Engineering Lead – Core Banking Transformation

Job Description

Director, Core Banking Platform Lead | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time Engineering Lead role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), supporting the Systems Office for Asia. MUFG is one of the world’s leading financial groups, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community with 150,000 colleagues globally. They stand for building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared, sustainable growth, aspiring to be the world’s most trusted financial group. This role is critical for driving the Bank’s core banking technology initiatives, refining IT project delivery practices, and enhancing software development and IT operations best practices within digital transformation projects.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Asia

• Team: Dynamic regional team within the Information Technology Department under Systems Office for Asia, providing business solutions for digital transformation projects.
• Mission: Drive the Bank’s Core Banking technology initiatives and refine IT project delivery practices to enhance software development and IT operations best practices.
• Tech Stack: Temenos T24 transact

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Leadership: Lead Core Banking (Temenos T24 transact) programs and initiatives within the Asia System Office, planning and overseeing T24 developments and system requirements identification.
• Requirements & Design: Manage the gathering and assessment of business requirements to translate them into technical design documents for T24, recommending appropriate system alternatives or enhancements.
• Technical Solutions: Provide application solutioning expertise, advice, and hands-on support to the team throughout system implementation stages and during incident investigations, resolving open issues efficiently.
• Platform Enhancement: Review and improve T24 platform build quality, underlying development and testing processes, system performance, stability, resiliency, interface design, and exception handling by developing improvement initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Oversee the preparation of communications and presentations to stakeholders on process and system opportunities and constraints, while dealing with senior stakeholders and external vendors to drive technical issue management meetings.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Engineering Lead with a minimum of 15 years of experience in software development and application support, especially in Core Banking, acting as a Subject Matter Expert with strong knowledge of the core banking domain.
• Experience: Proven experience in Core Banking with Temenos T24 Technical and Functional Area and Development, or equivalent experience in a Tier 1 critical transaction processing platform like a payment hub, including project lifecycle management with SDLC and Agile methodologies. Requires strong stakeholder and team management experience, particularly with large, distributed teams and offshore development centers.
• Skills: Expertise in T24 Technical and Functional Area and Development, analytical and critical thinking skills for examining systems and design requirements, deep dive problem-solving capabilities including Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and systemic thinking. Good knowledge of core banking services supporting cash management and payment domains such as Open API, 24/7 instant payment, cash pooling, and client reporting.
• Bonus: An open-minded and innovative approach to exploring new solutions for system optimization, combined with strong leadership and persuasive communication skills to maintain positive relationships with team members and stakeholders.