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プロジェクトマネージャー/ Project Manager

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A global IT services company is looking for a Project Manager. The selected candidate will lead large-scale application development projects, ensuring successful delivery, stakeholder alignment, and effective risk management. This is a hybrid role.

Responsibilities:

  • Plan and drive large-scale application development projects
  • Prepare project proposals, schedules, and governance documents, and report to management
  • Manage the full project lifecycle, including launch, planning, requirements definition, design, development, testing, release, and operational migration
  • Coordinate and build consensus with business units and stakeholders in Japan
  • Collaborate with architects, development teams, and delivery partners
  • Lead risk management, issue management, decision support, and project governance
  • Manage projects across multiple vendors and teams
  • Manage quality, cost, and schedule, and provide leadership to drive project success

Requirements:

  • 5-10 years of project management experience in large-scale application development projects
  • Experience driving projects in environments involving multiple vendors and teams
  • Experience negotiating with and reporting to executives and senior stakeholders
  • Fluent-level Japanese; basic level English

Preferred Requirements:

  • Project experience in the life insurance or financial industry
  • Experience in enterprise transformation or large-scale system implementation projects
  • IT background, with the ability to hold technical discussions with architects and development teams
  • Experience delivering projects using Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies
  • Experience working in large corporate environments with strict governance and compliance requirements
  • Experience driving client projects as an IT service partner

About the Company:

A multinational information technology services, business solutions and consulting company, this organisation is among the world’s largest and most successful providers of IT services. With a network of operations spanning the globe and a workforce comprised of hundreds of thousands of individuals, this company is a giant in the industry.

Keywords:

プロジェクト管理, IT, テクノロジー, 外資系

Job Ref: ONP9WW

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Information Technology

Focus: Project Management

Industry: IT

Salary: ¥10,000,000 - ¥15,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Mid Management

Language: Japanese - Native

Second Language: English - Basic

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: ONP9WW-17D90332

Date posted: 22 October 2026

Consultant: Jady Park