Enterprise Architecture Governance Process and Regional Operations AVP

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group•Jersey City, NJ

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Architecture Governance (EA Governance) team is seeking an Assistant Vice President (AVP) to support architecture governance execution, standards adoption, review processes, exception management, and operational excellence across MUFG Bank and affiliated entities. The AVP will partner with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, technology teams, application owners, and risk partners to ensure governance processes are consistently applied, well-documented, auditable, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Requirements

4–6 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Technology Governance, IT Governance, SDLC Governance, Risk & Controls, Technology Strategy, Application Portfolio Management, or a related field.
Experience supporting architecture review boards, governance committees, approval workflows, or technology governance processes.
Experience within large, matrixed, regulated, or audit-sensitive organizations.
Proven ability to coordinate activities across architecture, technology, business, and risk stakeholders.
Experience creating SOPs, operational procedures, governance documentation, and stakeholder guidance.
Understanding of enterprise architecture governance, technology standards, architecture reviews, tollgates, compliance, and exception management.
Familiarity with Agile and SDLC methodologies and governance frameworks such as TOGAF, COBIT, and ITIL.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail.
Advanced Microsoft 365 proficiency and familiarity with ServiceNow or similar workflow platforms.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual Spanish and/or Portuguese is strongly preferred.
Supporting audit readiness, compliance, control evidence, risk assessments, and regulatory requirements.
Partnering with Internal Audit, Operational Risk, Compliance, or Technology Risk teams.
Developing SOPs, playbooks, user guides, training materials, and governance communications.
Conducting workshops, onboarding sessions, and stakeholder training.
Familiarity with ServiceNow, SharePoint, Power BI, Microsoft Copilot, workflow automation, and governance dashboards.
Ability to align governance activities with enterprise technology strategy, risk reduction objectives, and operating model maturity.
Experience with initiatives, governance maturity programs, or technology strategy efforts.
Ability to prepare leadership summaries, recommendations, and executive-level updates.

Responsibilities

Act as a liaison between Enterprise Architecture Governance and regional stakeholders.
Coordinate architecture intake, review routing, tollgate activities, governance forums, and follow-up actions.
Drive standards adoption, exception management, and governance process consistency.
Partner with architecture, technology, business, and risk teams to resolve governance issues and improve stakeholder engagement.
Facilitate architecture review boards, governance meetings, and working sessions.
Track decisions, approvals, action items, risks, and exceptions.
Develop and maintain SOPs, governance procedures, training materials, FAQs, and process documentation.
Support governance reporting, audit evidence, operational metrics, dashboards, and record management.
Identify process gaps and opportunities to streamline governance activities.
Utilize Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, PowerPoint, ServiceNow, and approved automation tools.
Support implementation of AI-enabled productivity capabilities, including Microsoft Copilot where applicable.