Vice President, Regional Program Manager

About the role

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is looking for a Vice President, Regional Program Manager to lead major cross-branch and cross-regional programs with broad ownership and complex delivery. The role covers end-to-end program and project leadership, from early planning and mobilization through execution, implementation and closure, working across branches, business and service owners, technology departments, PMO functions, Head Office stakeholders, vendors and external partners.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of major programs so that scope, schedule, budget, quality and outcomes are met
• Develop and maintain the program charter, roadmap, master plan, work breakdown structure, milestones, dependencies and delivery cadence
• Assign accountable owners for business, technology, branch readiness, testing, migration, change and implementation activities
• Act as the primary escalation point for critical risks, issues, dependencies and delivery roadblocks
• Translate management direction into an executable program structure, define objectives, governance forums and decision rights, and prepare resource, financial, procurement, vendor and communications plans
• Facilitate steering committees and working groups, and present concise, decision-oriented updates to sponsors and management
• Ensure compliance with the ASO Project Management Standard, maintain RAID, change control and dependency management, and partner with the Regional PMO on phase-gate reviews and audit readiness
• Monitor budgets, forecasts and resource plans, coordinate internal and external resources, and manage vendor deliverables and contractual obligations
• Provide direction and coaching to Project Managers and PMO resources, capture lessons learned and support portfolio-level reviews

Required profile

• Minimum 12 years of experience in program/project management, transformation delivery or a comparable complex delivery role in the financial industry
• Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-country programs with multiple branches, business functions, technology teams, PMOs and external partners
• Experience in banking, financial services or another regulated industry, and delivering regional or cross-border technology and business transformation programs across Asia Pacific
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Finance or a related discipline; Master's degree or MBA
• Professional certification such as PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP, PMI-ACP or equivalent

Required skills

• Strong understanding of project and program management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile and hybrid approaches
• Experience in a complex matrix organization and influencing stakeholders without direct reporting authority
• Experience using project portfolio and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Microsoft Planner, Power BI, Microsoft 365 or Jira