Nokia Project Management Office Manager 

Japan 

645069998

• Drives development and implementation of appropriate Nokia Project Management methodology, processes, tools, improvement and efficiency programmes to ensure all customer projects are delivered according to contractual obligations, within forecasted costs, time and required quality based on adequate mode of operation.
• Contributes / defines strategy for her / his area of responsibility and turns it into operational programmes and actions.
• Drives governance practices in line with adequate Nokia project management (PM) and according to BG specificities to ensure visibility of operational KPIs and performance / efficiency.
• Supports Market Leader / BG DM / Customer Program Director (CPD) and their teams during pre-sales and delivery phases by implementing adequate practices like project quality gate reviews, Project financial reviews and PM process KPI.
• Ensures the availability and application of proper tools in customer projects including availability of needed training and support in use phase.
• Drives continuous appropriate Nokia project management processes and tools improvement by collecting requirements including applicable loop back to global process / tool owner.
• Ensures availability of project / programme executive level information to CNS management, Market Services Leader and his team, and appropriate geographical organisation by establishing / using reporting solutions.
• Creates and implements proactive cost management practice supported by engagement into operational reviews, action planning and follow-up.
• Supports / coordinates resource demand activities inside Market Services team, ensuring proper forecast and information availability.
• Drives development of PM capability management with appropriate external and internal certification portfolio.
• Supports PM community in capability and competence management activities including planning and implementation of PM capability framework.
• Coordinates PM competence development and certification programmes in respective BG / market.
• Acts as a coach for PM community based on priorities to ensure that objectives of the project are achieved.
• Drives PM knowledge management and best practice / lessons learned sharing within PM community.
• Develops and manages PMO communication and communities across global and market organisations. * The term “customer project” refers generally to all forms of Nokia customer contracts, projects with a definitive start and end, and programmes as collections of projects managed together for business benefits which may contain an ongoing operations business.

Scope & Contribution:

Highly independent and self-directed. Develops plans, measures effectiveness. Assesses customer relationships and service levels. Can develop and implement complex and innovative concepts. Problems require searching and selecting. Anticipates problems, seeks opportunities. Models creative and innovative work methods.

Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function, which may include external customers or vendors depending upon the job function. Requires ability to influence others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures. Has cross-cultural knowledge and global mindset. Works to influence others to accept job function’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices, and approaches. Requires influencing others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures, e.g. by expressing complex information in an engaging and inspiring manner.

Knowledge & Experience:

Management Experience / Mastery of a specific professional discipline combining deep knowledge of theory and practice within a function. Expert in more than one area, broad perspective. Typically requires 7-10 years extensive relevant experience and/or a graduate / postgraduate equivalent degree. Japanese proficiency is mandatory for this role

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• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark