Project Manager | Fin-tech Venture Company

【ABOUT THE COMPANY】

The company is a technology company that develops investment management and trading solutions. Combining cutting-edge technology with financial know-how, they deliver sophisticated products that meet the high standards of clients.

■Products
　AlpacaTech Investment Management
　AlpacaTech Asset Allocation (AAA)
　AlpacaTech Index Service (AIS)
　AlpacaTech Flow

■Research
　AlpacaTechFX Short-term Forecasts

【About the Company】
The company is a technology company that combines expertise from a variety of industries to enable clients to actually use the latest technology for their business.

【JOB DESCRIPTION】

The company is one of Asia's leading AI FinTech firms that leverages cutting-edge AI to establish a wide range of solution technologies for asset management, trading, and market making, providing clients with a competitive edge over the financial industry.
It provides short- and long-term forecasting signals on a wide range of assets and asset allocation recommendations to investment managers.

The company's groundbreaking technology has already attracted the attention of major banks and financial institutions in Japan and around the world, and has established long-term partnerships with them.
As a startup developing financial services utilizing AI and big data technology, the company will continue to create cutting-edge products with a customer experience that meets the highest standards of the financial industry and a development and operation system with a global pool of talented people.

【Recruitment Background】
The company is looking for someone who can communicate closely with internal stakeholders as well as with a team of talented engineers, and lead each project while proposing business strategies.

【Responsibilities】
You will be responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects.
In this position, you will ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget and meet the scope of project requirements and quality standards.
You will facilitate clear communication with stakeholders and work to manage risk and resolve issues.
Additionally, you will assume the dual role of Business Analyst in this position and will be responsible for understanding customer and internal needs and executing recommendations and plans for system requirements.
In this role, you will focus on improving business processes, optimizing requirements management, and working with the technical team to increase operational efficiencies and maximize business value.

Specifically:
Proposed project timeline, budget, and resources

2. Team Management:
- Lead project teams, assign responsibilities, and monitor processes
- Ensure efficient use of resources to achieve project goals

3. Progress monitoring and reporting:
- Report project progress and status to stakeholders on a regular basis
- Evaluate project health using KPIs and other metrics

4. Business analysis:
- Lead meetings with internal stakeholders to analyze business needs
- Propose and build solutions

5. Risk management:
- Identify, evaluate, and propose plans to mitigate project risks
- Respond promptly to risks as they arise and work toward resolution

6. Quality management:
- Develop processes and procedures to assure the quality of deliverables for the project
- Perform quality assurance activities to ensure standards are met

8. Transformation management
- Evaluate change requests and analyze impact on the project
- Develop strategies to minimize negative impact on the project

9. Closing:
- Review deliverables at project completion and perform appropriate handover
- Post-project review to identify areas for future improvement

【Scope of Change】
Business as defined by the company

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【 Working time 】

Flextime System

【 Welfare 】

・20 days/year with pay
(For employees joining between January and June: 5 days are granted on the date of joining, and 15 days are granted after the probationary period; for employees joining between July and December: 5 days are granted on the date of joining, and 5 days are granted after the probationary period)

・Learning platform coursera available
(online bachelor's and master's degrees available at reduced tuition fees)

【MUST】
- 3-5 years of experience in project management
- Experience in engineering management
- Familiarity with cloud-based information systems
- Effective communication and negotiation skills
- Familiarity with project management tools (MS Project, JIRA, Asana)
- Knowledge of risk management, change management, and quality management
- Business level English and Japanese language skills

【WANT】
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent
- Knowledge of PMBOK is preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or related field
-Remote work is available, but access to Tokyo is required for client support and other activities.