[IJDS] Project Manager

Job description

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.
Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
This is a position at IBM Digital Services, Inc. As a project manager, you will lead the smooth management and operation of end-to-end projects from the proposal and planning phase to the conclusion of the project in order to ensure the success of system development, operation, and maintenance projects for clients in various industries such as finance, manufacturing, distribution, and public/utility.
Your primary responsibilities include:
・Lead the project as a representative of the client, internal members, subcontractors, and offshore development members.
・Propose, negotiate, and coordinate with IBM in cooperation with the client by utilizing industry business knowledge and technical expertise.
・As a project manager, coordinate the scope, schedule, cost, etc. with the client, prepare project plans based on the results, and promote the execution of the project.
・Plan and manage the work of members in projects with several to dozen members, and conduct QCD management during project execution.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
・Ability to communicate smoothly in Japanese with clients and project members
・Experience as a project manager.
・Experience in a series of processes in system development (from requirement definition to design, development, and testing).

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

・Working knowledge in specific or multiple industries.
・PMI/PMP or other project management certifications.
・Communication skills with clients and team members.
・English language skills (reading and writing).