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About the Role

The Japan IT Country Head is responsible for all aspects of information technology for State Street Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. Japan, overseeing technology service delivery and managing local teams across various IT functions. This role also involves ensuring overall IT governance and leading the IT Steering Committee.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring IT services are aligned to support the needs of business units and corporate functions in Japan.
• Assisting the business in strategy formulation and aligning IT services to support the business strategy.
• Managing multiple application development teams in the design, development, testing, and implementation of application software.
• Providing technical oversight leadership and direction for multiple system design, development, and implementation initiatives.
• Working closely with technology teams to ensure services align with business needs and tracking delivery against service levels.
• Ensuring projects are tracking to budget and plan.
• Providing overall legal entity oversight for regulatory compliance related to all aspects of Information Technology.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills (Oral and written)
• Strong interpersonal and people management skills
• Sustained and broad analytical decision-making skills
• An ability to think and act strategically
• Sustained and broad staff and project management skills and a proven track record in the delivery of major projects / programs
• Sustained and broad leadership skills
• Good executive presence and a recognized leader
• Sustained and broad negotiation and relationship management skills
• A thorough understanding of technology and/or business trends impacting their work
• Experience with Japan regulatory and FSA inspection manual guidelines and organizational implementation
• Fluent in business level Japanese, verbal and written
• Fluent in English, verbal and written

Skills

• Asset Servicing Industry knowledge
• Technology trends
• Business trends
• Project management
• Staff management
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Relationship management
• Analytical decision-making
• Strategic thinking

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

Benefits

• Inclusive development opportunities
• Flexible work-life support
• Paid volunteer days
• Vibrant employee networks

About the Company

• Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability.
• We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
• We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential.

Equal Opportunity

• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.