Assistant Vice President, Operations PMO
Assistant Vice President, Operations PMO
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Job Description
Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count
Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) one of the worlds leading financial groups. Across the globe were 120000 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 worlds most trusted financial group its 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.
The Operations Change function supports strategic transformation across all Operations projects and processes. This PMO role supports the delivery of complex multi-stream programmes aligned to the EMEA regional strategy. The AVP PMO will support the PMO Lead in ensuring governance reporting tooling and delivery assurance across the portfolio with a focus on trade lifecycle payments and regulatory initiatives.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
To support the Project Management Office (PMO) function for the Operations portfolio assisting in the delivery of governance reporting and delivery assurance. The AVP PMO will work closely with the PMO Lead Portfolio Lead Programme Managers and Project Managers to ensure adherence to internal policies regulatory requirements and delivery frameworks. The role will also contribute to the optimisation and tooling strategy across the portfolio.
NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS
None
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- - Support the design and delivery of operations programmes policies and practices for the Operations Division.
- - Maintain project documentation including plans charters stakeholder maps risk & issues logs and communication plans.
- - Assist in identifying project resourcing requirements and support capacity planning activities.
- - Support identification of project challenges and contribute to the development of solutions.
- - Coordinate with global cross-functional teams to support execution of enhancements.
- - Prepare reports presentation materials and communications for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
- - Track delivery progress risks issues dependencies and benefits realisation across the portfolio.
- - Ensure adherence to company policies regulatory changes and internal guidelines.
- - Support project and programme closure activities and ensure artefacts are audit-ready.
- - Maintain RAID logs and support regular review and updates.
- - Ensure document management standards are met and artefacts are accessible to second/third line of defence and PMO.
- - Assist with investment budget tracking cost forecasting and change control processes.
- - Support resource attestation and delivery feasibility reviews.
- - Contribute to governance forums including working groups and reporting packs.
- - Support optimisation and tooling strategy across the portfolio including adoption and maintenance of tools such as Clarity Planview or Asana.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- - 3 years of experience in PMO project governance or project delivery roles within financial services.
- - Understanding of project and programme management methodologies (Agile Waterfall).
- - Experience supporting trade lifecycle and payments-related initiatives in investment banking.
- - Familiarity with project governance reporting and delivery assurance.
- - Experience using project management tools such as Clarity Planview or Asana.
Preferred:
- - Experience working across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
- - Exposure to investment budget planning and cost control processes.
- - Experience in managing PMO tools and reporting platforms (e.g. JIRA Confluence MS Project).
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- - PMO governance and reporting
- - Attention to detail
- - Project planning and delivery assurance
- - RAID management and documentation
- - Stakeholder communication and presentation
- - Budget tracking and investment planning
- - Document and artefact management
- - Familiarity with project delivery tools and dashboards
EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS
- Preferred: Prince2 Foundation AgilePM or equivalent certifications
PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS
- - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- - Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
- - Proactive detail-oriented and delivery-focused
- - Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- - Collaborative and team-oriented mindset
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 and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age sex gender sexual orientation disability pregnancy and maternity race gender reassignment religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.
We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
