Head of Technology Other Portfolio - VP

Head of Technology Other Portfolio - VP

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OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with approximately 350 years of history, MUFG has a global network with 1,100 offices in over 40 countries. The Group has over 140,000 employees, offering services including corporate banking, commercial banking, retail banking, wealth management, investment banking, capital markets, personal and corporate trust, and transaction banking.

The Project Promotion team is part of the IT Planning, Reporting and Administration department (IPR). The role of the IPR department is to ensure communication and liaison with Head Office (HO) in Tokyo, for both Bank and Securities, as well as accountability for EMEA Technology wide reporting, management of resourcing processes, management of asset processes and administration of wider planning processes including annual budget planning.

The Technology Other Portfolio is part of the Project Promotion team which handles the delivery of EMEA projects within the planned schedule and budget.

NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS

6 Consultants / Contractors as part of the wider project delivery team.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To plan, direct and govern the Technology Other portfolio of investment and (in-scope) expense projects, ensuring quality, outcomes, timelines and cost requirements are met. The change being delivered could be both non-IT (including but not limited to creation of a new procedure or standard or new control(s); redesign of a business process; organizational change management; regulatory impact assessments) and IT related (including but not limited to creation of or enhancements/revisions to an application, creating a database, or system migration).

To recruit, line manage and develop staff and/or matrix manage project delivery staff to deliver across the portfolio of work on time and on budget.

To be a senior programme/portfolio management SME and use their expertise to manage delivery, resolve conflict and mitigate change risk and advise the business on decisions relating to change using key tools such as portfolio roadmap, critical path analysis, earned value analysis.

To create and manage the portfolio delivery Roadmap and critical path making appropriate prioritization decisions and interventions on individual projects/programmes to control overall portfolio delivery.

To engage key staff in the Technology team (as well as other key stakeholders from other departments) who are impacted by the portfolio of investment and (in-scope) expense projects.

To provide accurate, and concise, point in time reporting to all stakeholders generated from golden source tools including the General Ledger, and PPM (Portfolio, Programme, Project Management) tools. To provide updates to all oversight committees ranging from EMEA ExCo, EMEA Delivery Forum, EMEA Technology Other portfolio committees etc.

Responsible for portfolio delivery within governance/KPIs.

The candidate will need extensive experience in Banking/F.I, with strong stakeholder experience with first-hand knowledge of Banking products. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must, and the candidate must have a well-organized structured approach to managing large programmes/projects and working with senior stakeholders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain alignment of the delivery portfolio to the Technology department MTBP; change controlling the delivery Roadmap/critical path if priorities change.
• Ensure that the portfolio (and all its constituent projects/programmes) are compliant to minimum quality standards defined in the project delivery policy/process/procedures.
• Define and track the delivery of project outcomes and benefits in order to justify the business case and decisions to prioritise the project for delivery.
• Ensure the portfolio committee remains in governance: that meetings are quorate, the Terms of Reference are reviewed at least annually, and that the portfolio committee has visibility/transparency of portfolio delivery status, change and risk.
• Set up effective communications within the project and programme teams within the Technology Other portfolio.
• Manage the overall portfolio of projects; as overall programme manager or via direct project Manager reports.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the portfolio/programmes and project(s) therein.
• Line management responsibilities - including agreeing objectives and performing appraisals.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Minimum 10 years proven track record delivering programmes and projects to financial institutions within time and budget.
• Demonstrable experience of Investment budget management, Investment project allocations agreement, Delivery resource review and attestation of on time portfolio delivery, Portfolio Management Subject Matter Expertise, Portfolio governance design and delivery, Document Management, Annual portfolio planning, Project, Programme and Portfolio closure.

Preferred:

• Strong knowledge of banking regulations and running regulatory projects.
• Good understanding of financial products and front-to-back processes.
• Demonstrable track record of managing multiple stakeholders and building relationships across diverse skill sets and across the organisation.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Essential

• Financial - cost categorization (capital vs expense)
• Project / programme / portfolio management including change control.
• Delivering projects / programmes / portfolio from annual planning, delivery prioritization, delivery and closure.
• Change Risk management.
• Portfolio management including creation/planning of a portfolio, delivery of a portfolio, reporting, risk and issue management.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment.