Lead, Fixed Income IT Trading & Murex Platform

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

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.