Strategic Program Manager, Japan
Strategic Program Manager, Japan
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Job Description
About the Role
Were looking for a highly strategic systems-savvy operator to join Canva Japan as our Strategic Program Manager. This person will serve as the glue for the Japan leadership teamdriving clarity alignment and execution across the business. Youll orchestrate programs optimise workflows and ensure the right people are focused on the right things at the right time. This is a mission-critical role for operational excellence team cohesion and sustainable growth.
What Youll Do
Operational Rhythm & Planning
Drive strategic planning and translate high-level goals into actionable plans with clear metrics.
Coordinate team cadences including stand-ups offsites retros and all-hands meetings.
Keep the team aligned paced and focused on the most impactful work.
Program & Workflow Management
Turn half-baked ideas into structured initiativeswith frameworks diagrams and clear next steps.
Partner with cross-functional leaders across Product Engineering Finance and more to unblock bottlenecks and keep work moving.
Audit and streamline workflows tooling and processes to reduce friction and increase throughput.
Enablement & Culture
Build and maintain SOPs onboarding flows and knowledge-sharing systems.
Manage tooling vendor onboarding and systems that enable the team to operate efficiently.
Champion team culture by creating clarity reducing noise and ensuring everyone feels connected and seen.
Qualifications :
What Were Looking For
Composed Operator: You thrive in ambiguity and pressure. When things get tense youre the calm eye of the stormclear collected and solution-oriented.
Stakeholder Whisperer: You align people with diverging views and make space for tricky conversations building consensus before resistance sets in.
Sharp Communicator: You write and speak with intention precision and empathy. Your messages land. Your decks clarify. Your emails get read.
Cultural Barometer: You sense when the team is drifting into silos or theatreand course-correct with grace. Youre a people-first operator who brings rhythm cohesion and heart to the way we work.
Strategic Amplifier: You anticipate what needs shaping what needs saying and what just needs to be done. You quietly make the team look more thoughtful aligned and on top of it than we sometimes are.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
