Project Manager / プロジェクトマネージャー

About the Position

Project Manager / プロジェクトマネージャー

Join Bosch Engineering K.K. as a Project Manager to lead customer projects from initiation to successful completion, managing cross-functional teams and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer projects across the full lifecycle, from initiation and planning through execution, monitoring, control, and closure.
• Develop and maintain the project charter, project management plan, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and required project documentation.
• Direct and control project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, resources, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams across regions, including collaboration with colleagues in e.g. Germany and India.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders, providing clear communication on project status, milestones, risks, decisions, and deliverables.
• Identify, assess, and resolve project risks and issues, implementing effective mitigation measures and facilitating timely decision-making.
• Monitor project performance using established metrics and KPIs, and provide transparent reporting to customers, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Build strong customer relationships, align delivery with customer requirements, and actively support customer satisfaction.
• Lead project acquisition activities and price negotiations, and manage project-related procurement.
• Prepare and manage commercial documentation, including NDAs, NPIs, quotations, purchase orders, and invoices.
• Ensure project execution complies with company policies, customer requirements, and applicable industry standards.

Requirements

• Three or more years of project management experience in a customer-facing technical, engineering, manufacturing, automotive, or comparable business environment.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional projects with responsibility for customer deliverables, budgets, resources, schedules, and execution.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines effectively in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience identifying project risks and implementing practical solutions.
• Proactive working style with strong written and verbal communication skills for customers, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Experience working with Japanese customers.
• Business-level Japanese and English for effective communication with customers and project stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

Nice to Have

• Experience in driver assistance or autonomous driving.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience with project management tools such as Planisware, Jira, or comparable platforms.

We Offer

• Competitive salary based on experience and ability.
• Flexible working hours (standard working hours 8h).
• Annual salary increase, bi-annual bonuses.
• Comprehensive social insurance, full transportation allowance, facilities/training centers, contracted health resorts, and more.
• Training programs including self-development support (language training, TOEIC, various correspondence education programs), leadership/management training, and specialized field education.
• Weekly two-day weekend (Saturday and Sunday), Golden Week, summer break, year-end and New Year holidays.
• Paid leave (17 days in the first year, increasing by 1 day each year up to a maximum of 20 days from the second year), special leave, bereavement leave, and more.

About the Company

Bosch Engineering K.K. are the engineering service provider which serves individual solutions for function, software development, and application based on Bosch electronics systems to domestic customers. We are also providing unique products as a motorsport division in Bosch.

Job Location

Kyoto, Japan

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