Divisional Overview:
Chief Transformation Office (CTO) provides project management and business analysis support
across Nomura’s wholesale banking functions. It is a cross regional and divisional transformation
team delivering ‘initiatives’ related to new regulations, implementing new infrastructure, business
expansion, product roll outs and introducing banking controls.
Business Overview:
The CIO function oversees group-wide technology and our data office. We’re aligned to our key businesses across the group and operate enterprise-wide functions for risk management, governance and controls, supply chain and infrastructure. Our purpose is to support Nomura’s business strategy and deliver consistent group-wide services based on common operating principles.
What We Offer:
- We support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging.
- We offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing services which allows employees to get access to the assistance they need at any point in their wellbeing journey.
- Our bespoke benefits support employees and their family’s holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures.
Position Specifications:
| Corporate Title | Vice President |
| Functional Title | GCIO Portfolio Manager |
| Experience | - Minimum 10+ years of experience in Portfolio/Project Management, in a Consulting or Investment Banking context.
- Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional change programs and operating within formal project governance frameworks
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities
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| Qualification | Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline |
| Requisition No. | TBC |
Role & Responsibilities:
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| | The Global Chief Information Office “GCIO” Portfolio Manager will coordinate Investment Spend and execution governance for our Technology sponsored portfolio of change initiatives, including Cyber & Resiliency uplift, Globalisation & Standardisation integration initiatives, GCIO strategy and AI enablement. In this role, you will build and maintain relationships with a variety of senior Program Managers, initiative Sponsors, and Technology leadership involved in GCIO Investment Spend governance. You will also play a critical role in defining and streamlining management reporting and associated decision-making, ensuring a cohesive narrative on the strategy and cost/benefit profile for initiatives within this portfolio. Key responsibilities: - Drive annual budget and monthly forecast processes for this portfolio, outlining trends, areas of concern and prioritization decisions for management attention
- Assist the GCIO Portfolio lead to drive the governance and execution strategy for this complex, group-wide portfolio of transformation initiatives
- Collate inputs for reporting to various monthly / quarterly senior management forums for Technology sponsored change
- Assess Execution Risk across the GCIO change portfolio to inform priority areas of focus for the Leadership team
- Support new Business Case development, and ensure Business Cases remain current for this portfolio
- Monitor and track adherence to common project management standards for Technology sponsored change, including oversight of the Change Control process
- Maintain an auditable document repository for Technology sponsored change, liaising with internal Audit for relevant queries
- Engage with Artificial Intelligence (AI) working groups to identify opportunities to automate reporting in this space
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Mind Set:
| | Mandatory | Desired |
| Domain | - Foundational understanding of Investment Banking or Markets business lines and related Change
- Background in Project / Portfolio Management, thorough understanding of project / program management techniques
| - Foundational knowledge of key Technology functions, particularly in the Cyber & Resiliency space
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| Technical | - Familiarity with Atlassian Suite (Confluence, JIRA), in a Project / Portfolio Management context
- Microsoft Office 365, in a Project / Portfolio Management context
| - Use of Claude or equivalent AI models in a Portfolio / Project management context
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Nomura Leadership Behaviours:
| Leadership
Behaviours | Description | Element |
| Exploring Insights & Vision | Comprehensively analyse the nature
of the problems we face and set our
focus toward the future vision | - Gather Intelligence
- Create a vision
- Identify an issue
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| Making Strategic Decisions | Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making
judgments and recommendations | - Identify countermeasures
- Assess feasibility
- Make a judgment
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| Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People | Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions | |
| Elevating Organizational Capacity | Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and
engagement | - Have an ownership in own development
- Support other‘s growth
- Encourage organizational growth
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| Inclusion | Respect diverse perspectives and
promote psychological safety
and the creation of a risk culture | - Foster psychological
safety - Encourage the active
participation of all talent - Foster a risk culture
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We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.
*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.
*The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company’s policies as may be applicable from time to time).
