Mizuho · 1 day ago
Murex Stabilization & Transformation Program Manager
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $300K/yr
10+ years expMizuho is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services, and they are seeking a Murex Stabilization & Transformation Program Manager. In this role, you will drive both short-term stability gains and structural transformation across the Murex platform, overseeing program execution and cross-functional coordination.
FinanceBankingVenture CapitalFinancial ServicesImpact Investing
Responsibilities
Program Ownership & Leadership
Serve as the end-to-end owner of the Murex Stabilization & Transformation Program, driving both tactical remediation and long-term modernization under a unified governance model and measurement framework
Maintain and continuously refine the Stabilization Backlog and Transformation Roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities and technology strategy
Lead cross-functional program execution across Application, Infrastructure, Architecture, Data, Delivery Assurance, and Vendor teams
Incident Remediation & Root-Cause Management
Run Tiger Teams for critical issues, ensuring deep root-cause analysis, high-quality remediation, and timely closure of chronic incidents
Convert production incidents, job failures, performance degradations, and recurring operational pain points into structured engineering workstreams
Define required improvements in monitoring, alerting, and observability, ensuring early detection and faster recovery
Transformation Delivery & Architectural Uplift
Drive initiatives spanning instance architecture & configuration, workflow modernization, batch optimization, data lifecycle management (retention & archiving), data architecture, external integration, operational control & efficiency, CI/CD automation, database migration, and infrastructure redesign
Partner with Architecture and Infrastructure to validate design patterns, target-state blueprints, and technical dependencies across the Murex ecosystem
Ensure every fix or redesign contributes to stability, resilience, performance, and scalability
Governance, Controls & Delivery Assurance
Oversee adherence to change governance, ensuring all remediation and transformation work follows strict testing, validation, and release procedures
Work closely with Delivery Assurance to ensure production readiness, rollback strategies, and environment consistency
Strengthen discipline around RCA quality, process compliance, and operational controls
Cross-Team Coordination & Stakeholder Alignment
Coordinate daily/weekly collaboration across Production Support, COE Delivery, Infrastructure, Governance, and Architecture
Align with the Project, Reporting & Operations (PRO) Office for weekly program updates, KPI tracking, and inclusion in executive-level dashboards
Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies clearly and proactively to senior leadership and business stakeholders
Vendor & External Partner Engagement
Act as the primary interface with Murex (vendor) for deep engineering sessions, performance investigations, enhancement requests, and roadmap alignment
Manage external delivery partners embedded in stabilization and transformation workstreams, ensuring quality, accountability, and knowledge transfer
Govern partner contributions through structured work packages, metrics, and SLA expectations
Measurement, Reporting & Transparency
Define and track stability KPIs: incident reduction, MTTR, batch runtimes, job success rates, and performance trends
Produce weekly stability dashboards, monthly transformation updates, quarterly architecture reviews, and executive reports
Ensure decision-makers have accurate, factual, timely visibility into the platform's health and program progress
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in technology program management within capital markets
Demonstrated success in leading large-scale stabilization and/or transformation programs within complex, multi-stakeholder environments — ideally across trading or risk platforms
A leader who is not just directional but actively engaged — able to dive into details, challenge assumptions, and work side-by-side with application, engineering, infrastructure, and vendor teams to drive resolution
Deep understanding of front-to-back derivatives trade flows, including pricing, booking, lifecycle management, risk, P&L, and post-trade operations — ensuring that technical fixes preserve business integrity
Inspires confidence and clarity across technical and non-technical audiences; capable of influencing senior business sponsors, IT heads, and vendor partners while maintaining delivery focus and accountability
Experience managing external vendors (including Murex or equivalent) as integrated program partners, balancing speed and control while ensuring clear deliverables, documentation, and knowledge transfer
Experience within a leading bank, asset manager, or trading institution, ideally with exposure to front-office technology, risk, and operations ecosystems
Prior hands-on involvement with a derivatives trading platform (e.g., Murex, Calypso, Summit, or equivalent), with appreciation of system architecture, configuration, and integration complexity
Benefits
Generous employee benefits package
Discretionary bonus
Company
Mizuho
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above.
10001+ employees
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Lara Grant
Chief of Staff, CTO
Mitch Billek
Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
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