Technical Project Manager

Job Description

Appealing Points:

• High Compensation Role: Annual salary of 8 million yen and above, offering a competitive package for experienced project managers.
• High-Responsibility Position: Take ownership of entire projects including client communication, budgeting, scheduling, and team leadership.
• Global Career Development: Utilize both Japanese and English skills in a global delivery environment, particularly in the insurance and financial sectors.

Annual Salary:  8 million and above

Job discription:

• Achieve the project goals of Budget, Schedule and Quality/Scope.
• Single point of customer communication in daily issue management, weekly status reporting, monthly sponsorship reporting.
• Create overall project schedule and participate in or review the project estimations. Maintain the project schedule and budget.
• Understand and manage technical requirements and overcome technical issues.
• Lead a small onsite team - participate in mentoring, hiring, conflict resolution. Perform team appraisals.
• Assist the sales team in identifying and leveraging new business opportunities.
• All the above will be done in Agile or Hybrid Agile model.

Qualifications:

• Strong (near-native) Japanese skills, with business-level English skills.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 15 years of experience in Information Technology.
• Japanese citizens and those authorized to work in Japan are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
• At least 8 years of experience in customer-facing project management on technical IT project

Preferred

• At least 8 years of experience in hands-on technical project work.
• PMP /Agile Certified Practitioner or similar qualification.
• Experience in insurance, banking and finance.
• Strong (near-native) Japanese skills, with business-level Japanese skills.
• Experience in Agile or Hybrid Agile
• Experience as Scrum Master
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in software development life cycle
• Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
• Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment

Japanese Language: Native-level Japanese speaker and Business level English

About Company:

This company has been certified as the “best employer” in 2020 by the “Top Employers Institute” which recognizes outstanding employers.
A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing, and next-generation services. With approximately 180,000 employees worldwide, the company helps clients in more than 50 countries stay ahead of the competition. Through the co-creation of innovative solutions, they help companies transform and thrive in an ever-changing world.
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