Project Manager

Roles and Responsibilities:

Act as Project Manager and Scrum Master in a diverse, Japanese and English bilingual development team
Define and manage project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
Establish a communication strategy to update stakeholders on the progress of the project
Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs
Perform risk management to mitigate potential threats, optimize opportunities, and safeguard organizational objectives
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, stakeholders, designers, and other development teams to align goals and deliverables
Oversee design, development, and testing to meet quality standards, best practices, and customer requirements
Continuously improve engineering processes and tools for increased efficiency, quality, and overall productivity
Facilitate scrum ceremonies (lead daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)
Identify and remove blockers that impede the development team
Manage communication and expectations with external stakeholders, keeping them informed of progress, risks, and issues
Champion an “agile-first” mentality, building MVPs and iterating accordingly
Foster a positive and vibrant working culture and coach members on best agile practices

Requirements

Application Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have a robust technical project management background, excellent leadership skills, and a proven track record of successfully managing complex projects. This role requires a strong communicator, strategic thinker, with a proven growth mindset

【Must have】:

A minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering projects, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial role
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a culturally diverse team
A proven track record of managing successful projects
Business level proficiency in both English and Japanese

【Nice-to-have】:

Working knowledge of agile and scrum methodologies with a focus of maximizing value output (e.g., minimum viable product)
Professional software engineering experience
Experience building new processes and building project teams from zero