such as policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the CS Risk governance roadmap, including standards for policy and procedure lifecycle management, change controls, approvals, and communications, aligned with applicable firmwide wholesale governance expectations.
• Maintain a governance program for CS Risk requirements, procedures, job aids, and templates, including inventory management, annual reviews, version and change control, and stakeholder communications for updates and retirements.
• Lead governance support for regulatory exams, audits, and other oversight activities affecting CS Risk; coordinate preparation, issue tracking, and timely delivery of responses and evidence with control stakeholders.
• Own the CS Risk credit and lending authority governance process, including annual and quarterly certifications, documentation, approvals, and coordination to keep systems and records current and accurate.
• Establish and manage a disciplined cadence for governance meetings and forums; set agendas, obtain speaker information, ensure decision-quality pre-reads, capture minutes and actions, and drive follow-through to closure.
• Produce and socialize governance reporting, including key risk, control, and portfolio management metrics, and elevate themes, risks, and leadership decisions needed.
• Lead governance for business resiliency planning and business process documentation; evaluate incident-management learnings and drive improvements to recovery strategies and process clarity.
• Coordinate with Operations partners and tooling on business management matters, including access governance and shared site and content hygiene, to improve transparency, efficiency, and execution.
• Influence stakeholders across multiple management levels, coach junior governance resources as applicable, and build relationships that support timely risk identification, escalation, and resolution.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package, including base salary based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
• Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• On-site health and wellness centers.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Backup childcare.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health support.
• Financial coaching.
• Reasonable accommodations for religious practices and beliefs, and mental health or physical disability needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior