Assistant Vice President, Digital Strategy (Business Development and Market Intelligence)

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 120,000 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.

Purpose of the job:

The AVP, Digital Strategy (Business Development and Market Intelligence), is responsible for developing and executing strategic initiatives to enhance market intelligence capabilities and drive business development activities within the Digital Strategy Division. This role involves gathering, analyzing, and disseminating market insights, as well as fostering relationships with key business units to support their growth and strategic goals. Business development with the business units, leveraging frontier technologies offered by startups and tech firms is an exciting area of focus. The role is suitable for someone who is entrepreneurial and has the passion to create future business opportunities in commercial banking. 

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic

Develop and implement that align with the division’s goals and objectives.Identify emerging market trends and opportunities to inform strategic planning and business development activities Collaborate with business units to identify and pursue new business opportunities.

Customer

Gather and provide thought leadership and expertise in market intelligence to support customer-facing teams in their engagements. Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to drive business development initiatives that can benefit either the business or our clients

People

Cooperate with colleagues both in Singapore and ASEAN and deepen relationships with stakeholders

Other/ Control

Ensure compliance with the relevant regulations and limits.  Maintain good professional knowledge based on industry trends, products, the relevant laws and regulations

Qualification & Experience

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science or similar fields. 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex market data and trends.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively convey insights and business development opportunities to stakeholders.  
• Proficiency in market research tools and techniques.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, e.g. Global Commercial Banking.
• Interest and passion in frontier technologies and their applications in business domains e.g. Generative AI, Web3, fintech, ecommerce, Saas etc. 
• Project management with consulting mindset are necessary for effective business development
• Professional certifications in market research, business development, or related disciplines are an advantage
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in market intelligence, market research, business development, or a related field.
• Experience in developing and implementing market intelligence and business development in a financial services or consulting environment.

MUFG Bank Ltd & MUFG Securities Asia Limited (collectively referred to as “MUFG”) is an equal opportunity employer. We view our employees as our key assets as they are fundamental to our long-term growth and success. MUFG is committed to hiring based on merit and organsational fit, regardless of race, religion or gender.