Wealth Management - Senior Lead Data Architect - Vice President Greater Plano, TX Area

Join a team that develops high-quality data architecture solutions to deliver governed, high-quality, AI-ready data for business-critical applications and use cases. Help shape the global target-state architecture through capabilities across multiple data architecture domains.

Job Summary

As a Lead Data Architect at JPMorgan Chase within the Private Bank Chief Data & Analytics Office, you are an integral part of the team that develops new data-product offerings and leads end-to-end data-product design. Leverage AI knowledge to create metadata artifacts, develop AI skills to automate tasks, and deliver Data Architecture as a Product.

Lead conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling within and across sub-domains. Create and maintain metadata artifacts such as business terms, glossaries, ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic/context layers for AI. Use modeling tools, such as Erwin, and AI-assisted techniques to accelerate metadata production while preserving governance rigor.

Job responsibilities

• Engage technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose data architecture approaches to meet current and future needs
• Define the data architecture target state of the product and lead achievement of the strategy
• Participate in data architecture governance bodies
• Execute creative data architecture solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Own domain modeling and data design, including CDM/LDM/PDM for WM domains; model key entities with clear keys, relationships, and lifecycle states
• Define the semantic/context layer, including canonical business concepts and relationships; establish conformed dimensions and standardized measures (e.g., AUM, net flows, time-weighted return) with unambiguous definitions
• Produce and maintain metadata artifacts, including business glossaries (terms, definitions, stewardship), ontologies/taxonomies (concept hierarchy, relationships), context layer mappings (technical fields → business concepts → metrics), naming standards, and modeling conventions. Incorporate metadata into the data mesh delivery process, aligned with governance policy expectations
• Apply AI to accelerate metadata production and maintain metadata at scale (e.g., suggested term mappings, documentation generation, relationship inference), with human review gates and version control
• Design for AI readiness to ensure models support analytics and AI use through stable identifiers, entity resolution approaches, history (SCD/event modeling), feature-friendly structures, and clear semantics for retrieval and grounding
• Define standards for interoperability and evolution, including patterns for schema evolution, versioning, deprecation, and backward compatibility; ensure interoperability across platforms (warehouse/lakehouse/APIs/BI)

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrate 5 years of experience or equivalent expertise in data design, including data products, data lakes or data warehouses, and data modeling
• Apply advanced knowledge of the data-product development life cycle, design, and data analytics within a domain-driven, data mesh paradigm
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and data ecosystem
• Demonstrate data modeling expertise and the ability to move fluidly from concept to logical to physical implementation
• Apply practical cloud-native experience
• Use AI tools to define requirements, shape design, and harvest and create metadata

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Demonstrated prior experience working in a highly matrixed, complex organization
• Wealth management domain expertise, including knowledge of IBOR, ABOR, investments and securities, alternatives, derivatives, fixed income, and equities
• Hands-on data profiling and analytics fluency with strong SQL skills
• Graph database design knowledge
• Risk/privacy awareness, including entitlements, data minimization, and classification, with the ability to partner effectively with controls teams

JPMorganChase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

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.

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.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions. Asset Management provides individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through our global network of investment professionals. Wealth Management helps individuals, families and foundations take a more intentional approach to their wealth or finances to better define, focus and realize their goals.