Global Security Operations Centre - Team Lead

J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan

Operations

London, UK

Posted on May 12, 2026
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Join our dynamic team as a Global Security Operations Centre (GSOC) Team Lead, where you'll play a pivotal role in safeguarding our firm's employees, assets, and operations. This is an exciting opportunity to help lead a dedicated team in a fast-paced environment, providing critical incident handling and operational oversight. Your leadership will ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement in our security operations. If you're passionate about security and thrive in a challenging environment, this role is for you.
Job Summary:

As a GSOC Team Lead in our Global Security Operations Centre, you will oversee daily operations, ensuring quality control and adherence to company standards. You will be the point of contact for operational queries and support the GSOC Manager in maintaining 24/7 operational coverage. You will also contribute to onboarding and coaching, maintaining operational documentation, and identify opportunities to enhance products, processes, and tooling. This includes the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Microsoft SharePoint sites, lists, and workflows used to support GSOC operations, reporting, and incident management.

Job Responsibilities:
• Oversee daily operations within the GSOC to ensure quality control and adherence to procedures.
• Serve as an escalation point for operational and procedural queries, ensuring timely, accurate triage and communications.
• Support the maintenance of effective coverage, including structured handovers, continuity of operations, and workload prioritisation.
• Conduct periodic reviews of procedures and job aids; draft and update documentation in alignment with governance requirements.
• Support onboarding, training, and coaching activities to build team capability and resilience.
• Monitor team performance and operational trends; identify control gaps and implement continuous improvement actions
• Contribute to enhancements across workflows and tools, including practical automation/optimisation opportunities where appropriate

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
• Experience in corporate security operations, a security operations centre, incident management, crisis management, or a related operational function.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to create clear incident logs, reports, and executive-ready briefs.
• Strong verbal communication and stakeholder management skills, with a professional, service-oriented approach.
• Ability to brief senior stakeholders clearly and confidently.
• Demonstrated experience leading day-to-day operations, supporting performance, and driving accountability.
• Strong judgment with a continuous improvement mindset; ability to identify issues, assess risk, and implement sustainable

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
• Prior experience in a team lead/supervisory role within a corporate security operations environment.
• Familiarity with GSOC tooling (e.g., monitoring platforms, access control/alarm monitoring interfaces, case/incident management systems).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify patterns, root causes, and risk-based mitigations.
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional partners in a regulated environment.
• Experience drafting, maintaining, or implementing security operations procedures and related governance documentation.
• Knowledge of relevant security standards and industry practices, with a proactive approach to risk management and issue resolution.

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.
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we’re setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

The Global Security (GS) team protects the firm’s people and assets, ensuring the safety of business operations through the implementation of technology, best-in-class talent and client collaboration. Teams are responsible for developing safety policies and procedures, customer safety, pre-employment screening, fraud investigations and security operations on a global basis.
As a GSOC Team Lead in our Global Security Operations Centre, you will oversee daily operations, ensuring quality control and adherence to company standards. You will be the point of contact for operational queries and support the GSOC Manager in maintaining 24/7 operational coverage. You will also contribute to onboarding and coaching, maintaining operational documentation, and identify opportunities to enhance products, processes, and tooling. This includes the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Microsoft SharePoint sites, lists, and workflows used to support GSOC operations, reporting, and incident management.
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