DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:

• Facilitates or manages mid-to-large regional and global projects including planning, execution and transition.
• Responsible for project oversight, governance, and status reporting.
• Manages day-to-day logistics of assigned projects, scope and associated tasks. Negotiates authority to move projects forward ensuring timely decisions.
• Identifies, analyses, defines, and coordinates stakeholder needs and translates them into functional requirements.
• Establishes, communicates, and manages appropriate project scope change management procedures.
• Anticipates and identifies potential problems or risks and presents alternative solutions.
• Creates, updates, and maintains all documentation related to the projects including charters, work plans, timelines, issue/risk logs and budgets.
• Conducts comparison processes to identify and develop process improvements; provides recommendations on next steps and manages deliverables.
• Provides subject matter expertise, guidance and design support to the organization.
• Identifies and facilitates systematic improvements through project management best practices.
• Trains and mentors less experienced staff.
• (Optional) Bilingual: Provides written and verbal English and Japanese translations, as needed.