Operations Business Manager, Strategic Initiatives

MUFG Bank, Ltd. • $150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in Project Management or Business Analysis, focusing on operational efficiencies.
  • Experience in implementing AI and automation solutions in financial services.
  • Familiarity with a range of financial products including Equities, Bonds, and Repos.
  • Strong communication skills, capable of presenting ideas effectively.
  • Proven problem-solving abilities and a structured approach to projects.
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple departments, including IT and Operations.
  • A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Business, Finance, or Computer Science preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and prioritize process improvement initiatives for operational efficiency.
  • Manage the ongoing BAU line change within the Operations Department.
  • Drive the adoption of AI use cases to enhance productivity and compliance.
  • Lead the full delivery cycle of AI-enabled automation initiatives.
  • Collaborate with various teams to boost AI adoption organization-wide.
  • Assess business needs and develop compelling business cases for transformation.
  • Ensure compliance with governance, risk management, and regulatory standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Retirement plans and educational assistance.
  • Income replacement for qualified disabilities.
  • Paid maternity and parental leave.
  • Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays.
Full Job Description
As a Project Manager / Business Analyst within the Operations Department, you will lead small to medium-sized transformation initiatives with a primary focus on change management, process reengineering, automation, and AI adoption across Global Markets Operations.

This role requires strong project management, business analysis, and stakeholder management skills, working closely with Front Office, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Finance, Technology, and other functional partners.

Reporting to the Head of US Global Markets Operations, you will play a key role in driving operational transformation initiatives that improve productivity, strengthen controls, reduce operational risk, and support business growth.

You will partner with Operations, Technology, and the Global Markets AI Team to identify opportunities for automation and AI adoption. The role will be responsible for assessing business value, developing business cases, defining requirements, overseeing delivery, and ensuring successful adoption of AI-enabled solutions across the organization

Core Responsibilities
  • Identify, prioritize, and deliver process improvement initiatives focused on increasing productivity, efficiency, scalability, and control effectiveness across Global Markets Operations
  • Manage BAU line change BOW within the Operations Department
  • Drive the identification, prioritization, and adoption of AI use cases across Global Markets Operations, ensuring measurable productivity improvements and alignment with enterprise AI governance standards.
  • Lead the end-to-end delivery of AI-enabled and automation-related change initiatives, from ideation and proof of concept through production deployment and business adoption.
  • Partner closely with Operations, Technology, the Global Operations Change Management team, and the Global Markets AI Team to accelerate AI adoption across the organization.
  • Assess business requirements, develop business cases, and quantify expected benefits associated with transformation initiatives.
  • Ensure solutions are designed and implemented in compliance with enterprise governance, model risk management, data privacy, information security, and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop target operating models, procedures, controls, and monitoring frameworks to support sustainable implementation of new technologies and processes.
  • Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, document current-state and future-state processes, and identify opportunities for optimization.
  • Collaborate with Operations leadership and Technology teams to define solution approaches, requirements, testing strategies, and implementation plans.
  • Manage project plans, risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder communications.
  • Measure and report productivity gains, cost efficiencies, and operational risk reductions resulting from completed initiatives.
  • Oversee the creation and approval of project documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, process maps, testing plans, and user acceptance testing documentation.
  • Prepare executive-level presentations and status updates for senior management and governance committees
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Skills and Experience
  • Demonstrable experience identifying, designing and implementing Generative AI, Agentic AI, workflow automation or intelligent document processing solutions within financial services
  • 5-7 year of relevant Project Management or Business Analyst experience; driving processing efficiencies across Operations teams required
  • Experience working with various Broker/Dealer/Derivative products including Equities, Bonds, Treasuries, ABS, MBS, Securitized Products, Repos/Reverse Repo, Stock Borrow/Loan
  • Ability to present well and communicate clearly
  • Ability to work across departments including IT, Operations, Finance and various front and back-offices teams
  • A structured and logical approach to work with evidence of strong problem-solving skills
  • A creative and innovative approach to work
  • Excellent interpersonal skills


Education
  • Bachelor's degree or higher; degree in Business, Finance, or Computer Science a plus.


The typical base pay range for this role is between $150K - $180K depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonuses 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.

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