What You Will Do:
- Build and develop the project team to ensure maximum performance, by providing purpose, direction, and motivation.
- Lead projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, resource estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation.
- Coordinate internal and external resources to ensure that projects adhere to scope, schedule, and budget.
- Ensure compliance with quality standards and continuously improve project management processes.
- Report project outcomes and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to project work plan.
What We Are Looking For:
- Education:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
- Experience:
- 5+ years project manager work experience.
- Software development experience.
- Communication & leadership skills:
- Native or fluent Japanese (N1 level) together with business level English skills.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Problem-solving skills:
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
- Structured thinker with a passion for problem-solving.
Nice to Have:
- Consulting firm work experience.
- Additional qualifications, such as a doctorate or MBA.
- Professional certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.
- Experience in cloud-based solutions (e.g. AWS or equivalent).
- Several years of experience as a Scrum Master, ideally in large agile projects or scaled frameworks (e.g. SAFe or equivalent).
- Experience in working with agile metrics, KPIs and tools such as Jira.