Senior IT Project Manager – Regulatory Systems; Bilingual Japanese​/English

Join a leading international financial institution with a strong presence across global capital markets. The Americas Division operates at the forefront of regulatory change, market infrastructure modernization, and complex financial product enablement.

This team plays a critical role in ensuring compliance with evolving SEC requirements while advancing strategic initiatives such as Sponsored Repo enablement. The environment is structured, detail-oriented, and highly collaborative across business, technology, risk, and control functions.

The role sits at the intersection of regulatory compliance, systems integration, and structured governance—supporting high-visibility initiatives with firmwide impact.

• High-impact regulatory initiative with firmwide visibility
• Long-term engagement supporting a major SEC compliance deadline (through February 2027)
• Exposure to capital markets infrastructure, Broadridge platforms, and cross-entity systems integration
• Opportunity to operate at a senior governance level across multiple stakeholders and systems

• Provide structured project delivery governance to support Sponsored Repo enablement and SEC regulatory compliance initiatives
• Drive requirements consolidation and ensure traceability to SEC regulatory mandates and internal control frameworks
• Govern integration efforts between Broadridge systems and OBS platforms, including data mapping and technical specifications
• Oversee development execution aligned to baselined project plans and enforce quality gates and Definition of Done standards
• Coordinate QA, UAT, migration planning, and production release management
• Lead governance for defect management, issue resolution tracking, and cross-functional approvals
• Manage production cutover planning and post-go-live stabilization activities
• Deliver executive-level governance reporting and monthly project status updates

• 10+ years of experience leading complex IT project delivery within financial services environments
• Strong experience managing regulatory-driven initiatives (SEC compliance highly preferred)
• Demonstrated governance experience across systems integration projects (Broadridge and/or similar capital markets platforms preferred)
• Experience overseeing QA, UAT, release management, and production cutover processes
• Ability to manage traceable documentation, integration specifications, and data mapping artifacts
• Fluency in both Japanese and English (written and verbal)
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, technology, compliance, and control teams
• Experience working in hybrid banking environments with cross-entity governance structures
• Strong documentation discipline and executive reporting capabilities