Lead and oversee the successful delivery of AI and digital transformation (DX) initiatives within MUFG, a highly regulated financial services environment, ensuring compliance and driving measurable business value.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience delivering large-scale, complex technical programs within financial services or highly regulated industries.
- Expertise in Agile/Scaled Agile frameworks
- Hands-on experience with Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes, release governance, and evidence-based delivery in a financial context.
- In-depth knowledge of SOX, ITGC, FFIEC, and other industry-standard regulatory frameworks.
- Proven ability to coordinate with Risk, Compliance, and InfoSec teams for program approvals and regulatory sign-offs.
Responsibilities
- Develop, plan, and manage complex, multi-team project roadmaps, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) logs, interdependencies, and change requests, ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT strategy.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including external vendors and internal stakeholders, to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget.
- Champion Agile and Scaled Agile methodologies, facilitating key ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives) and maintaining transparent status, decision, and action logs.
- Integrate mandatory compliance gates—including design reviews, risk assessments, SOX/ITGC controls, and evidence capture—into all project plans, ensuring robust documentation and audit readiness.
- Collaborate closely with Risk, Compliance, Information Security, and Audit teams to secure required approvals and sign-offs for AI initiatives.
- Deliver executive-level updates on project health, KPIs/OKRs, benefits realization, and adoption metrics tailored to financial services leadership and regulators.
- Facilitate Change Advisory Board (CAB) and release governance activities, ensuring proper documentation and approval workflows are followed.
Other
- The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day.
- strong financial management and budgeting skills.
- Demonstrated excellence in communication, stakeholder engagement, and risk/issue management.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
- As per MUFG’s Return to Office policy, a candidate must work onsite for 4 days and 1 day remotely out of either Jersey City, NJ, Tampa, FL, or Tempe, AZ office.
