Director Technology Analytics and Innovation Lead
mufgub · London, United Kingdom
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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