Business Operations

• Partner with the VP of Business Applications and VP of Digital Employee Experience on strategic priorities
• Translate IT strategy across both portfolios into actionable roadmaps, plans, and organizational commitments
• Advise VP leaders on organizational decisions, planning trade-offs, and priority setting
• Identify alignment, synergy, and shared execution opportunities across both organizations
• Represent VP leadership interests in cross-functional forums, planning sessions, and executive reviews
• Own the operating cadence, including leadership rhythms, QBRs, strategic planning cycles, and technology reviews
• Drive accountability for commitments, deliverables, and milestones across both leadership teams
• Identify and resolve operational blockers and maintain visibility into initiative portfolios, risks, dependencies, and progress
• Improve operational processes spanning the two IT organizations
• Synthesize complex information into leadership decisions and recommendations
• Develop executive presentations, strategic briefings, and business updates
• Translate technical and operational content into narratives for business and executive audiences
• Prepare both VP leaders for high-stakes meetings, technology reviews, and partner forums
• Manage strategic communications to internal teams and business partners
• Coordinate budget planning, forecasting, expense management, headcount, resource allocation, and workforce planning with Finance and HR
• Support resource prioritization decisions and flag material budget or resource variances
• Oversee KPI tracking, reporting, dashboards, and scorecards across both portfolios
• Identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities and drive consistent reporting practices
• Bridge Business Applications, Digital Employee Experience, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture
• Build relationships with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and Operations
• Facilitate alignment across shared IT priorities, service commitments, and technology roadmaps
• Support organizational health, communication, engagement, inclusion, and continuous improvement
• Lead or co-lead high-priority special projects, transformation initiatives, and strategic workstreams from scoping through delivery

Business Operations jobs in Japan

Chief of Staff, IT Business Systems – Digital Employee Experience