Artificial Intelligence Research Lead - Vice President

JPMorganChase AI Research is a global team ofresearch scientists, engineers and product managers that develops novel AI capabilities and partners across the firm to translate breakthrough AI/ML techniques into deployed solutions.The team brings together researchers across multi-agent systems, foundation model training, reinforcement and continual learning, multimodal document AI, formal reasoning, planning and verification, and synthetic data generation - alongside experts in trustworthy AI, privacy, and cryptography - to solve hard problems end-to-end in ways that are secure, reliable, and scalable in financial services.

AI Research sits within the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) at JPMorganChase which is responsible for accelerating the firm's data and analytics journey.

This includes ensuring the quality, integrity, and security of the firm's data, as well as leveraging this data to generate insights and drive decision-making.

The CDAO is also responsible for developing and implementing solutionsthat support the firm's commercial goals by harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to develop new products, improve productivity, and enhance risk management, effectively and responsibly.

As a Vice President / Research Lead in AI Research, you will work on developing novel techniques, tools, and frameworks to model and solve complex large-scale problems in the bank.

You will develop a close understanding of the challenges in practical applications of AI and leverage that understanding to formulate new research directions and solutions that can shift the frontier.

Your work will span from early-stage innovation and rigorous evaluation to production-scale delivery in close collaboration with engineering and product teams.

Job responsibilities



* Work on multiple commercially oriented research projects in collaboration with internal data scientists, applied engineering teams and stakeholders across businesses e.g.

Commercial & Investment Banking (including Markets), Asset & Wealth Management, Consumer & Community Banking, etc.



* Formulate problems, generate hypotheses, develop new algorithms and models, conduct experiments and rigorous evaluations, synthesize and communicate results, and deliver well-tested, high-quality code.



* Contribute to high-impact business applications, reusable assets and products, and research initiatives.



* Provide thought leadership on internal and external forums through white papers, publications and presentations.



* Lead projects or major workstreams in larger projects/initiatives.

Play a key role in ensuring that problem definitions and solutions are technically sound, generalizable and capture business/product requirements.

Proactively identify and propose new research projects linked to business problems.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills



* PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields with relevant research experience i...