Relocation Project Manager

Title: Relocation Project Manager

Location: Yokohama Japan

Full time

Category Customer & Technical Support

Remote Hybrid

Job Description:

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Laboratory Setting, Office

Job Description

As an Enterprise Services Relocation Project Manager, you will lead large-scale laboratory and research equipment relocation projects for clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and research sectors. You will collaborate with clients, internal teams, transportation companies, equipment manufacturers, and service vendors to comprehensively manage project schedules, revenues, costs, resources, and risks, aiming for safe, on-schedule project delivery and client satisfaction. In addition to ongoing large-scale projects, you will also be involved in launching new relocation projects and standardizing project management processes, making this a crucial position supporting the growth of enterprise services in Japan.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project management for large-scale laboratory and research equipment relocation projects, including integrated management of schedule, revenue, cost, margin, resources, risk, and scope.
• Stakeholder management with customers, internal teams, transportation companies, equipment manufacturers, service vendors, etc., and project management in collaboration with relevant internal departments.
• This includes formulating, managing the progress of, and coordinating with stakeholders regarding the relocation plan, including removal, transportation, delivery, installation, and restart.
• Leading project reviews, progress reports, issue management, and escalation and resolution actions when problems arise.
• Organizing Lessons Learned, standardizing and continuously improving processes, and supporting project planning and proposal activities for future new relocation projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, and at least 5 years of project management experience or equivalent experience in managing complex projects.
• Experience managing schedules, costs, resources, and risks in projects involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience or basic understanding of project financial management, including budget, sales, and costs.
• Strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills to involve multiple stakeholders and drive solutions to challenges.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a rapidly changing environment and to autonomously drive work forward.
• High level of communication skills in Japanese

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Industry experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences, research facilities, etc., or related work experience with research equipment, analytical instruments, laboratory equipment, etc.
• Project experience in laboratory relocation, equipment relocation, and facility relocation.
• Basic knowledge of utilities (power, water supply and drainage, gas, exhaust/air conditioning, etc.) in research facilities and laboratories, or experience in utility adjustments associated with equipment installation and relocation.
• Practical experience at a relocation company, logistics company, or related company handling the relocation of research equipment, analytical instruments, precision instruments, etc., or experience managing multiple vendors.
• Experience using project management tools
• Project Management Certifications such as PMP