Managing Director - Asia-Pacific Corporate Function Coordination Department

Our Department is responsible for the internal control and governance for Mizuho’s APAC region. We are currently driving a large-scale core banking program across APAC, and our team plays a central role in delivery and overall program / project management.

As this is a major transformation, we must also manage customer impact appropriately. We are therefore seeking a Managing Director to lead this area.

Your key roles & responsibilities include:

• Follow the policy & direction of the department and to assist superiors in accomplishing the department’s overall duties and responsibilities.
• Lead the management of customer impacts arising from the large-scale transformation, working closely with program / project stakeholders and front-office teams.
• Provide cross-functional project management across Head Office, the APAC Head Office, and overseas offices, particularly in the area of AML compliance.         
• Coordinate a wide variety of stakeholders, including related systems and users, to promote regional large-scale projects and ensure alignment with both system architecture and business strategy.
• Track the project progress and issues, report them to senior management in a timely manner, and resolve issues by involving relevant parties.
• Negotiate with relevant parties to manage requirements, secure project objectives and timelines, and avoid budget overruns.
• Strengthen the Asia-Pacific region’s capability for project promotion through training, increasing resources, etc.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement among broader project members and related stakeholders.

What you should have:

• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 20 years of relevant experience in the banking industry.
• Proven experience and stakeholder management skills in controlling customer impacts.
• Proven project management skills in huge and complicated projects across various countries.
• Good problem-solving, teambuilding, and organizing skills to lead a mix of various stakeholders across APAC and Japan (Head Office) and the ability to acquire consensus among stakeholders.
• Business-level proficiency in both English and Japanese will be advantageous, as you will be required to communicate effectively, read and understand documents, and respond to and present to relevant stakeholders across APAC and Japan (Head Office). This includes negotiations related to customer impact management, system discussions, Q&A sessions, status update meetings, and preparing reports for management.