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About the Role

Define the technology vision for Capgemini Engineering Japan, develop and update the engineering strategy roadmap aligned with business strategy. Oversee the talent roadmap across all engineering departments, lead multiple practice leaders, manage multicultural organizations, and design evaluation frameworks and career paths to build a strong leadership pipeline through planned leader development. Lead the development and governance of architectural principles, prioritize R&D themes in focus areas, and lead product strategies for key offerings as the Final Technical Authority. Lead technology direction with a broad perspective and provide hands-on support for critical initiatives. Deeply involved in management decision-making, formulate technology investment priorities in Japan, optimize technical resource allocation for projects, and accelerate external collaborations with universities, research institutions, and technology vendors. Serve as the final technical authority for key clients, lead high-impact technical dialogues at the CTO/CIO level, actively promote tech branding and thought leadership, and present a compelling technology vision domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

Define the technology vision for Capgemini Engineering Japan and oversee the talent roadmap across all engineering departments.
Lead and manage multiple practice leaders, design evaluation frameworks and career paths.
Build a strong leadership pipeline by developing future leaders.
Formulate the Japan Engineering Strategy based on market technology trends, customer needs, and global technology assets.
Define capability development roadmaps for all practices including software, systems, mechanical, and digital.
Promote skill transformation and reskilling for the AI era.
Establish Centers of Excellence (CoE) in advanced specialized domains.
Promote the localization of the global engineering roadmap for the Japanese market in coordination with the global network.
Oversee technology risk management and escalation.
Lead architecture governance, R&D ownership, and product strategy.
Ensure the adaptation of global technology assets and methodologies for the Japanese market.
Establish and standardize engineering standards such as DevOps, Agile, and V&V.
Ensure the integration of security and compliance perspectives during solution design.
Participate deeply in management decision-making as a key board member of Capgemini Engineering Japan.
Formulate technology investment priorities in Japan.
Promote the optimization of technical resource allocation for projects.
Facilitate external partnerships with universities, research institutions, and technology vendors.
Analyze the impact of emerging technologies such as AI, cloud, software engineering, and 5G/IoT on services and convert it into business growth.
Lead high-impact technical dialogues with decision-makers (CTO/CIO) as the final technical authority for key clients.
Communicate thought leadership through technical lectures, white papers, and industry contributions.
Share best practices and innovations from Japan with the global organization and represent Japan in the global Engineering community.
Oversee technology delivery quality and ensure adherence to standards.
Manage project risks and handle escalations as necessary.
Contribute to the monitoring and improvement of delivery KPIs (project finance, CNPS/CSAT, etc.).

Requirements

Ability to build technology strategy.
Deep understanding of emerging technologies and their business applications.
Ability to bridge market and customer needs with technical solutions.
High sensitivity to global technology trends.
Understanding of systems engineering methodologies.
Broad knowledge of software engineering, including cloud and AI.
Deep understanding of architectural principles.
Knowledge of DevOps, quality assurance, and agile methodologies.
Experience managing large-scale engineering organizations.
Solid leadership experience in multicultural teams.
Ability to develop managers as a manager of managers.
High-impact communication skills with key customer stakeholders (CTO/CIO, etc.).
Strong communication skills internally and externally (presentations, publications, industry contributions, etc.).
Budget management capabilities at the organizational and initiative level.
Ability to oversee technology delivery quality.
Proficiency in project risk management.

Skills

Technology Strategy
Emerging Technologies
Business Applications
Technical Solutions
Global Technology Trends
Systems Engineering
Software Engineering
Cloud
AI
Architecture Principles
DevOps
Quality Assurance
Agile Methodologies
Organizational Leadership
Multicultural Team Management
Manager of Managers
Communication
Budget Management
Risk Management

Location

Tokyo
Tsukuba Office

Work Type

Hybrid Work Possible

About the Company

Capgemini Engineering is a global leader in engineering and R&D services, supporting the convergence of the physical and digital worlds by leveraging broad industry knowledge and cutting-edge digital and software technologies. By combining with other group capabilities, we help customers achieve Intelligent Industry realization.
Capgemini Engineering has a team of over 55,000 engineers and scientists deployed in over 30 countries, serving various sectors including aerospace, defense, marine, automotive, rail, infrastructure & transport, energy, utilities & chemicals, life sciences, telecommunications, semiconductors & electronics, industrial products & consumer goods, and software & internet.
The Capgemini Group is a global leader in partnership, helping companies transform and manage their businesses by leveraging the power of technology. Capgemini Engineering is a crucial pillar supporting this.
The Capgemini Group aims for an inclusive and sustainable future by unleashing the energy of people through technology, and strives daily towards this goal. We are an extremely diverse and responsible organization with approximately 340,000 team members in about 50 countries worldwide.
With over 55 years of experience, achievements, and rich expertise, Capgemini leverages rapidly evolving innovative technologies such as cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms to meet the diverse business needs of our customers from strategy to design and operations, earning their deep trust.
The rapid evolution of digital technology, labor shortages, and ESG initiatives have further increased the importance of technology and digital utilization in corporate initiatives.
Pioneering new frontiers - the convergence of the physical and digital worlds is becoming a reality, causing disruption in corporate innovation management methods while also becoming the core of business development.
Global leaders must rethink their innovation cycles, but speed is crucial to stay ahead of the competition. Industry players and innovators must actively utilize connectivity, software, and semiconductors to achieve the transition to 'Intelligent Industry' and build sustainable value chains.
Capgemini Engineering, amidst the rise of new businesses leveraging technology, supports the promotion of the transition to 'Intelligent Industry' under the slogan 'Turning Technology Value into Business Value!' based on 'Global market expertise and capabilities' x 'Experience and assets gained from aggressive investment in the latest digital and software technologies' x 'Agile engineering platforms and advanced delivery models with numerous successful transformation case studies'.
Our 60,000 engineers and scientists worldwide unlock the potential of R&D and innovation, supporting the creation of 'smart products', 'optimized operations', 'new customer experiences', and 'new sources of value' through the power of engineering.