Job description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a team responsible for monitoring, analyzing, designing, and developing applications. This role involves maintaining, supporting, and upgrading existing systems to ensure seamless business operations. The successful candidate will manage development projects to align with the company’s business requirements and collaborate with various departments to identify their software needs.

Responsibilities:

  1. Create and execute project work plans, revising as necessary to accommodate changing needs.
  2. Lead complex projects requiring expertise in Java, Azure, and cloud-native applications.
  3. Apply excellent experience in relevant areas to visualize solutions and anticipate potential issues.
  4. Communicate effectively with stakeholders, business units, and development teams to ensure quality outcomes.
  5. Manage effective software development methodologies and tools.
  6. Oversee both internal and third-party development/delivery teams, including onsite and offshore resources.
  7. Deliver multi-channel customer experience initiatives on the PaaS platform.
  8. Engage actively in all phases and levels of the delivery process.
  9. Leverage Agile methodologies for development and delivery.
  10. Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills in a dynamic work environment.
  11. Identify necessary resources and assign individual responsibilities.
  12. Review team deliverables before handover to other teams.
  13. Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures.
  14. Identify and manage project risks and issues.

Requirements

Requirements:

  • Experience:
    • 12+ years in Project Management and application development.
    • 7+ years managing Java & Microservice projects.
    • Minimum 5+ years leading a development team.
  • Skills:
    • Bilingual with strong communication skills (native-level Japanese and business-level English).
    • Strong customer-facing and communication abilities.
    • Familiarity with established PMO processes and managing 3rd party implementation vendors.
    • Thorough understanding of OOP, design patterns, and enterprise application integration.
    • Strong background in Service-Oriented Architecture and integration.
    • Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
    • Experience designing and developing highly scalable APIs and services for web and mobile clients.
    • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
    • Proficient with cloud services, particularly Azure.
    • Strong understanding of UX/UI, Microservices, Spring Boot, JavaScript, ReactJS, and NodeJS.
    • Experience with Agile Project Methodologies.
    • Experience working with both onshore and offshore development teams and vendor management.

Job details

Job type
Full time
Job category
IT
Job location
Tokyo
Salary
¥15,000,000 ~ ¥18,600,000
Wage details
26% bonus included
Language requirement
English (Business advanced), Japanese (Business)
Industry
Financial: Insurance
Working hours
9:00 - 17:00
Probation period
3 months

About the company

Our client is a leading multinational insurance company with more than 60,000 employees worldwide.


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