Senior Digital Project Manager with Japanease

In this role, you will be helping lead the charge toward a more Agile and collaborative working environment at Nitro. You will be reporting to the Operations Director, and managing a nearshore team of developers, as well as liaising closely with the Client Services, Creative and Commercial teams. You will oversee the work of a more junior Project Manager, and have a access to Project support staff.

The successful candidate will attend client meetings, with the Account Manager, in a technical capacity and provide the first point of contact for technical queries. A professional manner is essential, as is the ability to think on your feet. Ideally, we also want some experience of the creative side of the business: functional design, having a view on a well designed site or app, etc.

We use a mix of project management processes, increasing the use of Agile methods where we can. You will become part of the team driving this transition.

Primary responsibilities:

• Gather and confirm requirements from the client at the project initiation stage.
• Turn clients’ requirements into a project specification and user stories.
• The desire to seek to add value to each and every project
• Together with the QA Manager, develop test plans and definitions of acceptability
• Be accountable and responsible for the end-to-end process for your project deliverables.
• Identify and ensure that the appropriate resources are assigned to your projects.
• You would be working US hours so need to expect to work 3pm to 11pm on daily basis
• Assist the Account Managers and clients by providing technical advice
• Work with the Creative team, having input on overall creative brief, but also have UX and creative eye.
• Be responsible for ensuring all work delivered to the Account Manager, or client is of the highest possible quality.
• You may be required to travel within the UK or elsewhere to meet with clients.
• You can think creatively and add value to each of your projects.

Requirements:

• fluent in Japanese

Eligible from day one:

• Private Medical Healthcare  (Medicover)
• Life Insurance (ING)
• MyBenefit 
• Everyday office fruit supply 
• English classes at work
• Lunch provided if working US hours
• Additional remuneration for working from 5pm ranging from +50% till 6pm, +100% from 6 to 8 pm and +150 from 10pm  
• Relocation package

These last 3 are allocated upon completion of 3-month probation:

• Company profit share 
• Growth Share options  
• Production Bonus