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Merchant Services is the global payment processing business for JPMorgan Chase & Co. Merchant Services is the world’s leading merchant acquirer with over $1 trillion in annual transaction volume. Merchant Services is a leading provider of payment, fraud and data security for companies large and small and capable of authorizing transactions in more than 130 currencies.
The VP, Product Manager-Strategic Initiatives will join the Accept Core Domain product team focusing on driving the support, maintenance and enhancement of authorization and clearing messages for the Core Methods of Payment. Specifically, this individual will own the end to end  authorization and clearing message changes required to comply with payment brand initiatives, as well as support the enhancements required for our clients’ growing payment processing needs.
The individual will be responsible for driving the vision, roadmap and direction for the products and related initiatives. The Senior Product Manager, will be responsible for driving the development of the product roadmap and for leading a cross functional team to deliver interconnected product capabilities across business units to drive value to the firm. This position requires a collaborative individual capable of understanding and navigating the impact of new products, enhancements, and brand mandate implications across multiple systems.
Responsibilities :
• Establish thought leadership and drive strategy for the evolution and maturation of  Authorization & Clearing enhancements for Core Methods of Payments
• Leader in the development of future Core processing products and services that impact Merchant Services and other lines of business
• Create and evolve internal and client facing materials
• Work closely with cross functional partners, and clients to understand merchant/client needs, changes in industry landscape, and help drive solutions that are meaningful for clients
• Develop product roadmaps, business cases and other artifacts necessary to drive support for new product initiatives
• Contribute to the financial success of product outcome, including pricing strategy for products/services
• Deliver and maintain accurate, up to date marketing collateral for the product
• Structure and present reporting and updates to senior management
• Engage regularly with Field teams (Business Development and Relationship Management) to better understand client needs and solicit client feedback
• Ensure that projects are completed in accordance with all Risk, Architecture and other relevant firm-wide guidelines
• Deliver and/or coordinate product training and knowledge transfer sessions
• Identify issues quickly, escalate and bring to closure, with a critical focus on client experience
• Manage vendor relationship including monitoring SLAs, upkeep and maintenance of product
• Provide product expertise to partners across the organization to resolve client issues
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree required/MBA preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in product management and development
• Expertise in payments - acquiring/acceptance/payment processing and/ card brand/debit network experience preferred
• Team player and capable of building relationships with key business and technical partners
• Ability to work in a matrix organization and learn quickly
• Deep understanding of product development lifecycle and deployment of new payment solutions
• Talent for communication of complex business topics
• General business strategy acumen
Traits of the desired candidate
• "This is not my job" does not exist in this individual's vocabulary
• Wants to know and learn payments; not just our systems and technology, but truly a #PaymentsGeek
• Business acumen is equally as critical as understanding of technology
• Understands the corporate structure; is able to identify and communicate impediments in a timely manner to ensure progress
• Client-centric: Can easily sympathize with merchants, and thinks ahead to ensure merchants have what they need
• Likes to manage and mentor junior product owners and the technology teams
RequisitionType Professional JobSchedule Full time