Project Manager

Function

Finance

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.   

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth.  We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

Job description

Meet The Team:

Our Team is a Globally based PMO that supports projects across Hitachi Vantara’s Executive Team. The team is part of the Office of the CEO function and collaborates with wider BU stakeholders on various projects in areas such as GTM, Services and Delivery optimization, customer support, business process optimization and other strategic initiatives. The role can be based anywhere Globally, in traditional HV locations, however flexibiility to work with predominantly US based Leaders is preferable, and the individual will report into the PMO Global Lead based in EMEA.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business, international relations, engineering, or related field  

• 5-8 years of progressive experience in project/program management roles, preferably with companies working in the Technology space.
• Advanced ability in 365 Office and Project/Process Tools skills, AI tools skills are also preferable.
• Skilled in the phases of project/program management including stakeholder and change management.
• Excellent organizational skills with an ability to collaborate with cross functional stakeholders in a diverse, hybrid working model.
• Detail-oriented experience with strong stakeholder communications and problem-solving skills, including process improvement.
• Proven ability with task prioritization, time management skills and ability to work independently.
• High level of fluency in English language skills, and another spoken language is ideal, Japanese is a plus.
• Governance Experience-coordination skills and background to support a strong framework for the Executive Team.
• Experience of working in a Sales/Services/ Support background, cross functional experience is also helpful.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with senior leaders and international stakeholders.

• Driving/coordination of Executive level projects, working independently to coordinate senior teams to success.
• Owning and leading multiple projects, with a strong understanding of priorities, including driving the end-to-end process of a project.
• Working in a team of professional project managers that are driving measurable outcomes, including KPI’s.
• Experience/ability to work in a complex and high-performance culture.
• Awareness/Experience of Agile/Waterfall project management
• Awareness/Experience of process management tools
• Foster a culture of innovation, standardization and best practice within the team.
• Performing the role of trusted advisor/SME for Global Teams.

About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.