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 150,000 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. MUFG, one of the world’s most respected financial groups, is seeking a Director Technology Analytics and Innovation Lead to join their London office. This pivotal role offers you the opportunity to shape the future of compliance technology and analytics across EMEA, leading a multidisciplinary team in a globally renowned organisation with over 350 years of history. MUFG is committed to nurturing talent, fostering shared growth, and building long-term relationships with clients and employees alike. As Director TAI Lead, you will be at the forefront of integrating advanced technology, data sourcing, analytics, tuning, and AI enablement to support core compliance and financial crime systems. You will benefit from a supportive leadership environment that values integrity, transparency, and responsibility, while enjoying flexible working opportunities and access to generous pension contributions. If you are passionate about driving positive change in financial crime compliance through technology and innovation, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact within an inclusive and collaborative global network. Join MUFG’s London office as Director Technology Analytics and Innovation Lead, where you will lead regional strategy for compliance technology and analytics across EMEA. Benefit from MUFG’s commitment to employee development with flexible working arrangements, generous pension contributions, training opportunities, and supportive leadership. Play a key role in shaping the future of financial crime detection by integrating technology delivery, data analytics, AI enablement, and governance within a globally trusted organisation. What you'll do: As Director Technology Analytics and Innovation Lead at MUFG in London you will play a central role in advancing the organisation’s compliance technology landscape. You will drive strategic direction for AML and sanctions platforms by overseeing project delivery from inception through post-implementation validation. Your day-to-day responsibilities include managing cross-functional teams across Compliance Operations Technology Data Model Risk functions as well as external partners. You will facilitate forums that review system changes ensuring robust governance practices are followed while representing MUFG during regulatory reviews audits model validations. Your expertise in detection capabilities will be crucial as you optimise transaction monitoring sanctions screening customer risk rating KYC surveillance systems within your regional scope. By leading data sourcing analytics AI enablement initiatives you will ensure that all solutions meet rigorous standards for accuracy reliability regulatory compliance. Success in this role requires strong interpersonal skills collaborative mindset ability to build consensus among stakeholders disciplined approach to governance meticulous attention to documentation executive reporting. Own the regional roadmap and execution for all technology-related work supporting Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Core Compliance, and Data Platforms such as AIRIS. Oversee the delivery of technology projects and business-as-usual maintenance related to GFCD and Core systems, ensuring alignment with global priorities and regulatory obligations. Lead requirements gathering, design processes, testing phases, implementation strategies, release readiness assessments, production support activities, and post-implementation validation for applications and enhancements. Manage scope, budget, schedule, risks, dependencies, and benefits of technology initiatives while reporting/escalating issues to regional and global heads as needed. Establish successful partnerships across Compliance, Operations, Technology, Data teams, Model Risk functions, external vendors; set clear ownership structures and capacity plans for compliance teams. Lead regional forums and participate in global working groups that review proposed changes; oversee design decisions, testing results, release readiness evaluations, production risk management processes. Represent the region during regulatory exams, internal audits, compliance testing sessions; prepare materials for presentations; coordinate responses; track commitments; ensure timely remediation of findings or observations. Oversee effectiveness of Transaction Monitoring systems, Sanctions Screening tools, Customer Risk Rating models, Know Your Customer (KYC) processes; manage regulatory-ready systems through coverage assessments and optimisation activities. Direct material detection configuration decisions including logic design choices; document rationale for governance reviews; ensure proper controls are implemented for watchlist management. Lead data sourcing efforts for systems/models/analytics/AI use cases; assess impact of data defects or feed failures on detection logic/model performance/alert generation/regulatory reporting. What you bring: Your proven track record in financial crime compliance technology delivery makes you an ideal candidate for the Director Technology Analytics and Innovation Lead position at MUFG. You bring deep expertise in managing multidisciplinary teams responsible for large-scale transformation programs spanning multiple regions legal entities lines business. Your hands-on experience with detection capabilities transaction monitoring sanctions screening customer risk rating KYC surveillance ensures you can oversee critical systems optimising their effectiveness regulatory readiness. You have demonstrated ability influence senior IT leaders align priorities drive outcomes even when incentives timelines differ leveraging structured governance escalation executive sponsorship. Your skill translating analytical needs into actionable requirements mapping data sources designing transformation rules ensures robust solutions meet operational regulatory demands. You excel communicating complex concepts clearly tailoring messages diverse audiences from regulators executives technical specialists operational staff. Your strategic vision leadership style motivates high-performing teams fosters collaborative inclusive environment supports talent development execution excellence. Extensive experience across financial crime compliance technology data analytics model ownership or major technology delivery within regulated environments. Experience in leading managers technical professionals business unit system owners quantitative analysts data analysts or multidisciplinary teams focused on technology analytics transformation. Proven ability to lead large-scale programs with approved budgets exceeding US$5 million including accountability for scope budget schedule risk business outcomes using both waterfall agile methods. Experience chairing system/model change governance forums with authority to challenge proposals require evidence escalate unresolved risks drive decisions closure across multiple legal entities branches countries lines business. Direct experience owning materially leading detection capabilities in at least two financial crime domains such as Transaction Monitoring Sanctions Screening Customer Risk Rating KYC Surveillance. Hands-on experience sourcing data translating analytical needs into field-level requirements source-to-target mappings transformation rules test conditions acceptance criteria conducting completeness reconciliation profiling gap analysis assessing effect defects models systems alerts reporting. Demonstrated success influencing senior IT leaders system-division partners where priorities incentives delivery timelines not aligned using governance escalation executive sponsorship achieve program outcomes without direct reporting authority. Experience acting trusted advisor execution partner business/system owner translating control responsibilities into technology analytical requirements driving implementation accountable delivery teams developing resource capacity plans addressing priorities skills role mix location strategy employees contractors. Ability communicate complex technical analytical model data control matters clear business language tailoring messages regulators executive committees senior technology leaders operational teams delivery resources demonstrating executive judgment under pressure distinguishing facts assumptions elevating material risks early setting clear asks driving decisions closure stakeholders competing objectives delivery constraints. Bachelor’s degree equivalent relevant professional experience advanced degree industry certification preferred excellent managerial leadership experience strategic approach articulate implement vision strategy department lead motivate high performing team provide clear direction. What sets MUFG apart: MUFG stands out as one of the world’s largest most trusted financial groups with a rich heritage spanning over three centuries global presence more than 2 300 offices 150 000 employees worldwide. The organisation is deeply committed to integrity responsibility transparency fairness creating an environment where every employee can thrive contribute meaningfully. At MUFG you will find supportive leadership dedicated nurturing talent providing flexible working opportunities generous pension contributions ongoing training development resources empowering you grow professionally personally. The company’s vision being financial partner choice drives its focus building long-term relationships serving society fostering sustainable growth better world. Employees benefit from exposure diverse international network collaborative culture encourages knowledge sharing innovation continuous improvement. Working at MUFG means joining community values inclusivity dependability empathy teamwork offering unparalleled platform advance your career make lasting impact financial services industry. What's next: If you are ready to take your career to new heights by joining a globally respected organisation committed to innovation collaboration apply now! Apply today by clicking on the link provided. We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements. MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership. We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law. 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. 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