Cash & Liquidity Technology – Lead [T500-20736]

About Us:MUFG Bank, Ltd. is Japan’s premier bank, with a global network spanning in more than 40 markets. Outside of Japan, the bank offers an extensive scope of commercial and investment banking products and services to businesses, governments, and individuals worldwide. MUFG Bank’s parent, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, the Group has about 120,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to be the world’s most trusted financial group through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.MUFG Global Service Private Limited:Established in 2020, MUFG Global Service Private Limited (MGS) is 100% subsidiary of MUFG having offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai. MGS India has been set up as a Global Capability Centre / Centre of Excellence to provide support services across various functions such as IT, KYC/ AML, Credit, Operations etc. to MUFG Bank offices globally. MGS India has plans to significantly ramp-up its growth over the next 18-24 months while servicing MUFG’s global network across Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific.About the Role:Position Title: Cash and Liquidity Payments - Lead Corporate Title: VPReporting to: DirectorLocation: Bengaluru Job Profile:Position details:The role is accountable for the provision of Cash & Liquidity (Payments) resourcing/technology solutions in support of change projects / programmes and for the maintenance and support of those products post change delivery. The role holder will be accountable for one or more technology products.The role holder will work closely with, and take direction from, the relevant Programme Lead for change initiatives. The role holder will be accountable for BAU / expense related budgets for associated products. Technology products can comprise of infrastructure, internally developed applications and vendor developed applications. Change responsibilities for the given products will be to provide support to the relevant Programme Lead for planning activities (estimations, resourcing (people and technical), and financials); delivery of investment and expense projects; feasibility studies.Maintenance responsibilities for the given portfolio will cover proactive management of the technology estate in line with security policies; delivery of small project activities; incident and problem resolution; licensing; product life cycle management and adherence to standards, procedures and policies.Roles and Responsibilities:Essential Functions:Change:Responsible for the approach and delivery of relevant elements of the Portfolio’s investment funded initiatives. In accordance with delivery KPIs and working closely with the assigned Project ManagerResponsible for the delivery of the expense funded initiatives for the Portfolio in accordance with delivery KPIsResponsible for supporting the relevant Programme Lead in defining the demand pipeline for the PortfolioResponsible for the high quality of deliverables to ensure production stability, working closely with change governance in EMEA TechnologyResponsible for managing all the project resources and leading the Cash & Liquidity Technology Team in MGSMaintain:Responsible for the end to end life cycle of all assigned technology products Responsible for the strategy, architecture and roadmap of technology products in the Portfolio, in line with Enterprise Architecture standards Responsible for providing a cost-effective and delivery-oriented 2nd and 3rd line support service for all assigned products Responsible for ensuring all products have established DR and BCP capabilities, in line with ISSP criteria. Responsible for supporting regular DR testing events for the Portfolio’s products.Responsible for resources/capacity management across the Portfolio's technology products in line with business expectationsResponsible for self-identification and mitigation of risks for the Portfolio, within the regions risk frameworkManagement:Accountable for the effective management of the team’s performance, ensuring they comply with the organisation’s governance policies and procedures. Ensure all team members are clear on what is expected and how they are performing against KPIs.Responsible for the management of, and adherence to, the expense budgets for assigned productsResponsible for the identification, selection and management of the resources (people and technology) necessary for all stages of delivery and change in cooperation with the relevant Programme Lead. Support the relevant Programme Lead in mitigating key person risk, succession planning and performance managementResponsible for the effective management of the department’s performance against EMEA Technology KPIs, governance policies and procedures. Ensure all team members are clear on what is expected.Responsible for maintaining effective interfaces with other Portfolios and Shared Services to enable alignment and efficienciesResponsible to provide defined metrics and reporting data in support of mandatory, cyclical departmental level reporting; on time and to qualityKeep abreast of external market / solution trends to ensure all assigned product offerings remain relevant and meet industry expectations and standardsTargets to be defined on a term basis, and agreed with senior management.Job Requirements:Significant number of recent and direct experience managing within a Systems office of a Financial Services Organisation.Functional / Technical Skills and Knowledge requirements:Has a deep understanding of the IT industry and the implications of IT for the wider business environment.Knowledge of the IT infrastructure (for example, hardware, databases, operating systems, local area networks) and the IT applications and service processes used within a Financial Services organisation. Is conversant with the concepts around IT strategy, policies and standards.Has detailed practical knowledge of software development and maintenance methods, tools and techniques.Demonstrates an understanding of strategic issues, and is an authority on the systems development life-cycle and typical problems associated with the implementation of information systems, from initial concept through development and implementation to operation and support.Experience in one or more of the bank's key technologiesManagement of external vendors and consultants.Financial Services experience preferableLine management experience of engineers, developers, testers and solution analystsEqual Opportunity Employer:The MUFG Group is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, physical appearance, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected status of an individual or that individual's associates or relatives, or any other classification protected by the applicable laws.