Project Manager - Branch Banking Chief of Staff Team

Project Manager
- Branch Banking Chief of Staff Team

Columbus, OH, United States

• Job Identification
• Job Category Business Management
• Business Unit Consumer & Community Banking
• Posting Date 08/10/2026, 02:27 PM
• Locations 1111 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus, OH, 43240, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day

Job Description

At JPMorgan Chase, our employees are dedicated to building lifelong relationships by helping customers make the most of their money and innovating to best serve our clients.

We’re seeking a highly organized and proactive professional to join the Branch Banking Chief of Staff Team as a Project Manager supporting strategic and operational initiatives impacting more than 4,500 branches nationwide.

This role offers broad exposure to senior leaders, enterprise priorities, governance routines, employee engagement programs, and rapid-delivery business initiatives. The successful candidate will help drive execution across a diverse portfolio while partnering with stakeholders throughout Consumer Bank to advance key priorities and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

Success requires strong communication skills, sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to influence outcomes across a matrixed organization while navigating ambiguity and competing priorities

Job Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic and Operational Initiatives
  - Lead and coordinate high-visibility initiatives that support Branch Banking priorities. Establish clear plans, manage timelines and dependencies, monitor progress, and ensure successful delivery of business outcomes across multiple work streams. Projects may range from operational improvements and branch initiatives to technology-adjacent implementations and process enhancements

Support Leadership Routines
- Partner with leadership teams to prepare executive-ready communications, presentations, business reviews, staff meeting materials, and strategic updates. Translate complex information into clear and concise messages that help leaders make informed decisions and drive action

Coordinate Governance and Oversight Forums
- Own the operating rhythm for governance and oversight committees by facilitating agendas, coordinating materials, documenting key decisions, tracking action items, and ensuring accountability through completion. Anticipate risks, elevate issues, and help stakeholders remain prepared for critical discussions and decision points

Champion Employee Recognition Programs
- Manage and continuously improve key employee recognition and engagement programs, including communication strategies, stakeholder coordination, governance routines, and program effectiveness measures. Help strengthen employee engagement by ensuring programs are delivered with operational excellence and meaningful impact.

Promote Operational Excellence
- Establish structure and discipline across a dynamic portfolio by maintaining documentation, monitoring commitments, identifying risks, and ensuring transparent communication and follow-through. Bring a continuous improvement mindset and help create scalable solutions that improve efficiency and effectiveness

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

2+ years of experience in project management, business management, strategy & operations, consulting, program management, or a related field

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Demonstrated ability to create executive-ready presentations and communications

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

Experience coordinating work across diverse stakeholder groups

Ability to navigate ambiguity, exercise sound judgment, and drive execution with limited direction

Proven problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities

Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and related productivity tools

Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

Experience supporting executive leadership teams, Chief of Staff organizations, or business management functions

Experience leading governance, risk, compliance, or oversight routines

Familiarity with branch banking, retail financial services, or large-scale operations

Experience supporting employee engagement, recognition, or communications programs

Experience working within a highly matrixed organization

Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools and the application of large language models to improve communication, planning, analysis, and operational efficiency while adhering to appropriate controls and governance requirement

Chase is a leading financial services firm, helping nearly half of America’s households and small businesses achieve their financial goals through a broad range of financial products. Our mission is to create engaged, lifelong relationships and put our customers at the heart of everything we do. We also help small businesses, nonprofits and cities grow, delivering solutions to solve all their financial needs.

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