Applied AI/ML Development and Governance Senior Associate

Job Description

Join J.P. Morgan Corporate Investment Bank's industry-leading AI team, where you'll combine cutting-edge machine learning techniques with unique data assets to optimize business decisions.

As an Applied AI & Machine Learning Associate within the Markets Operations team, you will be responsible for advancing financial applications from business intelligence to predictive models and automated decision-making. Your role will involve producing and maintaining technical documentation for governance purposes, serving as a technical liaison, and monitoring performance metrics. You will also collaborate with the team to provide operational solutions for the Corporate & Investment Bank's Markets business across all financial asset classes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for governance purposes, detailing the internal workings, end-to-end deployment, and usage of production machine learning models.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between the AI team and governance-related functions, such as model risk, controls, data use, legal, and audit.
• Monitor ongoing performance metrics and identify instances of data drift.
• Manage and preserve artifacts, such as datasets, model files, configurations, and evaluation experiments, to ensure the reproducibility of production models and facilitate audit processes.
• Coordinate the approval process for accessing services essential for AI model development and deployment.
• Participate in audits related to production AI models.
• Assist with hands-on development and deployment of AI models.
• Stay informed about the latest trends and advancements in AI technologies.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Physics.
• Extensive experience in documenting and effectively communicating technical work.
• Experience within the Financial Services industry.
• Strong understanding of machine learning model architectures and the associated risks.
• Proficiency in metrics, benchmarking, and evaluation methodologies for AI-driven, user-facing products, including ongoing performance monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with building AI models.
• Familiarity with software development concepts and technologies, with a focus on AI applications.
• Knowledge of AI governance, encompassing model risk, controls, data use, and legal considerations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical details to non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Experience with governance specific to Generative AI.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

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.

About the Team

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.