Job Description

PM/PMO Legacy Modernization
Employment Type Full-time

The successful candidate will be responsible for project management and PMO of legacy modernization projects.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the project management of the following tasks:

• Legacy Modernization Proposal
• Analysis and evaluation of current systems
• Study of modernization methods
• Formulation of TOBE architecture model
• System development and testing (development according to the above methods, comparison with the current system, etc.)
• Overall project promotion (management of cost, schedule, resources, issues, quality, etc.)

Main Clients

Clients are a wide variety of major companies in the financial, manufacturing, and distribution industries in Japan.

Major beverage manufacturers, major telecommunications carriers, major automobile companies, major electric power companies, major insurance companies, major trust banks, major airline companies, major consumer electronics manufacturers, etc.

We want people like this to join our company.

Those who are looking for a place to bet as their next career, utilizing their previous mainframe and project management experience.

Those who have experience in specific areas of legacy systems, but would like to increase their market value by taking on the challenge of modernization.

If you are looking to work with clients to solve difficult legacy system issues, and want to use your experience to drive large-scale projects, then this is the place for you.

Required Skills:

• Experience in management of large scale projects (leadership experience may be included depending on the content of the project)
• Experience in SI development from upstream to downstream (experience in multiple projects is desirable)
• Ability to communicate appropriately and smoothly with internal and external stakeholders in projects.

Welcome Skills:

• Experience in migration from mainframe to open platforms by rewriting, rehosting, rebuilding, etc.
• Experience in global projects and working with foreign companies and people.
• Experience (or interest) in offshore development
• Technical knowledge of mainframe environment such as COBOL85, PL/I, RPG, JCL, Assembler, RDB, NDB, etc. of IBM, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Unisys, etc.
• Experience in program development, operation and maintenance in one of the mainframe environments such as IBM, Fujitsu, NEC, Hitachi, Unisys, etc.
• Experience in responding to RFIs, RFPs, etc. from customers (customer service and preparation of responses)

Required language and educational background

• No English required
• No academic background required