Global HR Transformation Program Management, Vice President

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.

This is a remote position. The selected colleague will generally be expected to work at an MUFG office periodically. A member of our recruitment team will discuss location preferences with you in more detail.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide hands-on program management for various projects
• Establish project governance, working groups, and communication strategies with stakeholders
• Drive planning and manage process to ensure projects are on track/resourced
• Ensure timetable and deliverable schedules are understood and communicated
• Align, plan, and precisely manage activities and dependencies 
• Report out on project / program status
• Proactively manage dependencies, coordinate across teams to resolve issues and mitigate risks
• Provide stakeholders with ongoing updates on strategy, budget, project delivery, controls, risks, etc.
• Provide required reporting for stakeholders

EDUCATION & WORK EXPERIENCE

• Degree or equivalent work experience equally preferable

• 7+ years' experience successfully leading strategic initiatives and transformation programs
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or similar, preferred
• Solid Program Management experience with complex, cross-organizational projects prioritizing competing demands, scoping multiple efforts and negotiating timelines
• Experience in the banking, fintech or other highly regulated industries
• Experience with project documentation related to planning, RACI, RAID log
• Recognized as being proactive in closing open items

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Well versed in project management fundamentals
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and diverse projects and initiatives involving analytical thinking, planning, prioritizing, problem solving, decision-making, and conducting assigned projects and activities with minimal supervision
• Successfully managed large scale and complex initiatives independently, from start to finish
• Prior relevant operational expertise preferred
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools preferred
• Ability to execute and troubleshoot problems
• Ability to analyze and use data for reporting and decision making 
• Ability to independently manage programs of varied size and scope
• Ability to manage a project team
• Experience tracking projects and tasks through Jira/Confluence, Microsoft Project, Clarity, or other industry-standard platforms
• Full understanding of business and technology
• Ability to ensure reporting quality
• Planning and process orientation
• Proficient in Microsoft 365 tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• SharePoint Project Site, VISIO

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

•    Demonstrates leadership
•    Communicates effectively and articulates complex issues concisely
•    Identifies multiple paths to success using analytical and critical thinking as well as decision-making skills
•    Operates strategically to support a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking
•    Makes sound business decisions in a complex work environment
•    Collaborates with other business functions and divisions to advance business objectives
•    Is flexible, decisive, and able to establish support from leadership
•    Monitors industry trends and best practices and applies insights to advance the business
•    Exhibits and fosters optimism, resilience, flexibility, and openness to others' ideas
•    Inspires innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective
•    Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent
•    Excellent organizational skills
•    Good consensus builder; able to drive large scale initiatives
•    Ability to work cross organizations and through obstacles
•    Always acts with integrity

The typical base pay range for this role is between $133K - $162K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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