Global IT Delivery Lead

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Job details

Company overview

We specialize in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of medical and scientific equipment. We are particularly renowned for our expertise in fields such as endoscopy and digital camera technology. We prioritize quality and innovation in our products, playing a crucial role in the medical and research sectors. Furthermore, we tailor solutions to meet the needs of our customers, providing support to medical and research institutions worldwide.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Delivery Roadmap
  • Work collaboratively with the technical lead (e.g., Lead Engineer, Solution Architect), the 'voice of the customer' (e.g., Product Owner, Business Relationship Manager) and central IT portfolio management to ensure roadmaps strike the right balance between business delivery, technology enablement and operations work in terms of scope, timeline and budget.
  • Provide guidance to the delivery team to ensure initiatives are well-defined and ready to work on.
• Delivery Management
  • Manage the operational aspects of the delivery team, ensuring financial, risk, legal, security and other compliance requirements are met.
  • Work with the delivery team to ensure completed features get into the production environment and into the hands of stakeholders.
  • Maximize the flow of value delivered, systematically measuring, and removing impediments, and ensuring a metrics-focused approach to measure objective realization and performance.
  • Ensure supplier performance, including alignment with the organization’s ways of working and values, assessing performance and fostering strong relationships that encourage continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Empower and coach teams in their ways of working and to realize value in the best way possible.
  • Share insights that help improve productivity, leveraging knowledge of software delivery methods, Agile principles and methods, project management approaches, and industry best practices.
• Communications and Stakeholder Management
  • Enhance communication and build trusting relationships across teams to align roadmaps, coordinate initiatives, manage risks and compliance responsibilities.
  • Provide key insights to stakeholders on the progress of an initiative or feature from inception to delivery and into production, including visibility to development efforts and value metrics.
• People Management
  • Lead, motivate, develop, and appraise team members so that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard and meets the current and future needs of the business.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• English Level: Advanced Business level (Daily communication with Global IT team)
• Japanese Level: Fluent (Daily communication with local team/stakeholders)
• Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience and have in-depth knowledge of Sales process within a global/large company.
• Experience in Salesforce. com (Sales cloud) systems
• Work experience in the IT environment with a broad understanding of a wide variety of applications and technical capabilities, and how those varied solutions can support the organization’s strategic goals.
• Experience in project/product/platform management.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a line management or technical leadership role.
• Demonstrable business and tech　acumen.
• Detail orientated.

Preferred qualifications:

• Understanding of Agile and lean methodologies as well as Business domain expertise.
• Broad understanding of IT topics such as (e.g., cloud products and platforms, micro-service architectures, automation, and API integration)

Salary

11 - 15 million yen

Location

Tokyo