Staff Technical Project Manager

Job title: Staff Technical Project Manager

About the Role The PMO (Staff Technical Project Manager) provides leadership to ensure the steady execution of client-facing consulting, program design, and operational transformation projects for major healthcare institutions in Japan. You will work closely with a consulting team that includes project managers, analysts, and data integrators, supporting them in delivering successful outcomes for clients.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with business and functional partners and technology leadership in specifying requirements
• Drive technology discussion and strategy in line with business needs
• Define execution plan and approach based on project scope, expected timeline and available budget/resources
• Facilitate convergence of functional and technical knowledge
• Work with technical team often comprising of members of separate organizations to coordinate day-to-day execution as per outlined plan
• Cooperate with and manage external vendors as required
• Ensure pre-defined project management processes and practices are followed. Drive simplification and improvement as necessary
• Support execution team with resolution of roadblocks and interdependencies. Partner with technical and functional teams external to the project to ensure their tasks are completed as required
• Manage project risks, scope changes and other non-standard events throughout the life of the project
• Manage stakeholder communication and progress reporting
• Ensure quality of deliverables is verified and matching stakeholder expectations
• Track project outcomes realization and customer satisfaction levels through established metrics against service level. Ensure lessons learned are collected

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of experience in project management
• Strong team player – collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources
• Applies knowledge to coach and mentor others
• Demonstrated customer focus – evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer, builds strong customer relationships, creates processes with customer viewpoint and partners with customers to help shape their future initiatives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; communicates in a clear and succinct manner and effectively evaluates

Nice to Have

• Strong team player – collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various sources
• Applies knowledge to coach and mentor others
• Demonstrated customer focus – evaluates decisions through the eyes of the customer, builds strong customer relationships, creates processes with customer viewpoint and partners with customers to help shape their future initiatives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills – communicates clearly and effectively