Are you an innovative and forward-thinking Project management professional who wants to shape the future of healthcare in Japan?
Would you like to build the next generation of digital products that will empower Healthcare Professionals of the future
Keen to join a global leader in information and analytics?
About our Team
Elsevier Health is a global leader in providing evidence-based information and innovative digital solutions to healthcare professionals, educators, and students. Our offerings span clinical decision support, professional development and medical education, and healthcare analytics, all aimed at improving patient outcomes and advancing the practice of medicine.
About the role
We are seeking a resourceful Project Manager with strong technical expertise to join our Product development team. In this role, you will play a key part in the discovery, planning, and execution of new digital product initiatives and strategic extensions. This role will play a critical part in shaping the future of our local product portfolio in Japan, with a focus on digital solutions for clinicians and healthcare professionals.
Reporting to the Director of Clinical Solutions India, the Project Manager will work closely with stakeholders incl. content teams, engineers, and other stakeholders to bring innovative product ideas to life—from early discovery through to delivery.
Key responsibilities
- Provide technical and execution support during product discovery and development phases.
- Collect, organize, and classify new product ideas or feature extensions to evaluate their alignment with customer needs and business growth potential.
- Capture detailed functional specifications and requirements for new product ideas, enhancements, or roadmap items.
- Develop and contribute to design briefs, including specifications, process sketches, or prototypes to clearly communicate product concepts and priorities.
- Translate product concepts into a structured and prioritized development backlog, working closely with product managers.
- Collaborate with engineering, content, UX, and QA to ensure on-time, on-strategy execution of the product development roadmap.
- Monitor progress across sprints/releases and proactively remove blockers in the delivery cycle.
- Help maintain alignment across local and global teams, ensuring transparency, documentation, and communication around ongoing product development.
- Provide Customer technical support(incl. installation & troubleshooting)
- Support admin tasks related to preparing data files for regular content and system updates for the intranet version of the product
Qualification and requirements
- 6-8 years of experience in roles such as:
- System Integration Consultant/ Manager
- Product Operations / Product Support roles in EdTech, HealthTech, or SaaS environments (software development testing) – work for a global company, interpret the language between the different teams
- Project Management experience
- Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, including Agile methodologies, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and cross-functional delivery.
- Experience working with technical and content teams to align on product requirements and execution priorities.
- Ability to document, track, and translate complex product requirements into actionable workstreams.
- Comfortable working in multi-stakeholder environments, balancing input from local and global teams.
- Strong project management skills, with an eye for timelines, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Japanese preferred.
- A structured thinker and natural problem solver, with a focus on delivery excellence and customer value.