Lead Consultant

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Job details

Company overview

We are a company that verifies the safety and conducts evaluations and certifications of products. Our main business includes product safety testing and certification, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing and evaluation, factory inspection, and labeling services. Our mark, with over 110 years of history, is one of the most recognized safety certification marks among consumers in the United States. As new technologies emerge in products, consumer awareness of safety increases. We rigorously check these products and provide evaluations and certifications to ensure consumer safety. We continue to expand into new fields such as fuel cells and solar power generation, anticipating further growth. The mark we provide for certified products is widely adopted by many states and municipalities in the United States, playing a crucial role in product sales. Moreover, this mark is widely recognized by consumers as a symbol of quality and safety, indicating that the product has been recognized for its safety and reliability.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Serves as a recognized expert and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline and broad knowledge of other job disciplines within the Business Unit or Function.
• Employs in-depth specialized conceptual and practical expertise regarding relevant theory, practice, and procedures relevant to consulting disciplines. Uses this knowledge to lead customer programs and broaden capabilities of the organization.
• Capable to address unique problems facing the business and/or the client from a position of expertise.
  • Relevant consulting disciplines according to this job description include, but are not limited to
  • Automotive Spice
  • CMMI
  • Functional Safety
  • Agile/Safe frameworks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Related topics in the field of mobility and critical systems development
• Contributes to development of strategy for the business or function. 
• Plays a program leadership role including leadership of large and complex programs and/or program teams, including accountability for on-going activities or objectives.
• Acts as a resource and source of guidance, counsel and expertise for colleagues with less experience
• Acts as a source of authoritative presentation including active delivery of client training events. Presents findings and summaries in the field of relevant consulting disciplines to both internal/company teams and external client teams.
• Capable to lead the development and preparation of materials and presentation of materials to target audiences.
• Serve in thought-leadership roles in the technical community, as contributor to engineering organizations such as technical standards committees, organizing committees, engineering societies and related chapters or regional organizations, technical conferences, and related positions
• Represents the company in technical and industry events by taking a lead role in the publication of articles, presentation of findings, and dissemination of knowledge to the technical community.
• Manages the communication of difficult or sensitive information to clients, peers, managers and other stakeholders. 
• Works collaboratively to change points of view and sway stakeholders, including senior experts within the company and within the client organization, to achieve positive outcomes in complex and challenging situations.
• Serves as a mentor to more junior colleagues.
• Leads projects and/or projects with a notable importance, size, risk and/or complexity; develops the strategy for project execution
• Leads business development efforts by leading and authorizing the definition of Statements of Work (SOWs) and providing budgetary estimates and full proposals for client-funded projects. 
• Leverage industry experience and network to win projects and build the business.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the business by providing technical and market expertise to management planning and report-out activities.
• Contribute to client programs by interacting regularly with clients in technical program meetings and project reviews. 
• Address client concerns and to resolve client issues. Provide technical assistance to clients in reference to Consulting and related technical fields. Projects may include regular travel to client sites and to other company locations.
• Contribute to verification reviews or other technical review activities as directed. May represent the company at industry related functions such as seminars and trade shows.
• Communicate project status and results to clients through frequent contact and by preparing reports.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment.
• Integrate continuous improvement and safety culture in all aspects of the job.
• Read and follow the company's Code of Conduct and follow all physical and digital security practices.
• Performs other duties as directed.
• None of the foregoing information in any way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• University Degree in consulting-relevant field such as Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant fields as deemed appropriate to the consulting business.
• 8 or more years of experience required
• Three or more certifications; and/or expert-level certification, in relevant consulting disciplines; for example Certified Competent Aspice Trainer, UL-Certified Functional Safety Expert, and similar certifications
• Detailed knowledge of the technical vocabulary common to the appropriate discipline.

Salary

8 - 12 million yen

Location

Tokyo