Technical Project Manager - AI

## Technical Project Manager - AIApplylocations:
Jersey City, NJtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
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** 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 150,000 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.##
** Overview:
** The Technical Project Manager will play a pivotal role in driving the successful integration and execution of advanced AI and digital transformation initiatives within a highly regulated financial services environment. This position bridges architecture and execution across data, model, and platform domains, ensuring compliance, security, and operational excellence throughout project life cycles.##

Key Responsibilities ### Execution & Integration
* Translate architectural blueprints into actionable project plans, defining milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria aligned with regulatory and business requirements.
* Manage complex, cross-functional dependencies across technology, business, and compliance teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of solutions.
* Oversee and coordinate integration, performance, and security testing in accordance with industry standards and regulatory mandates (e.g., SOX, FFIEC, GLBA).
* Develop, communicate, and execute robust rollback and contingency plans to mitigate operational and regulatory risks.### Quality & Observability
* Embed CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and monitoring systems to enforce Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), and compliance with internal/external audit requirements.
* Create and maintain comprehensive runbooks, incident response protocols, and evidence documentation to support audit readiness and regulatory reviews.### Risk & Compliance Management
* Ensure all project activities adhere to financial industry standards, including change management controls (CAB), data privacy, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity planning.
* Drive evidence-based gating processes for production cutovers, ensuring all regulatory, security, and operational checkpoints are satisfied prior to release.
* Partner with information security, risk, and compliance teams to proactively identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities or non-compliance issues.### Stakeholder Communication & Reporting
* Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership and key stakeholders using clear, data-driven KPIs, OKRs, and regulatory metrics.
* Foster strong relationships with business, technology, and compliance partners to ensure alignment and transparency throughout the project lifecycle.## Qualifications### Required
* 5+ years of technical project or program management experience, preferably in financial services or other highly regulated industries.
* Strong literacy in enterprise systems, cloud platforms, and digital transformation methodologies.
* Demonstrated expertise in Agile and Dev Ops practices, including KPI and OKR tracking and reporting.
* Experience working with cross-functional teams, including technology, compliance, and business units.### Preferred
* Direct experience managing projects subject to regulatory oversight (e.g., OCC, SEC, FINRA) and audit processes.
* Proficiency in Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes, evidence-based gating, disaster recovery,…