Senior IT Project Manager - Market Risk & Credit Risk Delivery (Contract)

Project Execution & Delivery

• 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

Business & Change Stakeholder Management, Reporting

• 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 )

Required Qualifications:

What You Bring

• 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

AI Proficiency

• 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

What Good Looks Like

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

: Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

• base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors".

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer