Title
Project Manager / Technical Program Manager - SaaS Applications
Job ID
#JOL-PJM-JP-070126
Location
Tokyo,
13,
JP
Summary
Jolly is a Silicon Valley-based software company with more than 40,000 customers and millions of users, including many Fortune 500 companies and world-renowned organizations.
日本語概要
Jolly Technologiesは、シリコンバレーを拠点とするソフトウェア企業で、40,000社以上のお客様と数百万人のユーザーに利用されるSaaS製品を開発・提供しています。
現在、複数のSaaS製品の開発・リリース管理をリードするプロジェクトマネージャー / テクニカルプログラムマネージャーを募集しています。
本ポジションでは、エンジニア、QA、DevOps、プロダクトチームと連携し、月次リリースの計画、進捗管理、課題解決、品質管理を推進していただきます。複数チーム・複数プラットフォーム（Web、iOS、Android、Windows）にまたがる開発プロセスを整理し、安定したリリース実現に貢献する重要な役割です。
北米、ヨーロッパ、アジアに分散した国際的な開発チームと協働する、完全リモートのポジションです。柔軟な勤務時間、信頼をベースにした働き方、国際的なソフトウェア開発環境でのキャリア機会を提供します。
We are looking for a highly organized and execution-focused Project Manager / Technical Program Manager to drive planning, coordination, and delivery across multiple SaaS products and platforms. This role is critical to ensuring predictable, high-quality monthly releases across a complex environment consisting of web services and cross-platform mobile applications (iOS, Android, Windows).
Working Hours
This is a fully remote, work-from-home contract position. We have engineering teams across North America, Europe, and Asia, so working hours are flexible with a few core overlap hours each day for meetings and collaboration. Outside of those hours, you can manage your own schedule. We respect local holidays and encourage a healthy work-life balance built on trust, flexibility, and long-term collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage end-to-end delivery schedules across multiple concurrent projects
- Plan, coordinate, and track monthly release cycles across all platforms
- Maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and dependencies across ~12 active workstreams
- Coordinate cross-team deliverables to ensure alignment between engineering, QA, and DevOps
- Drive release readiness activities including code freeze, QA validation, and deployment scheduling
- Ensure all builds and deployments are completed on time with high quality and minimal disruption
- Coordinate with DevOps to ensure timely, stable, and regular releases
- Run daily/weekly project syncs, sprint planning, and release planning meetings
- Identify risks, blockers, and resource constraints early; proactively drive resolution
- Track progress across teams and provide clear, concise status updates to leadership
- Ensure proper handoffs between development, QA, and DevOps teams
- Improve communication and coordination across distributed teams and stakeholders
- Continuously refine SDLC, release workflows, and project tracking processes
- Introduce best practices for managing high-frequency, multi-platform releases
- Optimize Jira workflows, dashboards, and reporting for visibility and efficiency
- Help standardize release checklists, documentation, and operational playbooks
- Work with Azure DevOps to improve CI/CD pipeline efficiency and reliability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or related field
- 6–10 years of project management experience in software development environments
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and release cycles
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and release management
- Experience coordinating web applications and mobile app releases (Azure, iOS/Android/Windows)
- Hands-on experience with Jira or similar project management tools
- Exceptional organizational, time management, and prioritization skills
- Strong communication skills with ability to coordinate across technical and non-technical teams
- Ability to manage complexity, track dependencies, and drive execution under tight timelines
Compensation
¥13,000,000 – ¥26,000,000 per year (commensurate with experience)
Application Process
- Reply with your resume (PDF or Word) to jobs.2019 (at) jollytech.com with subject “JOL-PJM-JP-070126”
- Include your desired salary
- List 3-5 concise bullet points highlighting your top strengths and measurable achievements