Program Director
Job Information
- Job ID
- 99718
- Job Title
- Program Director
- Company Name
- Oracle Corporation Japan
- Company Name
- Oracle Japan K.K.
- Division
- Utilities Global Business Unit
- Company Type
- Large Company, International Company
- Job Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Tokyo - 23 Wards
- Salary
- 10 million yen ~ 13 million yen
- Salary Bonuses
- Bonuses paid on top of indicated salary.
- Holidays
- National holidays plus 20 paid leave days per year
- Date Refreshed
- October 10th, 2008 17:55
General Requirements
- Minimum Experience Level
- Over 10 years
- Career Level
- Mid Career
- Minimum English Level
- Business Level
- Minimum Japanese Level
- Native
- Minimum Education Level
- High-School or Below
- Visa Status
- Japanese national or permission to work in Japan required
Job Description
Strategic Leadership:
- Provide a proactive, broad-based, long-term perspective of the portfolio by using the latest information on the customer
- Leverage knowledge of the Customer into new services and opportunities for the UGBU
- Translate the customer’s vision and strategy into clear, actionable objectives and rally support for these from within the organization
Customer Focus:
- Build trusting relationship with customers by demonstrating an understanding of their business
- Collaborate with customers on new business opportunities to meet customer needs
- Increase the customers perception of value
- Consider the impact of business decisions on customers
- Create customer mindset of the business
People Focus:
- Encourage the development of staff, relying on the Consulting Manager for support and assistance
- Responsible for requesting the assignment of people to projects
- Ensures employee interim reviews are conducted during or at the conclusion of assignments
Work Issues:
- Establish, support and promote project delivery 'best practices'
- Focus on the quality of the work that is produced for our customers
- Oversee the ongoing management of all projects within Portfolio in respect of methodology, technology, professional and client satisfaction issues
- Participate in contractual arrangements with customers and other third parties
Management Focus:
- Participate in and contribute to SPL’s strategic and planning effort
- Support sales through personal participation in pre-sales activities, including proposals, presentations and strategy brainstorming sessions
- Identify sales opportunities within existing customers, including 'non-core' activities
- Actively participate and contribute to the Global Practice
- Participate and engage others in project reviews, IV&V's, quality reviews and client satisfaction assessments
- Responsible for the financial well being of the projects within the portfolio, this can be measured by Gross Margins, Utilization, Practice Contribution Margins etc.
- Responsible for accurate forecasting of future management of the project, i.e. resourcing, revenue and expense forecasting etc.
Administration:
- Responsible for the billing of customers
- Responsible for record keeping in respect of project activities
- Participate in the reporting of management information
Required Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Project
- Advanced Excel
- Facilitation
- Commercial negotiation
- Proficient communication skills
- Business writing
- Customer Management skills
- Demonstrated leadership
- Demonstrated project management
Company Description
For 30 years, Oracle has remained the gold standard for database technology and applications in enterprises throughout the world: The company is the world’s leading supplier of software for information management, and the world’s second largest independent software company. Oracle technology can be found in nearly every industry, and in the data centers of 98 of the Fortune 100 companies. Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, business applications, and application development and decision support tools.
What’s in store for tomorrow? We will strive to become No. 1 in middleware and No. 1 in applications, just as we’ve done in database. Our goal is to continue to innovate and to lead the industry—while always making sure that we’re focused on solving the problems of the customers who rely on our software.
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