<h2 data-start="81" data-end="95">Job Summary</h2><p data-start="97" data-end="352">The Senior Manager will be responsible for strengthening and maintaining the IT foundation of the Japan office. This role requires hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibility, with strong depth in a core IT area, preferably infrastructure.</p><p data-start="354" data-end="646">Working in a small team, the position covers both project delivery and daily IT operations. The role collaborates closely with regional and global IT teams, business users, and external service providers to support stable operations and deliver initiatives aligned with broader IT strategies.</p><hr data-start="648" data-end="651" /><h2 data-start="653" data-end="676">Key Accountabilities</h2><ul data-start="678" data-end="1538"><li data-start="678" data-end="820"><p data-start="680" data-end="820">Lead and deliver IT initiatives in the Tokyo office, including infrastructure improvements, system changes, and security-related activities.</p></li><li data-start="821" data-end="892"><p data-start="823" data-end="892">Identify local IT risks and implement appropriate mitigation actions.</p></li><li data-start="893" data-end="989"><p data-start="895" data-end="989">Manage relationships with external service providers to ensure effective delivery and support.</p></li><li data-start="990" data-end="1103"><p data-start="992" data-end="1103">Act as a subject-matter resource in key IT areas, working with business users to provide appropriate solutions.</p></li><li data-start="1104" data-end="1192"><p data-start="1106" data-end="1192">Collaborate with business teams to introduce new technologies that improve efficiency.</p></li><li data-start="1193" data-end="1277"><p data-start="1195" data-end="1277">Support and develop junior IT team members through guidance and knowledge sharing.</p></li><li data-start="1278" data-end="1369"><p data-start="1280" data-end="1369">Maintain IT documentation and ensure compliance with corporate IT and security standards.</p></li><li data-start="1370" data-end="1448"><p data-start="1372" data-end="1448">Support business systems and coordinate with external providers as required.</p></li><li data-start="1449" data-end="1538"><p data-start="1451" data-end="1538">Assist with IT asset management, procurement, invoicing, and general IT administration.</p></li></ul><hr data-start="1540" data-end="1543" /><h2 data-start="1545" data-end="1577">Qualifications and Experience</h2><ul data-start="1579" data-end="2551"><li data-start="1579" data-end="1716"><p data-start="1581" data-end="1716">7+ years of experience in IT roles such as infrastructure, operations, or project delivery, preferably in an international environment.</p></li><li data-start="1717" data-end="1757"><p data-start="1719" data-end="1757">Proven experience leading IT projects.</p></li><li data-start="1758" data-end="1840"><p data-start="1760" data-end="1840">Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure, networking, and cloud-based environments.</p></li><li data-start="1841" data-end="1941"><p data-start="1843" data-end="1941">Basic understanding of information security, IT risk, governance, and third-party risk management.</p></li><li data-start="1942" data-end="1995"><p data-start="1944" data-end="1995">Experience working with external service providers.</p></li><li data-start="1996" data-end="2043"><p data-start="1998" data-end="2043">Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.</p></li><li data-start="2044" data-end="2101"><p data-start="2046" data-end="2101">Experience mentoring or supporting junior team members.</p></li><li data-start="2102" data-end="2168"><p data-start="2104" data-end="2168">Fluent Japanese and business-level English communication skills.</p></li><li data-start="2169" data-end="2273"><p data-start="2171" data-end="2273">Experience in application development/support, advanced technologies, or financial services is a plus.</p></li><li data-start="2274" data-end="2366"><p data-start="2276" data-end="2366">Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable working in a small team with broad responsibilities.</p></li><li data-start="2367" data-end="2424"><p data-start="2369" data-end="2424">Strong organizational skills and collaborative mindset.</p></li><li data-start="2425" data-end="2486"><p data-start="2427" data-end="2486">Ability to adapt to changing business and technology needs.</p></li><li data-start="2487" data-end="2551"><p data-start="2489" data-end="2551">Demonstrates alignment with organizational purpose and values.</p></li></ul><hr data-start="2553" data-end="2556" /><p data-start="2558" data-end="2647"><strong data-start="2558" data-end="2572">JO:</strong> 06940-0013343647<br data-start="2589" data-end="2592" /> <strong data-start="2592" data-end="2605">Location:</strong> Tokyo<br data-start="2611" data-end="2614" /> <strong data-start="2614" data-end="2625">Salary:</strong> Annual JPY 12,000,000</p><p data-start="2558" data-end="2647"> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). 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<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><ul><li>A global organization recognized for its innovative approach and consistent growth in the technology sector.</li></ul><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>Lead the end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure services in Japan, covering cloud, compute, network, digital workplace, IT service management, and IT asset management domains.</li><li>Align global infrastructure strategies with Japan's business, regulatory, and operational needs, ensuring secure, high-performing, and compliant technology services.</li><li>Drive modernization and automation initiatives to optimize service delivery and operational efficiency.</li><li>Manage and develop a cross-functional team operating within a matrix structure, fostering leadership and a high-performance culture.</li><li>Oversee local and global service providers, including contract negotiations, SLA management, performance, risk, and cost optimization.</li><li>Serve as the main liaison between local business/IT leaders and global infrastructure teams, advocating for Japan's priorities and ensuring local requirements are represented in global decisions.</li><li>Partner closely with local leadership to support business growth and enable strategic initiatives.</li><li>Oversee a significant annual infrastructure budget, ensuring financial discipline and cost management.</li><li>Ensure strong controls and compliance with both global security and Japanese regulatory requirements.</li></ul><p><strong>Your Skills</strong></p><ul><li>At least 15 years of progressive experience managing large-scale IT infrastructure in multinational environments, preferably in financial services or insurance, with solid understanding of applications development and support.</li><li>Broad technical expertise, including public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), traditional computing (e.g., Oracle, Mainframe), and experience integrating legacy with modern systems.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead initiatives, even in decentralized or matrixed organizations.</li><li>Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, capable of translating complex technical topics into clear business language.</li><li>Language: Native or fluent proficiency in both Japanese and English preferred; minimum fluency in one with strong understanding of the other.</li><li>Strong understanding of insurance business operations, security, and regulatory requirements is highly valued.</li></ul><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role</strong></p><ul><li>Bridge global strategies and local requirements, driving transformation and modernization.</li><li>Lead service delivery and innovation for business-critical infrastructure.</li><li>Implement automation, efficiency, and compliance initiatives across the Japan organization.</li><li>Strategic partnership with local leadership to enable growth.</li><li>Manage significant financial and vendor portfolios, ensuring operational excellence.</li></ul><p><strong>Location</strong></p><ul><li>Tokyo</li></ul><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>30 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013380731</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/bHVrZS5mdXJuaXZhbC40Njg3Ni4xMDg5OEByaGlqcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>Our client is a global software company specializing in enterprise data protection and cyber resilience. Their solutions help protect, manage, and recover critical data across both on-premises and cloud environments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>As a Senior Consultant in the Professional Services team, you will work closely with customers to design, implement, and optimize backup and recovery environments. This role focuses primarily on post-implementation delivery.</li><li>Design and implement backup/recovery solutions in customer environments</li><li>Develop architecture based on requirements</li><li>Support virtualization platforms and cloud environments</li><li>Handle technical escalations and resolve complex issues</li><li>Manage project quality and schedules</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><ul><li>Hands-on experience in enterprise backup/data protection</li><li>Knowledge of infrastructure domains (storage, virtualization, cloud)</li><li>Professional services or consulting experience</li><li>Strong problem-solving skills</li><li>Ability to work in Japanese and English</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Senior consultant role with direct customer engagement</li><li>Opportunity to participate in global projects</li><li>Technical experience in hybrid and cloud environments</li><li>Salary range: ¥11M-¥16M JPY</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>11 - 16 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013356211</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/TGFuLk5ndXllbi44NjM3OC4xMDg5OEByaGlqcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>Growing B2B SaaS provider delivering cloud-based solutions to enterprise customers is seeking an SRE / Ops Engineer to lead their infrastructure and operations domain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>Lead the entire AWS-based infrastructure from design to operations (VPC, EKS/ECS, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, WAF, etc.) for a production SaaS platform.</li><li>Drive Infrastructure as Code implementation using Terraform/AWS CDK and build CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, CodePipeline).</li><li>Establish SRE practices including log aggregation, monitoring, alerting systems, and incident response frameworks.</li><li>Conduct operations testing of offshore Dev team deliverables to ensure quality from a customer perspective.</li><li>Implement security measures including vulnerability management, IAM/WAF design, and change management processes.</li><li>Collaborate with Customer Success teams on first-line response, issue triage, and log analysis infrastructure.</li><li>Build product metrics infrastructure to automatically collect usage and performance data.</li><li>Reporting directly to leadership with a clear career path to grow into Head of SRE as the team scales.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><ul><li>Production operations experience with AWS (VPC, EKS/ECS, RDS, CloudFront, IAM, WAF, etc.).</li><li>IaC design and operations experience using Terraform/AWS CDK.</li><li>CI/CD pipeline construction experience using GitHub Actions/Bitbucket Pipelines/CodePipeline.</li><li>Container orchestration operations experience with Kubernetes.</li><li>Monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation operations experience (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, OpenSearch, etc.).</li><li>Understanding of security best practices (vulnerability management, patch application, change management).</li><li>Practical Scrum development experience (as Scrum Master or Developer).</li><li>Preferred: Multi-tenant/SOC2/ISO27001 compliance experience, offshore team collaboration in English, Python/shell scripting.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Own end-to-end infrastructure with full authority from design to operations-rare opportunity to build 0→1 in a growing SaaS environment.</li><li>Direct impact on customer value through operations testing and SRE improvements that balance quality with delivery speed.</li><li>Clear growth path from individual contributor to Head of SRE, with opportunity to launch and scale your own team.</li><li>Work with cutting-edge DevOps practices: Terraform, Kubernetes, SLI/SLO design, modern incident management.</li><li>Full remote work with flexible hours (9:00-18:00 flextime)-results-oriented culture without location or time constraints.</li><li>Global collaboration experience working with offshore development teams.</li></ul><p> <strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>9 - 12 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013360778</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/V2F0dW55dS5TaXJpcGFpcm9qLjYxNjc2LjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>A senior consulting leader responsible for driving end-to-end Data & AI initiatives for Japanese enterprise clients.<br /> This position acts as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders and owns full delivery accountability, from strategy design through implementation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>Lead data strategy, architecture, engineering, analytics, and governance programs</li><li>Design and deliver modern data platforms (Cloud DWH, Databricks, Snowflake, etc.)</li><li>Own projects from strategy → execution, including GenAI / LLM initiatives</li><li>Advise clients on data governance, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance in Japan</li><li>Bridge business transformation and technical implementation</li><li>Mentor and develop teams while contributing to the scaling of the data practice</li><li>This is not simply a delivery oversight role.</li><li>It is a modern technology transformation leadership position.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Required Qualifications </strong></p><ul><li>8+ years of experience in data consulting, analytics, or data leadership</li><li>Proven track record delivering complex Data & AI programs with measurable business impact</li><li>Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP</li><li>Business-level Japanese and English</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management and leadership skills</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Preferred Experience</strong><br /> If you are currently working on:</p><ul><li>AI / ML initiatives</li><li>Advanced analytics programs</li><li>LLM or AI agent architecture and operations</li></ul><p>And are interested in expanding modern technology transformation across industries such as: Finance, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare (Japan). Let's have a chat!</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>10 - 16 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0012623084</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/TGluaC5EYW5nLjAwNzEzLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
