Project Manager Large scale Application Development for the Insurance Industry

Job Description

Appealing Points

• Lead large-scale application development projects with high business impact for a major financial and insurance company
• Gain a strong business perspective through communication with management and senior leaders, and advanced project management experience in a multi-vendor, multi-team environment
• Drive projects end-to-end from requirements definition to operational migration, with a path to program manager or delivery leader roles overseeing even larger projects

Annual Salary: 8 Million Yen and above

Job Description

This position involves leading a large-scale application development project for a major financial and insurance company. You will be responsible for communicating with management and senior stakeholders, driving a complex and large-scale system development project from planning to release.

The project is a large-scale application development and transformation project for a client in the financial and insurance industry. You will oversee the entire project, from requirements definition, design, development, testing and release to operational migration, in collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders and vendors. You will play a crucial role in connecting business and IT, not only ensuring project success, but also building consensus with management and business units, controlling risk and promoting governance.

Job Responsibilities

• Planning and driving large-scale application development projects
• Creating project plans, schedules and governance documents, and reporting to management
• Overseeing project initiation, planning, requirements definition, design, development, testing, release and operational migration
• Coordination and consensus building with business divisions and stakeholders in Japan
• Collaboration and promotion with architects, development teams and delivery partners
• Promotion of risk management, issue management, decision support and project governance
• Project management in an environment involving multiple vendors and teams

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience in large-scale application development projects
• Experience managing projects in environments with multiple vendors and teams
• Experience negotiating and reporting with management and senior stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Project experience in the life insurance or financial industry
• Experience in enterprise transformation projects or large-scale system implementation projects
• IT background enabling technical discussions with architects and development teams
• Experience managing projects using Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid development methodologies
• Experience working in large corporate environments with strict governance and compliance requirements
• Experience managing customer-facing projects as an IT service partner

Language Required: Fluent level Japanese (JLPT N1 and above) and Conversational level English.

Company Description

The group is a global enterprise headquartered in India. The group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents with a mission 'To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long-term stakeholder value creation based on Leadership with Trust'​.

Sixty-six percent of the equity of  Sons, the promoter holding company, is held by philanthropic trusts, thereby returning wealth to society. The name has been respected in India for 150 years for its adherence to strong values and business ethics.

The companies of the group employ the best and finest, strengthened by a culture of ethics and integrity. Today we stand strong at 702,454 employees.