Contractor Project Manager
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Posted on:
18-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
A Project Manager at MUFG IS is an influential change agent/trusted advisor with business and technology stakeholders driving and implementing organizational priorities that add value. Project Managers play a key role in the projects early initiation phase (i.e. business case development) to the structuring of the project and implementation and hand off to BAU. To be effective in their role Project Managers must
(1) be resourceful and be strong relationship managers; Building strong working relationships with the project and organizational stakeholders at every level of the organization must be second nature
(2) Bring a blend of strong execution expertise and business knowledge
(3) be adept at mitigating and managing risk
(4) have excellent communication impact/influence and facilitation abilities.
As a member of the Projects Department the Project Manager reports to a Projects Lead. In their day to day the Project Manager directs and controls a variety of projects throughout a global organization ensuring that the projects are delivered on time within budget using project management best practices to ensure the highest level of quality. Also key is implementing effective governance throughout the project lifecycle and managing the day-to-day execution aspects of the projects Plan budget RAID Resource and Status Updates - to ensure project objectives are achieved. Project Managers also provide portfolio and resource planning and reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensure successful timely and effective delivery of change projects
- Develop project plans budgets and schedules manage tasks and teams on the projects critical path
- Responsible for scope control with stakeholders task execution with the project team and relevant upward communication to managers and senior stakeholders
- Helps define process improvements and feedback for the project including any strategies required for timely execution
- Gather or track the completion of necessary artifacts required for development of each project including but not limited to risk assessments technical architecture drawings requirements design specifications testing change plans etc.
- Provide feedback to project stakeholders including specification feedback issue escalation to managers or scope changes/clarifications to project resources
- Update relevant project information and work across all departments to deliver projects that align to the organizations strategic vision
- Assess and manage risks and issues take corrective measures
- Guard the viability of the vision and the business case
- Flexibility to attend to urgent matters outside of normal business hours if/when needed
This is a hybrid role requiring the successful candidate to attend the office two days a week.
Qualifications :
- Must have a Financial Services background preferably Fund Administration or Banking
- Must have 5 years experience managing projects across business and technology
- Experience of delivering Regulatory projects an advantage
- Demonstrated technical and business project Management skills
- Proven track record of effectively managing and delivering multiple projects on-time within scope and on budget
- Successful track record in working with business and technology teams to define develop test and launch new products/services
- Experience in authoring project plans building a project budget and technical requirements
- Experience with Agile Lean Waterfall hybrid and other project management methodologies are beneficial
- Experience with Smartsheets Jira Confluence project management tools are an asset
- Ideally certified or studying towards a relevant professional Project Management certification (PMP Scrum/Agile certificates)
Additional Information :
At MUFG Investor Services we are exceptionally proud of our approach to Hybrid Working. It enables the flexibility to thrive from wherever our employees work and stay connected to their team and our culture. When we make Hybrid Working plans we get to know the individual and pride ourselves in underpinning all our decisions with fairness and consistency.
MUFG Investor Services provides all of its employees with an extremely attractive compensation addition to base salary there is a group medical insurance scheme group pension scheme reimbursement of professional subscriptions paid holidays and assistance towards gym memberships.
We thank all candidates for applying; however only those proceeding to the interview stage will be contacted. If you are contacted for a job opportunity please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Contract
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- Contracts
About Company
Were more than just fund administration. Our offerings include a scope of solutions not historically provided by asset servicing companies. From fund financing to subscription lines of credit, securities lending, foreign exchange (FX) services, consulting services and beyond, we help ... View more
