Network Infrastructure Director

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.

SUMMARY:

The role is a senior global network infrastructure leadership position responsible for setting the strategic direction, governance, and operational excellence of a highly dynamic and globally connected network environment. This leader will oversee the design, evolution, and delivery of large-scale enterprise network and voice services spanning data centers, WAN, cloud platforms, and collaboration environments across multiple regions. The position requires deep expertise in enterprise networking, cloud connectivity, voice and telecommunications services, and large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives, combined with a proven track record of leading high-performing global teams.

The role provides executive leadership for network and voice strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, security standards, and operational resiliency goals. Responsibilities include oversight of Cisco-based infrastructure, ACI, SD-WAN, AWS networking, voice and collaboration technologies, IPC trader voice platforms, NICE solutions, telecommunications providers, and network service management. This individual will work closely with senior executives, business leaders, technology partners, and regional stakeholders to drive innovation, scalability, service excellence, cost optimization, and long-term infrastructure strategy. Work across the Americas MUFG business providing network services as negotiated between MUFG entities.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Significant experience leading and managing global network engineering, infrastructure, and voice organizations across complex enterprise environments
• Extensive senior leadership experience with responsibility for organizational strategy, talent development, succession planning, and large-scale infrastructure operations
• Manage the financial performance, governance, and strategic investment priorities of network services while partnering with executive leadership on technology and business objectives
• Proven experience overseeing the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale, mission-critical enterprise data and voice environments
• Strong working knowledge of enterprise networking technologies including Cisco routing and switching, firewalls, F5 load balancing, VPN solutions, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, AWS cloud networking, DNS, and multi-site global infrastructure environments
• Deep understanding of enterprise network architectures and technologies including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, ACI, VPC, VDC, and broader network operations, monitoring, security, and management frameworks
• Proven experience directing complex network modernization, transformation, and infrastructure initiatives across global environments
• Extensive knowledge of network architecture, enterprise infrastructure, application connectivity, and technology governance frameworks
• Strong expertise establishing network performance, availability, resiliency, and service quality standards, including QoS strategies and operational governance
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale datacenter, WAN, cloud, and digital transformation initiatives, including ACI, SD-WAN, and AWS adoption programs

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Highly proficient in leading global teams responsible for the strategy, delivery, support, and continuous improvement of complex data and voice environments supporting corporate and trading operations
• Expert in translating business objectives into enterprise infrastructure strategies and technology roadmaps
• Strong expertise overseeing network modernization initiatives, including ACI, SD-WAN, cloud integration, and large-scale transformation programs
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging technologies, assess business value, and develop strategic recommendations that align with enterprise goals and future-state architecture
• Proven track record of serving as a senior technology leader, mentor, and trusted advisor across the organization
• Extensive experience governing large infrastructure programs and utilizing project delivery methodologies to ensure successful execution and business outcomes
• Communicates effectively
• Anticipates changing business needs, adjusts priorities accordingly, and allocates necessary resources and budget to achieve objectives
• Equips the business to become an effective competitor in a highly dynamic landscape
• Considers stakeholder needs and input as well as best practices and insights from industry trends when making strategic decisions
• Is flexible, decisive, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the organization
• Demonstrates effective negotiation and influencing skills
• Prioritizes and facilitates a culture of continuous improvement and systems thinking
• Sets the tone for successful collaboration with other business units and corporate entities
• Creates an environment that fosters communication, transparency, and collaboration
• Cultivates innovation and values learning as a lifelong professional objective
• Leads by example, engaging inclusively and with intent
• Always acts with integrity
• Analytical thinking
• Iterative problem-solving
• High degree of skill driving coordination, consensus, and execution to mitigate risk, issues, and emerging threats in mission-critical environments
• High degree of skill in approaching major decisions in a consultative manner with a particular emphasis on delivery
• Outstanding ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with internal partners and external vendors

High level responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with senior business and technology leaders to establish the strategic direction for network and voice infrastructure services across the organization.
• Provide leadership and governance for enterprise network architecture, operational resiliency, service delivery, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Lead capacity planning, infrastructure strategy, and long-term network evolution to support business growth, operational excellence, and emerging technology requirements.
• Oversee the delivery, performance, security, and lifecycle management of global LAN, WAN, cloud, and voice environments.
• Establish enterprise standards, policies, governance frameworks, and best practices for network infrastructure and telecommunications services.
• Drive vendor strategy, telecommunications partnerships, and service provider relationships to optimize performance, service quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, infrastructure capabilities, and industry trends to identify opportunities that support innovation and competitive advantage.
• Ensure the successful execution of network transformation initiatives, operational improvements, risk mitigation strategies, and service enhancements.

Details:

• Lead major transformational initiatives including datacenter modernization, infrastructure consolidation, multi-cloud strategy, global connectivity programs, and enterprise technology modernization efforts involving AWS, Office 365, Cisco ACI, SD-WAN, and related platforms
• Provide strategic oversight for infrastructure roadmaps, operational objectives, technology investments, and service delivery priorities across network environments
• Develop and present strategic plans, investment proposals, and transformation roadmaps to executive leadership while ensuring alignment across business and technology stakeholders
• Establish operational goals, governance processes, and performance metrics that support enterprise objectives and service excellence
• Drive cost optimization strategies while ensuring alignment with MUFG standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
• Lead resolution efforts for highly complex and business-critical infrastructure challenges through collaboration, governance, and executive decision-making
• Analyze operational, risk, and audit trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and infrastructure enhancement
• Define and evolve the long-term enterprise network and voice architecture strategy in collaboration with stakeholders, partners, and business leaders
• Champion innovation initiatives, proof-of-concept evaluations, and emerging technology adoption strategies that support future business requirements
• Embed information security, resiliency, regulatory compliance, and risk management principles into infrastructure governance, operational processes, and organizational culture

EDUCATION:

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

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:

• New York / New Jersey: $200k – $280k

depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus 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.

Our hybrid work schedule is four days on-site and work remotely one day per week.

MUFG Benefits Summary

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.