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MUFG is seeking a Technology Resilience Standards Vice President to join their Operations Office for EMEA in London. This pivotal role offers you the opportunity to shape and maintain enterprise-wide technology resilience standards, ensuring that business needs, impact tolerances, and regulatory expectations are translated into clear, measurable requirements across applications, infrastructure, and services. As the authority on what good looks like in technology resilience, you will drive consistency and risk alignment while enabling teams to build, operate, and evolve services that meet required outcomes. MUFG is renowned for its commitment to operational excellence, supportive leadership, and fostering an inclusive environment where your expertise will be valued and your professional growth supported. You will work closely with senior management and stakeholders across the UK, Europe, and EMEA, influencing strategy and embedding best practices in operational resilience. With flexible working opportunities and access to training programmes, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact at one of the world’s leading financial institutions.
- You will play a key role in defining and maintaining technology resilience standards that underpin critical business services across MUFG’s EMEA operations, ensuring regulatory compliance with FCA/PRA and EU DORA requirements.
- Your collaborative approach will enable you to build strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple entities, supporting the ongoing maturity of the Operational Resilience Framework and driving sustainable solutions.
- MUFG offers a supportive environment with flexible working opportunities, comprehensive training programmes, and a knowledgeable team dedicated to achieving strategic objectives through dependable processes.
What you'll do:
- Define and maintain enterprise-wide technology resilience standards by translating business needs, impact tolerances, and regulatory expectations into clear requirements for availability, recoverability, substitutability, and response capabilities.
- Develop, embed, and manage the Operational Resilience framework, tools, and methodologies in line with regulatory requirements to support MUFG’s strategic objectives across the UK (FCA/PRA), EU DORA, and broader EMEA region.
- Establish collaborative relationships across MUFG entities in the UK, Europe, and EMEA using excellent interpersonal skills to influence senior management and realise intended benefits.
- Support the management of Important Business Services (IBS) and Critical/Important Functions (CIFs) by maintaining lists of critical systems related to both IBS and CIFs.
- Monitor resilience of critical systems by reviewing metrics for IBS/CIFs and coordinating activities to assess resilience of resources supporting these functions.
- Mature the Technology Resilience metrics portfolio to support early identification of vulnerabilities and disruption risks within the organisation.
- Coordinate technology testing activities in line with Operational Resilience requirements by facilitating scenario testing workshops with relevant service/resource owners.
- Support development of response plans based on scenario testing outputs to ensure preparedness for potential disruptions.
- Assess vulnerabilities within business areas by helping define remedial actions, tracking delivery of actions, and reviewing evidence of gap closure.
- Provide input into annual regulatory self-assessment processes while coordinating internal governance and approval procedures.
What you bring:
- Demonstrable experience establishing Operational Resilience frameworks within financial services institutions similar to MUFG.
- Detailed knowledge of UK Operational Resilience Policy Statements (FCA & PRA) as well as EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) requirements.
- Proven understanding of Operational Risk, Business Continuity tools/methodologies/best practice relevant to large-scale financial organisations.
- Experience delivering regulatory change/transformation projects within complex environments.
- Comprehensive understanding of Technology Resilience methods/standards including cyber security threats/standards applicable to banking sector.
- Ability to identify risks/issues promptly or escalate appropriately when resolution is not possible within remit.
- Project management experience enabling focus on timely delivery of activities while managing critical paths/reporting status regularly.
- Strong communication/influencing skills allowing you to advocate for operational resilience among senior stakeholders across all business areas.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships internally—working closely with customers/service/resource owners—and externally with regulators/peers.
- No formal qualifications required; qualified through extensive relevant experience.
What sets this company apart:
MUFG stands out as one of the world’s leading financial institutions with a rich heritage rooted in trustworthiness and dependability. The company is committed to operational excellence—offering employees access to comprehensive training programmes designed for continuous professional development. Flexible working opportunities are available so you can balance personal commitments alongside career ambitions. MUFG fosters an inclusive environment where every team member’s contributions are valued; supportive leadership ensures you have guidance whenever needed while encouraging collaboration across departments. The organisation prioritises regulatory compliance without compromising on innovation or quality—providing robust frameworks that empower employees like yourself to deliver sustainable solutions aligned with strategic objectives. Working at MUFG means joining a knowledgeable team dedicated not only to achieving business goals but also nurturing individual growth through shared learning experiences. You’ll benefit from generous pensions contributions (where applicable), dependable processes that streamline daily operations—and above all—a culture built on mutual respect/trust which makes it an exceptional place for professionals seeking long-term success within global finance.
What's next:
If you’re ready to take your expertise in technology resilience standards to new heights within a globally respected institution—this is your moment!
Apply today by clicking on the link provided; don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity at MUFG.
This advert will close 27th April 2026
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.
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MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,500 locations in more than 50 markets including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania. The Group has over 170,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. Through close partnerships among our group companies, the Group aims to be the world's most trusted financial group, flexibly responding to all of the financial needs of its 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.
