Job Title:  AVP - Data Governance

Chief Data Office – Project Management Office

Nomura Overview

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Merchant 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.

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business. 

Function Overview

Chief Data Office is the Group Central Data and Analytics arm that works closely with the Group Businesses and Group Corporate functions to enable the execution Nomura Group Strategy through Robust Data Standards & Governance, Actionable Performance Metrics & MIS, and High Impact Information and Analytics Products and Solution.

Job Purpose:

Highly organized and detail-oriented Project Manager for Data Quality platforms. This role will be responsible for planning, executing, and finalizing technology projects within budget and scale.

Job Responsibilities:

• Program Manage the end-end delivery of Data Products; a key liaison between key stakeholders – Product Manager, Product Owner, and business users.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Operations, QA) deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Document minutes, actionable and prepare meeting materials to be shared to all relevant stakeholders.
• Manage Data product delivery lifecycle - define project scope, timelines and delivery milestones
• Enable Agile team delivery – define Product Epic, Story and features, work with Product team to track, manage and deliver product features.
• Manage resource budget and allocations ensuring efficient resource utilization and cost control.
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to Stakeholders and CDO senior management.
• Utilise industry best practices, techniques and standards for project execution
• Measure project performance to identify areas of improvements

Qualification & Core Skills requirement:

• Must have an experience in managing complete data lifecycle engagements
• Must have business analysis skills – delivered data solutions; analytical use-cases for stakeholders.
• Must have knowledge on industry grade Data Governance Platforms
• Must have experience in Scrum Agile team, preferred Scrum master with relevant tooling exposure.
• Demonstrate past experience with leading change management efforts, collaborate at all levels of a global organization to ensure the successful implementation of change 
• Must have an excellent client facing communication skills
• Preferred experience in Financial Services and other consumer centric business
• Preferred MBA or PMP certification with minimum of 8-10 years of relevant project management experience.

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.