Job Title:  VP, Senior Product Manager

Job Title: Senior Product Manager

Corporate Title: Vice President

Department: Instinet

Location: Hong Kong

Licensed Role: No

About Instinet

As the execution services arm of the Nomura Group, Instinet Incorporated subsidiaries provide brokerage and technology services to clients in over 65 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, Instinet helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. Over the course of its 50+ year history, Instinet has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.

Job Overview

Instinet is seeking to hire an Asian specialist Senior Product Manager, with over 10 years of relevant experience, to join its global product organisation.

The Global Product organisation resides within the business and is responsible for defining, developing and enhancing the Equity Execution Products leveraged by Nomura Group including Global Execution Services, Prime Brokerage and Delta 1, and Instinet Technology Solutions.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will own the strategic, and business-as-usual, deliverables required to ensure successful delivery of the firm’s strategic business goals.  You will be a seasoned financial markets practitioner with a comprehensive understanding Asian cash equities markets, end-to-end trading workflows, industry trends and applicable risks, rules and regulations. You will have a can-do attitude and a passion for innovation and problem solving.

How will you fulfill your potential?

• You will contribute to the regional product roadmap and the work prioritisation process.
• You will represent the Asia business globally in product discussions, prioritisation and delivery forums.
• You will be instrumental in delivering regional product strategy, defining end-to-end trading solutions for Global Execution Services, Prime Brokerage and Delta 1, and Instinet Technology Solutions.  You will be a key contributor within the Global Product organization.
• You will coordinate across Front Office and corporate teams to drive delivery of regional and, where applicable, global projects.  You will be heavily engaged in senior level stakeholder management.
• You will identify, assess and mitigate business risks arising from changes to product use, regulation, market structure, infrastructure changes, and competitive forces.
• You will promote product reusability, working with technology teams to define scalable and easily adaptable solutions, always keeping an eye on the future.
• You will help internal and external clients to leverage the technology offering to efficiently and effectively meet their business goals.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• A comprehensive understanding of Asian cash equities markets and front to back equities execution workflows.
• A strong analytical, commercial and logical mind-set with an attention to detail and the capacity to work well under pressure.
• A strong understanding of the control requirements applicable to electronic execution and algorithmic trading.
• A good understanding of the risks applicable to an execution services business including knowledge of appliable rules and regulations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex problems in the simplest possible manner.
• A highly collaborative mindset with a willingness to engage at the global level.
• An attention to detail without losing sight of the overall objective.
• An ability to analyse large data sets and present conclusions concisely.
• Enthusiasm, curiosity and an entrepreneurial desire for problem solving and project work.
• A good understanding of Agile Project Management.
• Knowledge of prime brokerage workflows would be an advantage.
• Product management experience in the industry is preferable, either within a bank, a technology firm, or other Financial Services provider.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender, or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER

This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer