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Drive Digital Transformation in Finance | Project Manager

Tokyo 23 Wards Temporary ¥10,000,000 - ¥10,000,000 per year Foreign Multinational Work from Home or Hybrid View Job Description
This role involves leading IT projects for financial institutions by managing schedules, tracking progress, ensuring quality, and maintaining stakeholder communication throughout the project life-cycle. Additionally, it requires securing approvals, preparing documentation, providing regular updates, and aligning project activities with the customer's business strategy to foster long-term collaboration.
  • Lead IT projects for top financial institutions with global impact.
  • Join a well-established globally recognized company with 30+ years in banking IT

About Our Client

A long-established IT service provider specialising in banking and financial services, with over 30 years of experience. Supports financial institutions across 50 countries, offering digital transformation solutions.

Job Description

Plan, execute, and oversee IT projects for financial and consumer finance institutions, ranging from large to small scale.

Manage overall project tracking, scheduling, quality, cost, and report progress to stakeholders.

Responsible for communication with different stakeholders - Business Users, Client IT and operation team, Vendor staff & development team.

Review and prepare project documentation throughout the project life-cycle, and conduct walkthroughs with users/clients.

Understand technical and functional aspects of projects and secure necessary approvals from customers at different levels during the project life-cycle.

Create and share project reports and weekly status updates with different teams.

Gain deep understanding of the customer's business and align project activities with their road map to build trust and long-term relationships.

The Successful Applicant

Experience in project management (Project Manager or Project Lead roles accepted).

Experience with the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and managing large to medium-sized IT development projects.

Skilled in creating documentation, reviewing project artifacts, and project deliverables.

Experience working as a PM or PL in an IT department of a Japanese company (preferably in the financial sector, but not mandatory).

Strong Japanese communication skills for interacting with stakeholders at various levels.

Solid project management skills to handle scope, timelines, resources, milestones, and quality.

Proficient in process management and documentation tools like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

What's on Offer

Competitive salary (10M+ yen/year)

Flat, flexible work environment

Work from home 3 days a week

Working with cutting edge technology

International work environment

Contact
Krisztina Szokolai
Quote job ref
JN-052025-6732112
Phone number
+81366276101

Job summary

Function
IT
Specialisation
Project Management
Specialisation
Technology & Telecoms
Location
Tokyo 23 Wards
Job Type
Temporary
Consultant name
Krisztina Szokolai
Consultant phone
+81366276101
Job Reference
JN-052025-6732112
Company Type
Foreign Multinational
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

Diversity & Inclusion at Michael Page

We don't just accept difference - we celebrate it. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this role and are committed to building inclusive, diverse workplaces where everyone can thrive. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.