Vice President, Program Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead medium to large-scale programmes within MUFG’s Digital Engineering Service Portfolio from London, coordinating across EMEA and global operations. You will partner with senior stakeholders to ensure compliance, governance, and timely delivery while leveraging robust business rationale and diverse teams. The position offers exposure to digital transformation initiatives in a globally respected institution, with a focus on collaboration, training, and career development. You will drive cross-functional alignment and reporting to enable impactful, governance‑driven delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working opportunities
• generous pension contributions
• ongoing training
• career development
• supportive leadership
• inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple projects and work streams across wider programmes to maximise synergies and efficiency
• Partner with first and second lines of defence to ensure compliance with firm policies and regulatory expectations
• Oversee analysis outputs and form recommendations to foster consensus among stakeholders
• Run steering committees and cross-functional working groups with accountability for actions and timelines
• Act as trusted partner to Planning and functional stakeholders, providing updates and facilitating consensus
• Manage implementation deliveries with risk, issue, dependency transparency and alignment with business owners
• Develop detailed project plans incorporating input from all participants and report status using gold source tools (GL, PPM)
• Monitor costs against budget and provide concise financial progress updates
• Create and maintain RAID logs, business justification documents, and comprehensive status reporting
• Engage technology teams and other departments to ensure timely, accurate reporting from reliable sources

Key requirements

• Extensive experience leading complex projects in financial institutions over at least 10 years
• Proficiency in SDLC/PDLC development using both waterfall and agile approaches
• Strong governance skills; compliance with SOX and external regulatory requirements
• Budget management with advanced numerical skills and cost categorisation
• Excellent stakeholder management across diverse teams and levels; experience with vendor contracts
• Coaching or mentoring junior colleagues; leadership in teams
• Degree-level education; accreditations such as Prince2 or PMI are advantageous but not essential
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office; knowledge of PM tools
• Experience in vendor/consultancy negotiations
• Strong communication abilities across consultants to senior stakeholders

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal abilities
• Collaboration and relationship-building
• Microsoft Project
• PM tools (unspecified)
• General Ledger and PPM systems

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