Job Title:

Project Manager

Job Description:

About Dentsu

Led by Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004), a pure holding company established on January 1, 2020, the Dentsu Group encompasses two operational networks: dentsu japan network, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations in Japan, and dentsu international, its international business headquarters in London, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations outside of Japan.
 

With a strong presence in approximately 145 countries and regions across five continents and with 65,000 dedicated professionals, the Dentsu Group provides a comprehensive range of client-centric integrated communications, media and digital services through its five leadership brands—Carat, dentsu X, iProspect, Dentsu Creative, and Merkle—as well as through Dentsu Japan Network companies, including Dentsu Inc., the world’s largest single brand agency with a history of innovation. The Group is also active in the production and marketing of sports and entertainment content on a global scale.

www.dentsu.com

About Dentsu Creative

Dentsu Creative operates in over [21] markets worldwide with more than [2,200] dedicated specialists. Bringing together our Japanese heritage in craft, data and technology, and our deep understanding of media and contemporary culture, Dentsu Creative is a new global creative agency. Born in Japan, raised in a digital world. We help transform brands and business through the power of Modern Creativity: which creates culture, changes society and invents the future and is accelerated by our deep specialist expertise in digital experience, earned attention and entertainment.

Position: Project Manager

Responsibilities

- Efficiently manage full-lifecycle of projects including business requirements, project planning, implementation, monitor and control, risk handling, project roll-out and customer validation to ensure a streamlined process

- Forecast and utilise project resources in an efficient manner to ensure project is delivered on time, within scope and budget

- Create/edit specific customer documents with high standardization including functional specifications for customers, high level technical specifications for developers, UAT testing plan, etc - Find efficient and practical solutions to given requirements which closely adhere to programming and testing standards, accuracy and creativity

- Give professional guidance and appropriate support to project teams during development of projects and the final validation

- Manage and monitor project team to ensure enhanced work efficiency, high motivation and good team spirit

- Collaborate with quality control team, project team to manage and optimise UAT phase ensuring project issues or bugs are sorted, and satisfactory client’s feedback as well

- Take responsibility of quality of the project by guaranteeing all project functions are flawless and validating delivery of the project meticulously, ensuring smooth project go-live

- Communicate with customer effectively and promptly in kick-off meeting, specifications validation, follow-up meetings, UAT validation to meet customers needs

- Give sufficient support to customers to meet customers satisfaction by answering customers inquires, resolving matters and complaints

Requirements

- Strong experience in web project management process

- Experience with e-commerce solutions (especially Magento, demandware, hybris) is desirable

- Programming Skills of Object Oriented PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Ajax and optimizing MySQL

- Good managerial skills to manage project team members

- A good team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Strong Analytical skills and organizational skills to make decisions and to deliver high standard assigned tasks

- Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification

- PMP Certificate is a plus

- Good command of English