We are looking for a skilled Project Manager to help us expand Track, a platform that helps companies evaluate and train technical engineering skills.
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.
Requirements
- 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 Japanese
- If you have a Certified Scrum Master qualification, N2 level Japanese is acceptable
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- 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
Compensation
7 to 10 million JPY annually.