Senior IT Project Manager - Market Risk & Credit Risk Delivery (Contract)
About The Position
The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey. This role is for a Senior IT Project Manager focused on Market Risk & Credit Risk Delivery within the Technology department. The position is a contract role based in NYC.
Requirements
- 10–15 years IT project delivery in financial services; hands-on Market Risk/Credit Risk/Trading Tech experience
- Track record delivering regulatory IT projects (FRTB, BCBS 239, SA-CCR, or equivalent) to production
- Comfortable working directly with engineering/QA on SDLC mechanics
- Advanced hands-on Jira/Confluence (workflows, dashboards, reporting)
- Clear stakeholder communication — status packs, risk escalation, options framing
- Working quant fluency (VaR, CVA, P&L explain); structured RAID/dependency management
- Working knowledge of budget tracking
- Power user of AI tools; builds/shares reusable AI workflows for project artefacts (minutes, RAIDs, test cases, reporting)
- Aware of data governance/regulatory constraints for AI use in a regulated environment
Nice To Haves
- Delivers, not just tracks
- Unblocks issues personally rather than escalating everything
- SDLC-fluent
- Credible with engineering/QA on test coverage, release readiness
- AI-native in delivery
- Uses AI daily to automate SDLC/reporting; shares patterns others adopt
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of 3–5 concurrent IT projects/workstreams — requirements through build, test, deployment, BAU handoff
- Drive sprint/release planning with engineering leads — backlog grooming, velocity, blocker resolution
- Own project plans, RAID logs, milestone trackers; get ahead of cross-team dependencies
- Partner with engineering/QA on SDLC rigor — code review gates, test coverage, release management
- Translate regulatory requirements (FRTB, BCBS 239, SA-CCR, or equivalent) into delivery plans and track execution
- Manage project budget/run-rate, resourcing, vendor SOW execution
- Drive hands-on AI tooling adoption (Claude, Copilot, Jira automation) to automate SDLC tasks — requirements, test cases, code-review support, release notes, minutes, status reporting; build reusable skills for the team
- Primary contact for business/Risk Management stakeholders — manage expectations, elicit requirements, validate scope changes
- Own project status reporting, dashboards, steering committee packs
- Manage change requests and impact assessments through to sign-off
- Coordinate UAT planning, business readiness, go-live comms with the Change Organization
- Feed status/risk into programme-level governance as directed (support, not own)
Benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
- medical benefits
- financial benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
