Project Manager Strategic Planning

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager Strategic Planning for our Planning Division in Amsterdam.

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

For more than 50 years MBE offers corporate and investment banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in The Netherlands and, through its branches. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks operating in The Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and Global Multinational Corporate customers' needs.

At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture.

The MBE subsidiary based in The Netherlands is a network of branches (Germany Branch (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich), Spain Branch (Madrid, Barcelona), Belgium Branch (Brussels), Austria Branch (Vienna)), managed from Amsterdam.

Your impact at MUFG

• Implement or support implementation and manage projects related to MUFG-wide strategic initiatives. This includes: responsible for specific project workstream execution and delivery of outcomes, active solution design, plan development and implementation, manage inputs and requirements across resources, monitor achievement, escalate risks, manage assumptions and actions, ensure dependencies identified and cross workstream collaboration takes place.
• Design MUFG-wide business strategy and plan, and create subsequent strategic initiatives to pursue the corporate vision of MUFG and to fulfil expectations from various stakeholders.
• Develop future target operating model that aligns with strategic objectives, drive efficiency and support business growth.
• Identify and assess strategic risks associated with the business strategy, in cooperation with the second line of defence.
• The role will report to the Head of Strategic Planning, who reports directly into the Head of Planning Division of MUFG.

The role includes the following:

• Implement some of the key corporate wide strategic initiatives or support implementation of the initiatives for responsible divisions, playing a role of (assistant) project manager, ensuring these are delivered on time within the set budget and that all planned business benefits are subsequently captured.
• Design business model /strategy, and formulate the bank-wide business plan in pursuit of achieving all the expectations from key stakeholders. This requires close collaboration with colleagues in London and Tokyo to ensure alignment with MUFG’s global strategy.
• Provide management with a wide range of information, proposals, and support to set forth corporate business strategy, plan, and initiatives.
• Support creating communication strategy and plan for the announcement of the business strategy and plan or to update the progress of the plan and the initiatives.
• Actively develop and maintain a wide range of contacts both internally and externally in order to obtain / exchange information, identify and establish best practice and where appropriate ascertain further customer requirements.
• Identify and assess strategic risk associated with the business plan and the initiatives. Introduce appropriate risk management framework, co-working with the functions in the second line of defence, and propose company’s appetite for the captured risks.
• Ensure compliance with the MUFG’s common & internal rules, standards, and reporting requirements, together with all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements, where appropriate implementing actions to protect MUFG at all times.
• In order to fulfil the assignment, if necessary and allowed, retain contractors or third-party consultants and form team to create/submit/offer deliverables.

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

• The function requires an intellectual and working background at HBO level.
• Experience in a similar function or relevant area.
• Profound knowledge, skills, and experience in the development of corporate/business strategy and project management particularly in the domain of banking/financial services.
• Strong understanding of the structure and set-up of corporate banks and/or securities businesses.
• Prior experience developing future target operating model that aligns with strategic objectives and design principles.
• Prior experience managing strategic change and transformation in a financial services environment.
• Strong spirit of commitment to be present, achieve the target in timely manner with promised quality.
• Ability to work across cultures i.e. comprehend and adapt to different cultural situations and perspectives.
• Excellent communication skill with relevant parties, including senior leaders in Europe as well as Tokyo to manage and move things forward among various stakeholders.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
• Verbal and written business communication skills in English, and preferably the same level of the skill in Japanese.

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity
• Customer Focus
• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results
• Collaborate and Build Partnerships
• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others
• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement
• Think Strategically
• Manage and Develop Talent

What do we have to offer:

We offer you a role in one of the largest banks of the world in a growing and international environment. You have various opportunities to develop yourself and we will support you with that by offering various training and development possibilities.

• We take into account your home situation and your ambitions and help you to balance work and private life.

• Monthly team events.

• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best.

Besides that we will offer you:

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market

• 8% holiday allowance and 13th month payment.

• 30 vacation days per year. Optional you can buy 15 additional days.

• Commuting allowance based on annual public transport 2nd class, most economical way, or € 0,23 per km with a max of 75km one way.

• € 5,00 net remote working compensation per day, with a maximum of € 60,00 per month.

• Possibility to order a mobile phone (up to € 800,-)

• Possibility to order Office Equipment’s for the home office, (up to € 500,-)

• RemoteWorking Policy i.e. Working From Home (WFH) and Remote Working in another Country.

• Bicycle plan (fiscal benefit)

• Company fitness (fiscal benefit)

• Mental health workshops and budget for external courses (i.e. Dutch language classes).

• Employee contribution towards Pension insurance (max 5%, currently 2%), our pension scheme is based on a defined contribution scheme.

• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank

About US

At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!

Our Culture Principles

• Client Centric
• People Focused
• Listen Up. Speak Up.
• Innovate & Simplify
• Own & Execute