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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.

Job Summary

The Vice President, External Affairs & Sustainability Strategy plays a cross-functional role at the intersection of public policy, sustainability strategy, and enterprise planning. Positioned within MUFG’s Chief Financial Strategy Office (CFSO) — which helps define and drive enterprise-wide strategic direction — the role partners closely with Government & External Affairs, the Sustainability Strategy and Planning Office, and other corporate functions to translate complex policy developments into actionable business and strategic outcomes. The position will help advance MUFG’s institutional positioning on public policy and sustainability issues with direct implications for MUFG and MUFG Americas as a regulated financial institution. The VP will also contribute to executive-level engagement with key U.S. policymakers and industry stakeholders, often in coordination with MUFG’s Washington Representative Office and Tokyo Head Office.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Coordination & Execution

As a member of the Strategy Execution Team within the Chief Financial Strategy Office, the Vice President will help ensure that cross-functional initiatives connecting policy, sustainability, and strategy are well-defined, coordinated, and successfully delivered. In this capacity, the individual will:

+ Partner with CFSO/PMO leaders to translate strategic objectives into clear action plans, ensuring alignment across functional teams and delivery of timely implementation.

+ Coordinate stakeholders across Government & External Affairs, Sustainability Strategy, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Corporate Communications to maintain visibility, accountability, and progress on enterprise initiatives.

+ Track and complete milestones, dependencies, and deliverables tied to policy, sustainability, and regulatory projects, escalating decisions or risks where needed.

+ Facilitate, arrange and lead executive briefings, governance updates, and periodic progress reports for MUFG Americas and Tokyo management, summarizing key actions, outcomes, and forward priorities.

+ Help strengthen internal planning discipline by introducing light-touch project management practices that support transparency, follow-through, and measurable results—without unnecessary complexity.

Enterprise Sustainability Strategy & Corporate Alignment

+ Support and drive MUFG Americas’ enterprise sustainability strategy and planning, ensuring alignment with MUFG Group’s global Carbon Neutrality Declaration and related initiatives.

+ Track and assist in the implementation of emerging sustainability, technology, and market trends—including transition finance, digital infrastructure, and climate-related policy—and assess implications for MUFG’s business and regulatory strategy.

+ Partner with the Sustainability Strategy and Planning Office, CFSO, and other functions (Legal, Risk, Compliance, Operations) to help coordinate cross-functional initiatives and governance efforts – while ensuring delivery to internal or external timelines.

+ Support MUFG representation in relevant sustainability trade groups, policy dialogues, and industry forums, highlighting the firm’s leadership in responsible finance.

+ Engage periodically with policymakers and regulators on sustainability-related issues in coordination with MUFG Government & External Affairs and the Washington Representative Office.

Public Policy & Government Affairs

+ Support executive engagement with key U.S. policymakers and regulatory officials through the Government & External Affairs function, including preparation of policy materials, meeting briefs, and follow-up analyses.

+ Support MUFG Americas’ public policy and stakeholder engagement, providing research, analysis, and insight into U.S. and international legislative, regulatory, and executive branch developments impacting MUFG’s operations and reputation.

+ Monitor policy issues relevant to MUFG as a regulated financial institution, including prudential regulation, supervisory frameworks, digital assets, stablecoins, AI and data policy, and financial market infrastructure.

+ Identify and assess opportunities arising from U.S.–Japan economic and trade relations, including participation in the U.S.–Japan Economic and Trade Partnership (~$550 billion framework) and other bilateral initiatives related to energy, infrastructure, and digital innovation.

+ Collaborate with the Washington Representative Office and Tokyo Head Office to ensure consistent messaging, alignment, and coordination across policy initiatives.

+ Contribute to the preparation of written policy summaries and executive briefs distributed to internal stakeholders, business lines, and clients as part of MUFG’s broader policy engagement and visibility efforts.

Qualifications

+ 5–7+ years of experience in public policy, government/external affairs, sustainability, or financial services strategy.

+ Policy Expertise: Strong understanding of U.S. and international financial policy, with emphasis on U.S.–Japan trade and cross-border regulatory frameworks.

+ Regulatory Awareness: Familiarity with issues affecting large, regulated financial institutions, including supervisory policy, prudential standards, and evolving regulatory expectations.

+ Strategic & Analytical Skills: Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex policy developments and translate them into strategic insights.

+ Stakeholder Engagement: Experience supporting engagement with policymakers, regulators, and industry associations; comfort interacting with senior executives and external partners.

+ Collaboration & Execution: Proven success working across global, matrixed organizations to deliver results and advance institutional priorities.

Education:

•Bachelor's degree or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

The typical base pay range for this role is between $118K - $156K 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.

MUFG Benefits Summary (https://careers.mufgamericas.com/sites/default/files/document/2023-01/mb-live-well-work-well.pdf)

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

At MUFG, our colleagues are our greatest assets. Our Culture Principles provide a roadmap for how each of our colleagues must think and act to become more client-obsessed, inclusive and innovative. They reflect who we are, who we want to be and what we expect from one another. We are excited to see you take the next step in exploring a career with us and encourage you to spend more time reviewing them!

Our Culture Principles

+ Client Centric

+ People Focused

+ Listen Up. Speak Up.

+ Innovate & Simplify

+ Own & Execute