Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead

Mizuho; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Mizuho, a leading global bank, seeks a Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead to drive a multi-year Murex-driven transformation for its European entity. You will own solution design, cross-functional execution, and production readiness, coordinating with NY, London, and vendor teams.

The role demands deep capital markets know-how, Murex expertise, and a strong track record in large-scale delivery, risk and XVA initiatives, and global program leadership. Travel to London is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in capital markets or financial services, with deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, extensions, or major platform enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing.
• Experience delivering XVA, risk, or valuation platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to elicit complex business requirements and translate them into practical Murex functional designs and technical requirements.
• Strong delivery management skills, including dependency management, risk identification, prioritization, testing coordination, and executive-level status communication.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with traders, quantitative analysts, senior business leaders, and technical teams.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and resolve complex issues in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong ownership mindset and a demonstrated record of delivering resilient, scalable solutions from concept through production support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and solution architect for extending the New York Murex platform to onboard and support a new European booking entity.
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations in front to back organizations
• Define scalable, maintainable solutions that align business requirements with Murex capabilities, enterprise architecture standards, and the broader technology landscape.
• Partner closely with New York and London Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, as well as traders, quantitative analysts, operations, risk, and finance stakeholders.
• Facilitate requirements, design, and solution-validation workshops; translate complex business processes into clear functional specifications, configurations, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies and risks, and provide transparent status reporting in partnership with subject-matter experts and the program management office.
• Establish the target support and operating model for the European entity and retain functional ownership of the solution following implementation.
• Lead analysis and delivery of new Murex functionality, product enablement, platform enhancements, and business-as-usual change initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce functional and technical debt, improve controls and resilience, and influence the evolution of Murex and connected applications.
• Support end-to-end testing, migration, go-live, and stabilization activities, ensuring business readiness and effective issue resolution.

Skills

Capital markets experience

Derivatives processing

Leadership

Solution design

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or CS

Tools

Murex platform

Murex implementations

Job description

Join Mizuho as a Fixed Income IT Trading Implementation Lead! We are seeking an experienced technology manager to lead a strategic transformation program for the Mizuho European Entity. The role will be accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex front office and risk technology initiatives centered around the Murex platform, operating model transformation, application architecture, and cross-functional integration.

The successful candidate will act as the technology lead across Business, Risk, Operations, Finance, and Infrastructure stakeholders, driving solution design, execution, governance, vendor management, and production readiness for a multi-year strategic program. The position requires deep experience in capital markets technology, derivatives processing, Murex, XVA, and large-scale transformation delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional lead and solution architect for extending the New York Murex platform to onboard and support a new European booking entity. (Project Delta)
• Manage a geographically distributed team across North America, EMEA, and vendor organizations in front to back organizations
• Define scalable, maintainable solutions that align business requirements with Murex capabilities, enterprise architecture standards, and the broader technology landscape.
• Partner closely with New York and London Murex, infrastructure, and application teams, as well as traders, quantitative analysts, operations, risk, and finance stakeholders.
• Facilitate requirements, design, and solution-validation workshops; translate complex business processes into clear functional specifications, configurations, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Drive cross-functional execution, manage dependencies and risks, and provide transparent status reporting in partnership with subject-matter experts and the program management office.
• Establish the target support and operating model for the European entity and retain functional ownership of the solution following implementation.
• Lead analysis and delivery of new Murex functionality, product enablement, platform enhancements, and business-as-usual change initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce functional and technical debt, improve controls and resilience, and influence the evolution of Murex and connected applications.
• Support end-to-end testing, migration, go-live, and stabilization activities, ensuring business readiness and effective issue resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in capital markets or financial services, with deep knowledge of fixed income and derivatives products.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering Murex implementations, upgrades, extensions, or major platform enhancements.
• Strong understanding of Fixed Income and OTC derivatives processing.
• Experience delivering XVA, risk, or valuation platform initiatives.
• Demonstrated success leading global technology teams and strategic transformation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to elicit complex business requirements and translate them into practical Murex functional designs and technical requirements.
• Strong delivery management skills, including dependency management, risk identification, prioritization, testing coordination, and executive-level status communication.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with traders, quantitative analysts, senior business leaders, and technical teams.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, manage competing priorities, and resolve complex issues in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong ownership mindset and a demonstrated record of delivering resilient, scalable solutions from concept through production support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Murex across multiple legal entities, regions, or booking models.
• Experience with European market, regulatory, or operational requirements.
• Knowledge of Murex integration patterns, data flows, migration strategies, and nonfunctional considerations such as scalability, supportability, and resilience.
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Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Deliver approved target operating model for MBE and Project Delta.
• Establish execution plan for XVA 2.0 implementation.
• Complete architecture and integration design milestones.
• Achieve successful onboarding of required business capabilities into the target platform environment.
• Reduce technology delivery risk through formal governance, dependency management, and production readiness processes.
• Build a sustainable support and operating model for post-implementation ownership.

Please note that the role will involve some traveling to London

The expected base salary ranges from $200k-$300k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

Other Requirements

Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.

Company Overview

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill , Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.

Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.

We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We participate in the E-Verify program.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.