Job Title:  Head of AEJ Regional Corporate Communications (Asia ex Japan)

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Job Title:  Head of AEJ Regional Corporate Communications (Asia ex Japan)
Corporate Title:  Managing Director
Department:  Corporate Communications
Location:  Singapore / Hong Kong

Role description:

We are seeking a passionate, creative, and strategic communications leader to serve as Head of AEJ (Asia ex Japan) Regional Corporate Communications. This senior role is critical in shaping and driving an innovative regional communications strategy that reinforces our brand, supports business growth, and manages reputation in a complex and dynamic environment. The successful candidate will lead and inspire the AEJ communications function, provide trusted and strategic counsel to senior leadership, proactively manage media and stakeholder relationships, and champion inventive, solutions-oriented communication practices.

This role requires close collaboration with other regional heads and communications teams globally to ensure alignment and consistency of message, while reporting directly to the Head of Group Corporate Communications in Tokyo. The position also holds secondary reporting lines to regional management, ensuring integration of business priorities and local market dynamics within communications strategies. The ideal candidate will anticipate and navigate evolving business challenges and opportunities with agility and strategic insight.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership of AEJ Communications

• Define and execute a forward-looking, integrated regional corporate communications strategy aligned with our global vision and tailored for diverse AEJ markets.
• Lead and mentor the AEJ communications team with passion, fostering creativity and innovation to craft impactful communications that advance corporate objectives, strengthen market positioning, and build stakeholder trust.
• Manage regional communications budgets and resources effectively to maximize impact and efficiency, ensuring optimal allocation aligned with strategic priorities.
• Act as a strategic thought leader who anticipates future trends and proactively develops solutions to emerging issues, ensuring communications serve as a business enabler.
• Maintain high sensitivity to developments within both business and corporate areas of the firm, proactively identifying opportunities where communications can contribute to productivity, effectiveness, operational efficiencies or higher employee engagement.
• Provide regional oversight for the development, activation, and management of the Nomura brand in close coordination with the Global Brand and Marketing teams, ensuring aligned brand messaging and standards across AEJ markets.
• Lead regional communications initiatives tied to social impact and corporate responsibility, reinforcing Nomura’s commitment to sustainable and ethical business practices.

As a senior leader in the firm, exemplify the firm’s leadership behaviors of:

• Exploring Insights & Vision: Identify root causes of challenges and define clear vision and directions for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate options and prioritize effectively.
• Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People: Motivate team members to enhance productivity through clear communication and leadership.
• Elevating Organizational Capacity: Promote professional development and knowledge sharing to boost team productivity.
• Inclusion: Foster a culture embracing diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI), psychological safety, and a strong "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate, Respect).

Trusted Senior Communications Counsel

• Build positive and trusted relationships with senior executives and business leaders.
• Provide wise, solutions-oriented counsel by embedding communications strategies early in business planning, decision-making, and risk management processes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor during incidents, issues, and crises, delivering calm, clear, and proactive communications responses that mitigate risk and uphold our reputation.
• Proactively inform Group Corporate Communications and regional counterparts of reputational risks and developments to enable unified, strategic responses.

Media Relations and Reputation Management

• Cultivate and maintain strong, credible relationships with key media, influencers, and opinion leaders across the AEJ region.
• Drive a proactive and creative media engagement program that showcases our leadership, innovations, and market insights.
• Be confident and assertive in media relations when necessary to protect our interests, correcting inaccuracies and reinforcing the firm’s narrative firmly yet professionally.

Internal and Stakeholder Communications

• Design and implement innovative internal communications that engage and align employees across varied cultures and markets with our mission and strategic goals.
• Partner closely with HR, business units, and global teams to deliver solution-driven communications supporting transformation, culture-building, and talent retention.
• Leverage data and feedback to continuously refine communication approaches, measuring impact and driving improvements.

Innovation, Proactivity, and Solutions Orientation

• Embrace and integrate cutting-edge communications tools, digital platforms, and methodologies to enhance messaging effectiveness and reach.
• Utilize digital analytics and social listening tools to gauge stakeholder sentiment and optimize communications strategies.
• Work proactively with business and corporate leaders to anticipate communications challenges, offering creative, solution-focused recommendations and strategies.
• Demonstrate agility and foresight in resolving complex communications issues with innovative, pragmatic solutions that bolster business objectives.

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:

Core Skills and Competencies

• Deep passion for communications and storytelling, with enthusiasm that inspires teams and engages stakeholders.
• Outstanding strategic and creative thinking with an ability to develop innovative, actionable communications strategies addressing complex challenges.
• Advanced digital skills, including proficiency in social media management, digital content creation, digital campaign strategy, and analytics platforms.
• High sensitivity to business and corporate developments, with a proactive mindset to suggest how communications can enhance productivity, effectiveness, or efficiencies.
• Superior writing and verbal skills, adaptable to diverse cultural contexts and audiences.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing and inspiring multicultural teams in fast-paced environments.
• Proven capability in budget and resource management to optimize communications investments.
• Expertise in crisis and reputation management, with confidence to engage firmly and tactfully with media to protect the firm's interests.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills to build trusted relationships with senior leaders, peers, and external stakeholders.
• Cultural agility and multilingual abilities are desirable.
• Understanding of the financial industry is an advantage but not required for a quick learner committed to rapidly acquiring relevant knowledge.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive corporate communications experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role in the AEJ region or comparable multicultural contexts.
• Proven success in leading strategic, creative, multi-market communications programs that drive business growth and corporate reputation.
• Experience working collaboratively in matrixed organizations, influencing across functions and geographies.

Join us as Head of AEJ Regional Corporate Communications and lead a passionate, creative, digitally savvy, proactive, and solutions-oriented communications function that shapes and protects our brand while enabling greater productivity, social impact, and strategic success across this vital region.

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