Jobs in Japan
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
PaypayPayPay is seeking a PMO team member to join a vibrant multi-disciplined team. The team’s main responsibility is to oversee PayPay’s engineering team’s project portfolio. Within the team each member is assigned to one, or more, PayPay product lines and is required to roll up their sleeves and directly manager large complicated projects and also those need an extra bit of help. The PMO team’s motto is ‘not just a spare pair of hands’; keeping this in mind, each member is expected to add value as well as create value by identifying opportunities for improvement in operational practices. Key responsibilities include utilising existing dashboards to understand the product portfolio; managing strategically important programs and projects; managing and supporting quarterly product roadmap planning and execution; providing regular progress reports to management; contributing new ideas and enhancements to working practices; training and developing the project management skills of the wider team within PayPay; and rolling out company initiatives to assigned product lines. The PMO team offers the opportunity to collaborate with a highly diverse, multinational team in a global-standard workplace, gain experience at project, program, and portfolio levels, work in a dynamic team, find career satisfaction through personal growth, and deliver the impossible.
- At least 5 years of project management experience - At least 3 years of program management experience - Exposure to portfolio management - Experience managing large-scale, complex projects - Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, computer science, mathematics, or an equivalent field - PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management/PMO certification - Systematic and disciplined approach utilising established methodologies - Working knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Project and JIRA - Japanese (native language) - English (conversational-level)
- Experience working for large scale projects and programs - Exposure to multi-year projects and programs - Experience working in a multinational team - Hands on technical knowledge within the FinTech domain - Data centric approach to project management - Ability to see patterns in data - Forward thinking
- Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment; can be used from the date of hire) - Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment), which can be used for illnesses, injuries, or hospital visits involving the employee, family members, or pets - Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance) - 401K - Translation/Interpretation support - VISA sponsor + Relocation support
