Project Manager for Infrastructure – AVP

About the Opportunity

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Overview of the Department/Section

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.

The Project Promotion team is part of the IT Planning, Reporting and Administration department (IPR). The role of the IPR department is to ensure communication and liaison with Head Office (HO) in Tokyo, for both Bank and Securities, as well as accountability for EMEA Technology wide reporting, management of resourcing processes, management of asset processes and administration of wider planning processes including annual budget planning.

The Infrastructure Portfolio is part of the Project Promotion team which delivers EMEA and global projects within the planned schedule and budget.

Main Purpose of the Role

• Plan, direct, and govern one or more projects in the Technology portfolio
• Ensure quality, outcomes, timelines, and cost requirements are delivered
• Compliance to the prescribed project delivery framework
• Engage all stakeholders of the project and agree on effective project governance
• Create baseline plan and scope for the project

Key Responsibilities

• Full lifecycle project management
• Regular catch-up with peers/risk control owners
• Using golden source data for updates to oversight/executive committees
• Run and manage steering committees and working groups
• Support the Technology portfolio manager

Work Experience

Essential:

• Minimum 5 years proven track record delivering projects to financial institutions within time and budget
• Demonstrable experience in investment budget management, project/programme management, project closure, etc.

Preferred:

• Strong knowledge of banking regulations and running regulatory projects
• Good understanding of financial products and front-to-back processes

Skills and Experience

Functional / Technical Competencies:

• Financial cost categorization
• Project/Programme management including change control
• Portfolio management

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree level education
• Relevant qualifications/accreditations e.g. Prince2, PMI, Six Sigma or other

Please note MUFG operates a hybrid working policy with 3 days per week in the office. We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organizational requirements.

About Company

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected, and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment and employment and oppose all forms of discrimination.