AI & Innovation Program Manager, Global Markets
About The Position
We are seeking a Vice President to lead the program management of AI and innovation initiatives across Nomura's Global Markets division. This individual will sit at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and change management. The role requires someone who can operate comfortably across senior stakeholders, technologists, and front-office practitioners to translate innovation ambition into measurable commercial impact. This is a role with a mandate to build the AI operating model for Global Markets, balancing traditional AI/ML with Generative AI and Agentic AI to deliver scalable, reusable capabilities across trading desks.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in financial services, with significant exposure to Global Markets (Sales & Trading, Equities, FICC)
- Proven track record delivering complex, large-scale cross-functional programs with at least 2 years in AI/GenAI or digital transformation
- Strong understanding of the front-to-back trade lifecycle (execution, capture, clearing, settlement)
- Experience with AI/GenAI implementations within Markets/Sales/Trading at a large financial institution
- Familiarity with AI governance frameworks, model risk management, and regulatory considerations
- Strong analytical and structured thinking; ability to build business cases, ROI models, and scorecards
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end program roadmap for AI and innovation initiatives across Global Markets (Equities, FICC, and cross-asset)
- Prioritize and sequence initiatives using a structured scoring framework (business outcome, data readiness, governance, technology integration, strategic alignment)
- Maintain a living portfolio view of all AI initiatives with clear stage-gates, KPIs, and cost/benefit tracking
- Translate complex business problems into agentic AI-driven solutions using orchestration frameworks and modular architecture, designing autonomous workflows, decision-making agents, and reusable platform components
- Drive delivery of AI/ML use cases across the trade lifecycle (pre-trade analytics, execution optimization, post-trade automation, client engagement)
- Coordinate across technology, quant, operations, and front-office teams to remove blockers and maintain velocity
- Champion experimentation and iterative development, capturing learnings to feed the broader product roadmap
- Partner with AI governance, compliance, and model risk teams to ensure initiatives meet risk-based tiering and approval requirements
- Embed governance into delivery workflows (platform-embedded, pattern-based approaches) rather than treating it as a sequential gate
- Act as the primary liaison between business and technical teams for AI initiatives
- Build executive reporting on initiative health, ROI, and strategic alignment
- Translate complex technical concepts into business value for senior leadership and front-office stakeholders
Benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
- sign-on bonus
- restricted stock units
- discretionary awards
- full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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