3+ years of project management experience in software development projects (including experience managing multiple projects)
Experience taking responsibility for schedule, quality, requirements, resources, risks, and project profitability (financial management)
Experience in resource coordination and risk management across multiple projects and stakeholders
Experience building relationships with business divisions and clients, understanding business needs, and supporting project reporting and billing/settlement work
Experience collaborating with multiple teams and roles, such as development, product, operations, and design
Understanding of the software development life cycle (several of requirements definition, basic design, detailed design, development, QA/testing, release, and maintenance/operations) and a practical understanding of Agile/Scrum
Ability to discuss technical feasibility and implementation approaches with engineers
Japanese: Business level equivalent to JLPT N1 (advanced speaking and listening; able to accurately understand business context, nuance, and implied intent)
English: Able to communicate effectively in a business environment
People management experience (1-on-1s, goal setting, performance evaluation, career development) and the ability to guide autonomous members without micromanaging
Preferred: Application development experience in any of Ruby on Rails, PHP, Java, C#, Node.js, or Python
Preferred: Experience managing multiple project managers or improving the quality of PM across the organization
Preferred: Experience improving project productivity, efficiency, and development processes
Preferred: Experience in resource management across multiple projects and settlement handling with business divisions
Preferred: Experience designing or improving organizational structures
Preferred: Knowledge and experience in product management (requirement prioritization, collaboration with non-technical business departments)
Preferred: Experience scaling an engineering organization (e.g., from about 30 to 100 members)
Preferred: Experience setting up and operating a development lab (recruitment, management, and development of talent)
Preferred: Experience using AI to improve project management or business processes
Preferred: Practical knowledge and experience of AWS or Google Cloud (GCP)