Vice President, IT Business Relationship Manager (Corporate Center)

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The Corporate Center IT Business Relationship Manager (BRM) is responsible for shaping and prioritising cross-functional, enterprise-wide technology and transformation demand across shared functional domains in APAC, including data and digital strategy.

This role does not focus on business unit-specific demand intake. Instead, it acts as a central orchestrator for enterprise-wide demand management, standardisation, platform reuse, and prioritisation. The role ensures alignment across services, platforms, governance, and delivery in collaboration with ASO and related planning and strategic functions.

The BRM works closely with Service Owners, Enterprise Architecture, Risk Management, Delivery teams, as well as planning and digital strategy stakeholders, to drive enterprise-wide efficiency, consistency in governance, and maximise value realisation.

Candidates with experience in IT portfolio management aligned with business strategy, gained from either business or technology roles, are also encouraged to apply.

Job Responsibilities:

• Consolidate and visualize cross-functional demand for system development across APAC.
• Drive enterprise-level demand shaping and prioritisation beyond BU-specific requirements.
• Identify duplication and inefficiencies across initiatives and promote consolidation, standardisation, and reuse.
• Lead prioritisation of platform, shared services, and governance-related initiatives across the ASO portfolio.
• Evaluate demand based on strategy, risk, regulatory impact, technology alignment, and delivery capacity.
• Ensure alignment between Service Owners, roadmaps, backlogs, and enterprise priorities.
• Engage Risk, Architecture, Delivery, and Platform teams early in the lifecycle.
• Support smooth navigation of governance and approval processes (Ringi, TPRM, IS Reviews).
• Enable risk-based decision-making across initiatives (fast lane vs standard vs detailed governance).

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in banking IT, infrastructure, risk, architecture, or cross-functional domains.
• Proven Experience in enterprise portfolio management, standardisation, or governance.
• Demonstrated experience in investment planning, cost-benefit analysis, prioritisation, budgeting, and project initiation/governance processes.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to structure complex business issues and explain them clearly to senior management, business users, and technology teams.
• Strong business-level English communication skills. Japanese business communication capability is an advantage.
• Sound judgement to balance speed and control within a regulated banking environment.
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to Operations by proactively identifying issues, proposing improvements, and presenting practical alternatives.

Foundational Skills Requirements:

• Enterprise Mindset
  Prioritises ASO-wide optimisation, standardisation, and reuse over siloed or localised solutions.
• Analytical & Structured Thinking
  Able to structure complex, cross-functional demand, dependencies, and risks, and evaluate multiple solution options.
• Stakeholder Orchestration
  Effectively engages and aligns Service Owners, Architecture, Risk, Delivery, and other stakeholders to drive decisions and outcomes.
• Agility with Control
  Balances speed of execution with regulatory, risk, and governance requirements in a banking environment through risk-based decision-making.
• Ownership & Accountability
  Takes end-to-end ownership from demand shaping through prioritisation to value realisation, ensuring clear accountability.
• Change Leadership
  Drives cross-functional transformation and overcomes resistance to standardisation and enterprise alignment.
• Continuous Improvement
  Leverages portfolio insights, KPIs, and reviews to continuously improve efficiency, standardisation, and delivery effectiveness.
• Integrity
  Consistently upholds MUFG standards in compliance, risk management, and information governance

We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.