Solution Architecture, Vice President

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.

The Business and Solution Architect is a senior, enterprise-level role responsible for aligning business strategy with technology execution. This position works across business and technical domains to design and deliver scalable, end-to-end solutions that support organizational transformation and growth. The role translates complex business needs into actionable architecture designs and roadmaps, guiding implementation across applications, data, and cloud platforms while ensuring security, performance, and long-term sustainability.

Partnering closely with stakeholders and delivery teams, the architect influences strategic direction, drives architectural governance, and ensures successful execution of large-scale initiatives. This role requires a blend of business architecture expertise and deep technical knowledge, along with the ability to operate effectively in complex, cross-functional environments and deliver measurable business outcomes.

WORK EXPERIENCE

* Extensive experience in business architecture and solution architecture

* Experience with enterprise, application, and information architecture

* Proven ability to operate at both:

* Strategic business level (capabilities, processes, operating models)

* Technical solution level (systems, applications, cloud architecture)

* Hands-on experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise solutions

* Knowledge of cloud architecture, security, and networking (AWS, Azure, GCP)

* Knowledge of AI and core interaction patterns with AI and Agentic use cases

* Experience with distributed systems, SOA, APIs, and modern application architectures

* Strong understanding of business processes, capability modeling, and enterprise transformation

* Experience aligning business strategy to technical delivery

* Familiarity with regulatory frameworks and compliance (preferred, e.g., financial services)

* Strong programming or development background

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

* Ability to translate business strategies into technical architectures and implementation roadmaps

* Experience developing:

* Business architecture artifacts (capability models, process flows, value streams)

* Technical architecture designs (application, data, integration, and infrastructure)

* Expertise in defining and managing:

* Functional and non-functional requirements

* Enterprise roadmaps for target-state architecture

* Strong experience with:

* Cloud platforms and modern architecture patterns

* Workflow automation and process optimization

* Architecture modeling tools and frameworks

* Ability to design end-to-end enterprise solutions across business, application, data, and technology layers

* Experience communicating complex architectures through:

* Diagrams

* Executive presentations

* Documentation

* Familiarity with Agile and modern software delivery methodologies

* Ability to influence and guide senior leadership and technology teams

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

* Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement

* Excellent communication and storytelling across business and technical audiences

* Strategic thinking with a systems mindset

* Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

* Ability to operate in complex, ambiguous environments

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