Lead, Project Governance Transformation Team

Job Description

Director, Governance Transformation Lead | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, located in the United Kingdom. MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial groups, offering a comprehensive range of financial services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, and asset management. This crucial role is part of a strategic transformation to establish an integrated governance model, leading the effort to ensure transparency, accountability, and effective financial management across IT investments and projects for both Bank and Securities businesses.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, United Kingdom

• Team: Sits within the Project Governance function of IT Planning, Reporting & Administration (IPR), part of EMEA Technology. Reports to the Head of Project Governance. Leads a new Project Governance Transformation Team with 3 direct reports and a wider team of approximately 10 onshore, offshore and matrix resources.
• Mission: To lead the integration of Bank and Securities IT investment and project governance for EMEA Technology, establishing a comprehensive and controlled operating model by April 1, 2027.
• Tech Stack: Planview, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, Word

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: Provide senior ownership and strategic leadership for the EMEA Technology workstream of Project, translating management direction into a clear roadmap, delivery plan and measurable outcomes.
• Design: Design, agree and implement the integrated Target Operating Model, including organisation design, RACI, authorities and responsibilities, governance forums, decision rights, escalation routes, management information, processes and controls.
• Integrate: Lead the transfer of Securities IPC functions into the Bank governance framework through the EMEA Investment Committee (InvestCo), including redesign of submission, review, approval, monitoring, reporting and escalation processes.
• Manage: Develop and manage the transition roadmap to 1 April 2027, including milestones, critical path, dependencies, risks, readiness criteria, knowledge transfer, training, documentation and contingency arrangements.
• Oversee: Define and oversee the post-Day 1 BAU service, including investment planning, InvestCo governance and reporting, financial and process controls, project reporting, resource management, data governance and continuous improvement.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Minimum Bachelor Degree or equivalent professional experience. Director-level ownership, with core domain knowledge in project, programme, portfolio or governance leadership within a bank, securities firm or other large financial institution.
• Experience: A minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience, including proven experience leading a large-scale governance transformation, operating model change, organizational redesign or PMO transformation from design through implementation and transition to BAU. Demonstrable experience working across Bank and Securities businesses, multiple legal entities, regions or functions in a complex regulated environment.
• Skills: Project, programme and portfolio governance; Target Operating Model design and implementation; Mid-term business planning and annual IT investment planning; Investment portfolio prioritisation, budgeting, forecasting and variance management; Executive reporting, management information and senior-level presentation.
• Bonus: Experience within an international financial institution operating across EMEA and Asia. Experience of both Bank and Securities IT investment governance or PMO operations. PRINCE2, PMP, APM, MSP, MoP or an equivalent qualification.