PMO Lead, Transaction Banking – Transaction Banking PMO

Job Description

Vice President, Project Manager-Transaction Banking | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, located in a hybrid model across various MUFG office or client sites, such as Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY, with one remote day per week. MUFG is a leading global financial group striving to make a meaningful difference for clients, organizations, and communities worldwide. This position is crucial for leading large, complex project initiatives that directly support Transaction Banking’s core strategy, driving the bank’s revenue and strategic objectives through effective project delivery.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid
• Location: Hybrid, Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY
• Pay: $128000–$160000 yearly
• Team: Transaction Banking PMO team
• Mission: Lead large, complex project initiatives to support Transaction Banking’s core strategy, ensuring successful delivery of solutions that drive the Bank’s revenue and strategic objectives.
• Tech Stack: Planview, Clarity, Visio, Excel, Power BI, Copilot, AI tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Project Leadership: Manage multiple large, cross-functional projects by developing, maintaining, and administering comprehensive project plans that define scope, milestones, dependencies, and timelines.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Serve as the lead business coordinator for project teams, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders and accountability for successful project delivery.
• Implementation Oversight: Oversee project implementation activities, including developing plans, facilitating meetings, gaining consensus, and preparing communications and status updates for senior management.
• Problem Analysis: Plan and conduct analysis of complex business problems, identifying root causes, impacts, and potential solutions.
• Requirements Translation: Identify business needs quickly and translate them into clear business requirements, applying comprehensive knowledge of the Bank’s business processes, systems, and organizational workflows.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Vice President level, requiring comprehensive knowledge of customer strategies, practices, and priorities to support effective decision-making.
• Experience: 7+ years of demonstrated experience leading and managing large, complex projects that cross business lines and organizational functions, with experience managing projects within both agile and waterfall environments.
• Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues and prepare executive-level materials; ability to organize and facilitate effective meetings; advanced proficiency in Visio and Excel.
• Bonus: PMP and CSM certifications; Process improvement and Six Sigma experience; Knowledge of Treasury Management products; Knowledge of AI tools and their practical application; Power BI and Copilot skills.