AddressBridge Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the external vendor team in India and in-house engineers to promote technology knowledge/development transfer from the Japanese vendor.
- Ensure smooth communication between the Japanese vendor and the Indian development team including technical perspective.
- Understand project requirements and objectives and provide appropriate direction and advice to both teams.
- Precisely manage project schedules and regularly evaluate progress and quality.
- Anticipate risks and issues, develop appropriate countermeasures, and promptly respond to problems and incidents.
- Coordinate with relevant teams to understand project requirements and goals, and provide appropriate instructions.
Skills & Eligibility:
- Excellent skills in both Japanese and English.
- Japanese : more than N3
- Experience in managing system development projects, particularly in coordinating multiple teams.
- Experience in development using vendors, particularly in India, is desirable.
- Practical experience in project quality management and risk assessment.
- Clear communication skills and a track record of team collaboration
- Knowledge and experience in software development
- Deep understanding, particularly in our tech stack (PHP, Laravel, JavaScript, React, etc.).
Good to Have:
- Experience in cross-cultural projects, particularly between teams in India and Japan.
- IT-related certifications (PMP, Prince2, etc.).
- Practical experience in team building and talent development.
- A passion for and interest in the education field and human growth.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and small 0-1 phase teams.
- Willingness to take on the challenge of 0-1 phase journey like as Seed/ Series round.
- An ability to work with a sense of end-to-end ownership
- Work as part of the founding team and the counterparts in Japan to align on business priorities.
- Needs to be proficient with Agile development
- Experience in building an in-house development
- Experience on LMS Web Services.
- Proficient understanding of Project managing tools
