Data Strategic Initiatives, Director

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.

The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Job Summary:

Are you energized by the challenge of turning complex data problems into practical, high-impact solutions? We’re seeking a visionary yet grounded Director of Data Strategic Initiatives to lead a small, agile team focused on solving some of the bank’s most pressing data challenges—not just for compliance, but for real business value. This is a rare opportunity to shape how data is governed, leveraged, and valued across the enterprise. You’ll be at the forefront of building a smarter, more agile data culture—one that prioritizes outcomes over overhead and clarity over complexity.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic Execution: Lead the design and delivery of data initiatives that improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and business outcomes. Communicate risks and achievements to executive leadership with impact

• Champion Practical Governance: Implement data governance practices that are lean, effective, and aligned with business priorities—not just regulatory checkboxes.

• Engage Senior Stakeholders: Facilitate strategic working sessions with executives to align data initiatives with enterprise goals and unlock measurable value.

• Lead with Purpose: Inspire and guide a high-performing team of data professionals, fostering a culture of ownership, curiosity, and delivery excellence.

• Solve Real Problems: Tackle ambiguous, high-stakes data issues with a pragmatic mindset—balancing innovation with execution and speed with sustainability.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in data strategy, transformation, or consulting roles, ideally with exposure to financial services

• History of leading cross functional teams, particularly in an environment of influencing without direct authority or reporting lines

• A track record of delivering data solutions that drive business efficiency, reduce risk, or unlock new opportunities.

• Strong communication skills and executive presence—you can translate technical complexity into business clarity, even with limited context/background

• A passion for practical transformation—you're not just a strategist, you're a doer.

• Familiarity with banking data is helpful, but not required. What matters most is your ability to lead, influence, and deliver.

• Self-starter, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and business savvy

The typical base pay range for this role is between $173K - $216K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.

• MUFG Benefits Summary

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