Job Id : 9101
Posted : 2025-10-08
Industry : Information Technology and Services
Employment Type : Full Time, Permanent
Required Skills : Project Management, pharma, life sciences domain, agile methodologies, idmc, English 2, Japanese JLPT N
City : Tokyo(Hybrid)
State : Tokyo(Hybrid)
Country : Japan
Annual Salary : ¥12,000,000 ~ ¥15,000,000
Job Description
Appealing Points
- Lead high-impact India–Japan pharma programs with cross-border coordination Take ownership of large-scale delivery programs, managing distributed teams and aligning Japan business needs with offshore execution.
- Leverage your expertise in Japan’s pharma ecosystem to drive governance and delivery Utilize in-depth knowledge of NHI pricing, DPC hospital data, IQVIA, and claims datasets to steer critical commercial data initiatives.
- Work in a mature Agile and governance environment with modern tools Gain hands-on experience managing complex programs using JIRA, Confluence, and Smartsheet, while applying best practices in program governance and risk management.
Annual Salary :12 million and above
Job Description
- Establish and manage program governance frameworks for Japan commercial pharma data projects.
- Track and report on program milestones, risks, dependencies, and budgets.
- Conduct regular Steering Committee meetings, preparing dashboards, presentations, and executive summaries for Japan and global leadership.
- Ensure compliance with Japan pharma regulations, NHI pricing rules, and data governance standards.
- Serve as the central liaison between Japan business stakeholders and India-based delivery teams.
- Coordinate across BA, engineering, QA, and functional teams to ensure delivery alignment.
- Facilitate effective communication, requirement hand-offs, and issue escalations between onsite (Tokyo) and offshore (India) teams.
- Monitor sprint velocity, release calendars, and delivery SLAs.
- Maintain and publish program dashboards, RACI matrices, and project trackers.
- Drive risk management and mitigation planning across multi-stream initiatives.
- Support budget tracking, resource allocation, and vendor coordination.
- Ensure timely documentation of meeting minutes, decisions, and action items with 100% traceability.
- Work closely with Japan Pharma stakeholders (commercial, sales ops, IT, compliance) to validate program objectives.
- Manage multi-level stakeholder expectations including Japan business users, global teams, and offshore delivery centers.
- Ensure cultural alignment and effective communication across cross-border teams.
Job Qualification:
- 10+ years of project/program management experience, with at least 4–5 years in Japan pharma commercial projects.
- Proven experience in India–Japan delivery coordination across distributed teams.
- Strong understanding of Japan pharma commercial ecosystem – IQVIA datasets, Veeva CRM, DPC hospital data, NHI pricing, wholesaler and claims datasets.
- Hands-on experience with program governance tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and sprint-based delivery tracking.
- Strong bilingual communication ability (English + Japanese preferred).
Desirable Skills
- PMP / Prince2 / CSM certification.
- Prior experience in data modernization, governance, and analytics programs.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Databricks) in pharma projects.
Japanese Language: Native level Japanese (JLPT N) required and business level English required.
About Company
Company is a global provider of award-winning cloud software and data analytics to the Life Sciences industry. solutions are used to digitally transform the entire product commercialization process, driving sales growth, and improving healthcare outcomes for patients. Our focus is on delivering solutions that help customers complete the journey from Data-to-Insights-to-Action and get superior returns from their sales and marketing investments.