IT Business Manager - Vice President

About the Company

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group headquartered in Tokyo with a 400-year history, offering a diverse range of financial services including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group operates over 130 offices with 80,000 employees worldwide across nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG), the holding company of SMBC Group, is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan and trades on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group serves corporate, institutional, and municipal clients with commercial and investment banking services, leveraging its capital strength and extensive global network. Operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Responsibilities

• Create executive content and populate monthly and quarterly committee decks.
• Send CIO-wide communications (e.g., Volunteer Challenge, All-hands, Org announcements).
• Coordinate with multiple groups in IT, HR, Audit, Risk, and other departments.
• Maintain updated calendars reflecting key events.
• Prepare management presentations with a strong technological background to deliver high-quality content and visuals for senior management.
• Leverage relationships to develop subject matter expertise and facilitate business management responsibilities.
• Work collaboratively with counterparts in other regions or business verticals to share best practices and identify emerging themes.
• Ensure adequate technology representation in Corporate Citizenship initiatives, follow up with leads, and report on status.
• Create and construct materials for all-hands meetings, manage logistics, and screen-sharing of materials.
• Manage newsletter strategy and review content from CIO groups.
• Update, design, and maintain the SharePoint site.
• Manage technology goals and track achievements against annual goals.
• Review inventory of End User Computing (EUC) under IT Business Management and procure sign-off.
• Support consultant onboarding, business continuity, and other corporate-wide initiatives.
• Lead and execute resilience efforts.
• Verify and review changes to the status of IT employees in the Mandatory Time Away (MTA) annual verification.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Finance, Mathematics, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in IT business management or business planning, with at least 7–10 years of total experience.
• Advanced PowerPoint skills with a focus on timely and elegant design of deliverables.
• Ability to work under changing priorities and influence people outside the immediate span of control.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Visio.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification (preferred but not required).
• Business fluency in English.

Work Arrangement

SMBC’s employees participate in a hybrid workforce model, allowing work from home and the office. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, such as FINRA-registered positions requiring full-time in-office attendance.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.