Disputes Manager - Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase · Bournemouth

Step into a leadership role where your decisions directly improve how clients and merchants are supported when disputes arise. You will guide a high-performing team through a fast-paced, highly regulated environment while raising service quality and operational resilience. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to reduce friction, manage risk, and deliver measurable results. Bring a continuous improvement mindset and help shape smarter, more efficient ways of working through data, automation, and emerging technology.

As a Disputes Operations Team Manager in Merchant Services Disputes Operations, you will lead a team responsible for delivering consistent, high-quality support across the dispute lifecycle. You will help us run strong daily operations, develop talent, and manage escalations while strengthening risk and control practices. You will use performance data and process improvement to increase efficiency, improve client outcomes, and support a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Job responsibilities

Lead daily dispute and chargeback operations to deliver service, quality, and control outcomes
Manage team performance through goal setting, coaching, feedback, and development planning
Monitor operational metrics and translate trends into clear actions and sustained improvements
Resolve escalations and complex cases, ensuring timely decisions and effective communication
Strengthen risk and control execution by identifying issues, implementing actions, and tracking remediation
Partner with Product, Technology, Risk, Controls, Learning, and Relationship Management teams to deliver shared priorities
Drive process improvement to reduce defects, rework, and manual effort across workflows
Implement automation and analytics approaches to improve efficiency and consistency of outcomes
Prepare and present performance updates, operational drivers, and risk topics to senior stakeholders
Act as an operational lead for disputes across Europe, supporting governance and stakeholder forums

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching and performance management
Experience managing operational workflows with defined service and quality measures
Ability to analyze operational data, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions
Experience handling escalations and making risk-aware decisions in a time-sensitive environment
Working knowledge of operational risk and control practices, including issue and action management
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting performance and actions to stakeholders
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced setting
Experience leading change, implementing new processes, and sustaining improved ways of working

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Experience in payments, merchant services, disputes, or chargeback operations
Experience partnering with product and technology teams to improve workflows and controls
Experience presenting operational performance, risks, and remediation plans to senior stakeholders
Experience acting as a regional operational lead and representing operations in governance forums
Experience with process optimization and workflow redesign in an operations environment
Developing experience using AI-powered analytics, workflow automation, or intelligent process tools to drive efficiency gains, reduce manual effort, or improve accuracy in operational processes

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.

Lead a disputes operations team to improve outcomes, strengthen controls, and elevate the client experience.

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