Product Manager, Tooling

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: Product Manager, Tooling

Corporate Title: VP

Department: Global Execution Services Product Strategy

Location: London

Company overview - Instinet

As the agency-model execution services arm of the Nomura Group, Instinet Incorporated subsidiaries provide brokerage services to clients in over 60 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. In the US, Instinet also offers a boutique-model Equity Research offering to assist their clients in the pursuit of alpha generation in a changing landscape. 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.

Department overview: Instinet’s Global Product Strategy group is responsible for managing the strategic roadmap of investment in Instinet’s global suite of market leading electronic trading products & solutions. The group has responsibility for conceiving, delivering and enhancing Instinet’s products across all of the firm’s business streams.

Role description: The Product Manager serves as a key member of the Product Strategy group. They will interface between, and work together with, various groups on product requirements, design, development, testing and overall quality management. The Product Manager may also be asked to investigate the application of new technologies, track industry trends and assist the product and project manager in ensuring that communication and planning occurs across development platforms. The Product Manager works closely with the development and quality assurance teams to ensure that products & solutions that are delivered meet requirements and business goals.

The Tooling product line focuses on our internal and external support and self-service tools. The Product Manager will work closely with global stakeholders, both internal and external, to develop applications to improve the ability to support the electronic trading business.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

Role responsibilities:

• The Product Manager is critical to ensuring the effectiveness of product development and will be responsible for:
• Initial requirements gathering, clarification, prioritization and documentation
• On-going communication with stakeholders and in particular conducting stakeholder reviews
• The process of prioritization between competing projects
• Interaction with development and project management teams for requirement communication and development design discussions

Key objectives critical to success in this role:

• Must have a detail-oriented disposition and clear, concise verbal and written communication skills

• Must have experience writing business and functional requirements documents, user acceptance test plans, use cases, UI mockups, user stories, and release notes
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Strong interpersonal, problem solving, and organizational skills
• Enthusiasm, curiosity and an ability to work and deliver results independently

Skills:

• 5-10 years’ experience working in a Product Management role
• Strong knowledge of electronic trading, especially equities, options, and futures
• Expertise in Atlassian products, especially JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with UX design, standards such as FDC3 a plus

Diversity & Inclusion

Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.