Job Title:  GM-Global Markets

Nomura 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.

Nomura Services, India supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Divisional Overview:

Global Markets Powai team is an extension of regional Global Markets teams supporting Securitized Products, Rates, FX, Credit and Equities. The division in Powai provides support for a range of activities like research, quantitative modelling, sales and trading support, pricing and balancing, product development and strategy. Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Business Overview:

Nomura’s Global Markets Quantitative Investment Strategies team has cross-market coverage encompassing equities, rates, currencies, credit and commodities. This role will focus on designing, pricing and publishing systematic strategies.

Team takes a data-driven approach, working closely with quantitative research team, sales team and traders to develop investment strategies. It helps generate revenue by working with internal and external clients, providing insights and actionable ideas to manage risk exposures and deliver trading strategies. The team has won several prestigious mandates from leading clients against competition from both buy-side and sell-side firms.

Team in Mumbai deals works closely with trading, structuring and sales team across the Globe i.e. US, London, Singapore, HK and Tokyo. The team generates trade ideas and publishes independent research on quantitative investing. It also develops analytical tools for sales, structuring, trading and clients.

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:

Role & Responsibilities:

We are looking to hire platform engineer to work on our infrastructure/platform build out for QIS indices. This position is for talented programmer with experience in QIS business and related fields with an inquisitive spirit and extensively contribute to digital transformation of the business.

The role involves -

• Lay out a comprehensive architecture that provides the groundwork for various tools for analytics around QIS products
• Overseeing the ongoing performance of existing infrastructure/platform through reactive and proactive support, monitoring and reporting
• Develop analytics to assist in smarter risk management of the QIS books
• The individual will work very closely with structurers/traders across various markets to build a wide spectrum of tools.
• Engineering innovation solutions using a variety of approaches such as time-series forecasting predictive modelling, cluster analysis, dimensionality reduction etc.
• Develop and manage quantitative analytics to identify the market dislocations and opportunities in equities markets.
• Guiding QIS strategies through the entire development lifecycle including back testing, preparing standardized rulebooks, and driving the productionization of indices through the internal review and approval process.

Mind Set:

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).