Payment - Client Onboarding Manager - Vice President
Ready to turn innovative payments solutions into live client outcomes? Join a team where you lead high‑impact implementations, deepen product expertise, and partner across the business to deliver smooth go‑lives. You'll build skills in treasury, cash management, trade, and merchant services while guiding clients through technical integrations. Grow your career in a collaborative environment that values clear ownership, rigorous governance, and client success.
As a Payment Client Onboarding Manager, Vice President within Global Banking team, you own the post‑mandate client experience from solution finalization through contract execution, testing, and production go‑live. You partner with sales, product, legal, compliance, operations, and technology to define scope, plan and run projects, and resolve issues quickly. You combine disciplined project governance with deep product knowledge to help clients integrate payments technology across treasury and eCommerce. Together, we ensure a seamless onboarding journey that meets legal, compliance, and control standards.
We implement payments products that enhance clients' eCommerce capabilities and treasury operations. Our team applies proven onboarding methodologies, transparent governance, and continuous improvement to deliver consistent, high‑quality client experiences and support new product launches.
Job responsibilities
- Serve as the single point of contact, providing overall project ownership of the Deal deliverables and client satisfaction during the onboarding process
- Lead client-facing activities such as workshops to refine solutions and scope, establish project plans, conduct robust product testing, and manage legal forms and contracts
- Collaborate with J.P. Morgan front/back-office teams worldwide to establish clear project scope and deliverables, develop viable implementation plans with transparent timelines and owners using project management principles
- Monitor implementation progress with strong sensitivity to client expectations and escalate as needed
- Manage and deliver on complex multi-entities/jurisdictions account opening and product implementations, at times requiring cross-region coordination across time zones
- Ensure adherence to controls procedures with strong awareness of regulatory and firmwide compliance policies.
- Be the subject matter expert to lead, ideate or participate in global or regional initiatives to enhance client experience, improve operational efficiencies or strengthen Controls.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of relevant industry experience in Cash Management, Transaction Banking, Corporate Finance or Non-bank Payment service provider
- Superior leadership and teamwork skills, demonstrating the ability to work independently within a matrix, cross-functional, global organization, are essential.
- Accomplished project manager operating in a client facing environment such as Consulting or Business transformation roles.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
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Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Client-facing roles and/or proven project management skills are preferred.
- Worked on enterprise applications such as SAP, Oracle, Kyriba, NetSuite, etc. particularly in the finance/treasury domain would be advantageous.
- Knowledge in Payment file/data transfer technologies such as ISO format, enterprise connectivity like SFTP, API, SWIFT would be advantageous.
- Experience in Artificial Intelligent (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) applications or automation tools e.g. Alteryx, UiPath demonstrated success in initiating or executing process improvement.
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 Global Banking business is one of the largest wholesale banking client franchises in the world. We serve clients, including corporations, governments, states, municipalities, healthcare organizations, education institutions, banks and investors.
Global Investment Banking supports a broad range of corporations, institutions and governments by providing strategic advice, capital raising and risk management expertise.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion