IT Project Manager/Lead

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Job details

Company overview

Our client is a foreign life insurance company that is part of one of the world's largest global financial groups and has a long history in the Japanese market. Since its entry into the Japanese market in the 1990s, we have been providing comprehensive financial services through its affiliated companies and focusing on providing innovative products and high quality services under the slogan of “customer centricity” backed by its strong financial base. We focus on providing innovative products and high quality services with a “customer-centric focus” backed by a strong financial base. We aim to contribute to Japanese society and continue to be a trusted partner to our customers.

Responsibilities

The company is seeking to have Information Technology Project Manager who has solid experiences with manage delivered application, infrastructure technology program along with bilingual at across at Japan Business(es). The person serves as the information technology project manager for a group of multiple related small or medium or large projects or of one or more large, high risk, highly visible and highly complex projects.This person will closely proactively work with local business, JPIS colleague and ETS member to deliver time-to-market requirements. 
Main responsibilities 

• Manages and oversees large, long range, or multiple complex projects.
• Develops project scope, cost estimates, human resource requirements, work plans, time schedules, communication plans, and makes work assignments to meet project or program objectives.
• Establishes and monitors program priorities, objectives, and procedures, determining area objectives, targets of service, and resource needs allocation.
• Provides leadership and direction to the functional team so that tasks and activities are coordinated for project scope control, quality control, communication management, change control management, risk management and issue management.
• Functions as a Release Train Engineer in a Scaled Agile Framework environment or equivalent as based on Agile methodology, to direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Functions as a Solutions Train Engineer in a Scaled Agile Framework environment or equivalent as based on Agile methodology, to direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Escalates impediments, manages risk, helps ensure value delivery, and helps drive relentless improvement.
• Develops, establishes, and oversees project prioritization processes that contribute to communicating the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments /Releases.
• Develops and maintains records and composes correspondence relative to work.
• Participates in analysis of IT solutions by tracking the execution of features and capabilities using metrics and escalating and tracking impediments.
• Facilitates project meetings.
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Agile practices and mindsets.
• Serves as a Scrum Master in an Agile environment to direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Facilitates scrum meetings and leads sprint, planning, demo, and retrospective meetings.
• Promotes Scrum adoption. Coaches the Team in Scrum, self-organization, and cross-functionality.
• Using ITIL v3 Framework, manages an Infrastructure Project as a service by directing and coordinating the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Performs transition service including transition planning and support, release/deployment management, service validation and testing, change management, service asset and configuration management, and knowledge management.
• Operates service including event management, incident management, request fulfillment, access management, and problem management.
• Develops, establishes, and oversees project prioritization process.
• Aligns portfolio with client and Japan strategic goals.
• Develops and maintains records, prepares reports, and composes correspondence relative to the work. 
• Coordinates work activities by scheduling staff assignments, setting the work priorities, and directing the work of project resources, (including contractual) in the development of new information technology systems and enhancements to existing systems.
• Directs or participates in the development of documents for service requests.
• Maintains awareness of emerging technologies and project management techniques.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Thorough knowledge of Project Management principles, concepts, and practices.
• Thorough knowledge of system development lifecycle used for the development of new systems and enhancements to existing information systems.
• Thorough knowledge of advanced concepts and basic operating principles of data communications and information systems hardware and software.
• Thorough knowledge of Agile methodology, to direct and coordinate the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Thorough knowledge of current ITIL Framework and the ability to manage an Infrastructure Project as a service by directing and coordinating the day-to-day activities, tasks and deliverables required from the project team according to the project plan.
• Knowledge of systems development lifecycle approaches as they apply to Project Management for the establishment, management and delivery of IT Products and Solutions.
• Ability to coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Agile practices and mindsets.
• Ability to serve as a Scrum Master, facilitate scrum meetings, and lead sprint planning/demo/retrospecitive meetings effectively.
• Ability to transition service including transition planning and support, release/deployment management, service validation and testing, change management, service asset and configuration management, and knowledge management.
• Ability to operate service including event management, incident management, request fulfillment, access.
• Ability to work in a team environment involving matrix organizations.
• Ability to resolve conflicting high-priority requirements.
• Ability to communicate the needs of others effectively.
• Ability to gather and analyze facts, draw conclusions, define problems, and suggest solutions.
• Ability to conduct training and informational sessions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, build consensus, facilitate working sessions, and negotiate solutions and alternatives.
• Ability to maintain favorable public relations and perform problem/issue resolution.

Salary

12 - 14 million yen

Location

Tokyo