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Digital Solutions Project Manager

Location Tokyo, Japan Job type Full-Time Work mode Hybrid Job level Professional Job ID 9557 Company Munich Re Employment type Regular Area of expertise Information Technology
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Munich Re Japan Branch is actively expanding the Digital Solutions business tailored to insurance companies. We leverage our extensive domain knowledge in insurance, accumulated over the years, to optimize key operations such as underwriting and claims handling—creating and delivering new value to both insurance companies and policyholders.

We are now looking for a Project Manager who will take the lead in implementing a new insurance-related digital service. You will be a key player in a small, high-performing team, bridging business and technology with cross-functional responsibilities.

Your job:

  • Lead project management activities, including schedule, quality, and cost control
  • Organize business requirements and support IT requirements definition
  • Support the planning and evaluation of system architecture direction
  • Coordinate with clients and internal stakeholders (business and IT teams)
  • Help with UAT (User Acceptance Testing) and production go-live support

Your profile:

  • Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in cloud-based system development
  • At least 2 years of project management experience in system development
  • Experience across the full development lifecycle from requirements definition to system acceptance
  • Native level Japanese language skill and strong English communication skill. Your role will involve participation in meetings and reporting with global teams
  • Business knowledge of the life insurance industry
  • Understanding of information security and personal data protection
  • Able to flexibly bridge business and IT perspectives
  • Demonstrates strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • Work independently while collaborating with others
  • Thrives in small teams and takes initiative in driving results
  • Open to challenges and eager to explore new approaches

Our Benefits:

  • Hybrid working arrangement
  • Flexible working hours
  • 25 paid holidays per year
  • Comprehensive dental, life and health insurance coverage
  • Lump sum retirement benefit

At Munich Re, we embrace, and value, the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and thought. This interaction is our foundation. Of our open culture and spirit of partnership. Of how our teams are built and cultivated. Of how we are supported and developed. And at the centre of this interaction is each of us.

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