Business Operations Program Manager

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Job details

Company overview

We are a global company advancing the research and development of autonomous driving technology and the development and deployment of new businesses associated with these technologies.
Our primary vision is "Mobility to Love, Safety to Live," aiming to provide autonomous driving technology and advanced, safe systems.
We are also involved in the design of smart cities and the demonstration of connected mobility and robotics technologies. We adopt an agile development approach with a software-first mindset, incorporating next-generation development styles such as global recruitment and using English as our official language.

Responsibilities

As a Business Operations Program Manager, you will partner with the CFO and Global Operations leadership team to propose and define global programs, reporting to CFO. You will establish programs and systems within a high-growth organization. You will drive organization-wide impact.
Main responsibilities:

• You will need to identify areas of improvement, gaps in communication and overall opportunities for kaizen within the Global Operations with little direction. You will proactively propose initiatives/programs to support the CFO and Global Operations leadership team.
  • Track and report yearly objectives' progress. In doing so you will anticipate and take action on risks and issues by partnering with the global leadership team:
  • Define programs required to achieve the yearly objectives within Global Operations and with the other divisions of the company, such as Product & Technology and company management.
  • Identify the cross organizational or cross team topics to bring for discussion with the leadership team and facilitate the bi-weekly leadership meetings
  • Build a solid network within the company to gather and share information relevant to the planning and prioritization of the work of Global Operations
  • Prepare and accomplish the Global Operations quarterly all hands meeting
• Build a culture of strong operational excellence
  • Ensure alignment with our business partners through communication in leading projects
  • Define process improvements and related activities, working with the Global Operations leadership and their teams
• Operational Excellence
  • Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve team performance
  • Transform yet to be defined ideas into reality by proposing concrete plans for implementation
• Program Management
  • Oversee strategic initiatives with skillful oversight and proactive decision-making
  • Facilitate meetings and workshops with planning and coordination
• Other
  • CFO Office / Project Management Office related tasks including but not limited to the event planning and coordination

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Demonstrated skills in program management, communication planning, and strategic planning within global organizations.
• Excellent understanding of key professional areas managed by Global Operations.
• Experience navigating and managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• Proven, successful experience in operational management.
• A strong track record of delivering systems solutions that integrate both logical and physical elements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Japanese.
• Ability to work in a hybrid work environment.
• A balance of strategic thinking and attention to detail.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5+ years experience engaging with executives
• Project Management certifications such as PMP, Six Sigma are plus but not required

Salary

6 - 16 million yen

Location

Tokyo