Product Owner Team manager/ Transformation Div.

【Background/ 背景】

【Position Summary/ 役職概要】

The Head of Product Management will bring strong product management experience to the organization and collaborate with top management to learn, adopt and evangelize the product operating model. They will have a passion and talent for coaching and developing people to succeed in a product organization.

This person will have a passion for the product operating model. They will have a proven track record of working in a product organization. They will understand what it takes to build an organization that understands and prioritizes customer needs and enables product teams to solve those customer problems.

The Head of Product Management will work closely with our product management talent and the change organization to assess the current level of maturity. They will help define and execute plans to transform our organization to the product operating model. All Product Owners and Product Management COE members will have a reporting line to this person. They will develop individual coaching and development plans for all Product Owners and Managers. Such plans would include training, coaching, performance assessment, mission & objectives validation, portfolio alignment, benefit review, and organization structure adjustment as needed.

【Key Accountabilities/ 主な責務】

• Hire, coach and develop Product Owner talent.
• Lead the Product Management COE team
• Help design and implement the to-be agile product organization
• Responsible for improvement of the Agile Maturity
• Develop and Support the agile way of working to improve their maturity toward business agility
• Act as an Agile Ambassador by developing and promoting Agile Best Practices 
• Continuously drive improvements in the agile processes/events and develop/deliver training to build best practices.
• Build Tools and Dashboard to monitor and report on the maturity improvement.

【Skills, Knowledge, Experience/ 技術、知識、経験】

• Proven practical experience as a Product Manager/Product Owner.
• Knowledge of product development aspects such as customer and product discovery, design, and delivery.
• Knowledge of data, analytics tools and techniques to help understanding of market environment, customer behavior etc.
• Track record of successful Agile Transformation experience
• Demonstrated capability for problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking.
• Proven track record of developing and educating staff via training and coaching
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with stakeholders from all levels
• The presents and ability to network and influence stakeholders, with clear communication and relationship skills
• Ability to understand the big picture and how each of our products contribute
• Ability to challenge, with high levels of ownership, organizational skills, and attention to detail
• Bilingual English and Japanese

【Personal Attributes】

• Energetic and positive in attitude; can do mentality to all task; dynamic and flexible
• Ability to deal with conflicting situations
• Able to work independently in a timely manner
• Good communicator at all organizational levels – clear, concise, and personable
• Handles well in high stress situations and tight timelines
• Team Player

【Treatment】
Band Level : G18
Open Position Number : 1

Reporting To: Transformation Division Manager
Employment Status: Permanent
Expectation Start date : ASAP 

【Work Location】

Tokyo Head Office

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