From wealth management to product management
As a VP of Product Management at JP Morgan in NYC, I bring 7 years of expertise in leading product development initiatives and guiding teams towards success. With a strong background in wealth management, consulting, and data analytics, I am dedicated to driving innovation and achieving strategic business objectives.
Education & application
From the summer before enrolling at Northeastern through graduation, I interned in data analytics, consulting, and wealth management positions. The application of my education helped me choose my dual degree in Finance and Economics, and it inspired me to write my economics capstone on the Determinants of Domestic Violence on Female Economic Independence. My last internship at BBH led to an early offer to join their NYC office post-graduation as a wealth management analyst.
Taking risks
While working as an analyst in wealth management, I was recognized as a young leader and tasked with spearheading digital transformation efforts within the trading team at BBH. Despite the absence of a structured scrum setup, I managed to balance trading activities from 9-4 while delving into discovery processes. Evenings were dedicated to crafting requirements for the team.
Realizing the importance of technical skills, I embarked on a journey to teach myself how to code utilizing platforms like Codecademy. Motivated to enhance my proficiency, I committed to furthering my education by enrolling in a bootcamp in Japan. This decision marked a significant risk in my career trajectory as I was on the Partner track, had no prior exposure to Asia, and was venturing into a massive pivot within my professional trajecture.
Accelerated learning
The experience gained from the bootcamp proved invaluable. Throughout the 9-week program I learned 7 coding languages and successfully built 3 websites from 0-1. I took extra classes to build fun products like digital art with AI and Super Mario Bros. The pinnacle was winning a Tokyo incubator pitch night with a fully operational travel app that I built with 2 other developers as part of the program. However, although I loved coding I noticed that during group dev work my peers would lean on me for product guidance. Product Management was still my passion. After some inspirational solo travel through Japan and its neighboring countries, I returned to NYC eager to get back to it.
I joined a digital agency where I wore multiple hats and learned the full end-to-end scrum skill set. This experience provided the opportunity to build both B2B and B2C products across various industries. Some noteworthy projects I spearheaded include building a database from scratch for an international packaging manufacturer with 1200+ products, a sales dashboard for Samsung Ads, 3 website rebrands for 3 large international corporations, and a B2B e-commerce platform.
High-impact global Products
I’ve spent the past 3.5 years learning how to navigate the corporate ladder while leveraging the skills I learned to date. At JP Morgan, I was promoted 3 times in <3 years (including an off-cycle VP promotion requiring C-level approval). I enabled JPMC’s acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank & First Republic (+$400bn in JPMC’s AUM) by simplifying a regulatory function that caused 43% of operational rejections. I’m currently decommissioning a legacy regulatory application critical to the business, through the use of micro-services. I built the first of these micro-services from 0-1 and through its redesign, with a projected 20% decrease in headcount in the Private Bank’s operations division.
