Vice President, Head of Murex Development

MUFG Securities EMEA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial group is seeking a Murex Development Team Lead in Greater London. The role involves managing a small team and ensuring timely delivery of enhancements for the Murex application. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience on the Murex platform, strong leadership qualities, and the ability to manage stakeholder relationships. This full-time position offers opportunities for personal development and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of subject matter expertise on the Murex platform.
• Proven track record of leading a development team.
• Strong understanding of front-to-back operations in trading.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations and delivery of enhancements to Murex.
• Liaise with stakeholders to prioritize needs.
• Report on development progress using dashboards.

Skills

Leadership

Murex Platform Expertise

Derivative Products Knowledge

Excellent Interpersonal Skills

Conflict Management

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is one of the world’s leading financial groups, headquartered in Tokyo with a global network of approximately 350 years of history. We serve over 150,000 employees across 2,300 offices in more than 50 countries, delivering services in commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management and leasing. MUFG’s culture values integrity, responsibility, and sustainable growth, and we are committed to providing employees with talent, technology, and tools that empower career ownership and meaningful impact.

Role Overview

The Murex Development Team Lead supports MUFG’s EMEA Trading Platforms team by managing a small team of approximately five developers. The role focuses on day‑to‑day operations and the delivery of small enhancements to the Murex application used across multiple MUFG entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaising with business and technology stakeholders to agree priorities across business streams.
• Assigning development resources to meet stakeholder demands.
• Reviewing incoming development requests to ensure sufficient context and requirements are provided.
• Tracking and communicating development progress and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Reporting on development progress through management information dashboards.
• Ensuring the team is fully resourced and that resources are appropriate to the development role.
• Promoting personal development of team resources and reviewing team procedures for growth and efficiencies.
• Working with Murex BAU and Murex FO support teams to maintain a consistent and manageable delivery framework.

Skills and Experience

• Proven track record in leading and managing a development team servicing FO, PRO OPS, FIN, and IDM across international regions.
• High proficiency in derivative products booking methodologies, lifecycle events, and product features across rates, credit, equity, and FX derivatives.
• Detailed knowledge of the Murex application.
• Strong understanding of second‑line support teams and how the development team assists when required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of front‑to‑back operations supporting Sales & Trading, including market risk, credit risk, product control, and operations.
• Excellent understanding of system interfaces (JMS, MQ, JSON, XML) and experience interfacing with electronic trading platforms and back‑office systems.
• Operational knowledge of regulatory reporting obligations such as Dodd‑Frank, EMIR, MiFID, and Uncleared Margin.

Personal Requirements

• Strong leadership qualities with the ability to inspire and evangelize change.
• 5+ years of SME experience on the Murex platform, leading a distributed development team to deliver international platform initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, influential decision‑making, and consensus building.
• Track record of developing and promoting talent through feedback and guidance.
• Strategic approach to delivery, articulating and implementing vision/strategy.
• Results‑driven, accountable, and able to operate well under pressure with urgency.
• Effective conflict management and ability to de‑escalate disagreements.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected, and heard. We support equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment and employment and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief, and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non‑discriminatory manner in accordance with the law and our commitments to identify the right skills for the right role.

Employment Type: Full‑time  Experience: Years  Vacancies: 1