Axtria is a global provider of services and solutions in data analytics, business consulting and software technology for the Life Science and Pharmaceutical sector. We seamlessly leverage data to build insights for our clients and deliver scalable processes that are critical for commercial operations, analytics, and innovative AI technology success. We help our clients gain a competitive edge with the goal of improving patient outcomes and driving business growth. Our offerings and product suite deliver tailored solutions for the Life Sciences industry, enabling innovation across their commercial organizations. With customers in over 75 countries, and 3700+ employees, Axtria is a highly specialized global commercial solutions provider in the Life Sciences industry.
Since our founding in 2010, technology innovation has been our winning differentiation, and we continue to leapfrog competition with platforms that deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Our cloud-based platforms - Axtria DataMax, Axtria InsightsMax, Axtria SalesIQ, and Axtria MarketingIQ - enable customers to efficiently manage data, leverage data science to deliver insights for sales and marketing planning and manage end-to-end commercial operations.
Position Summary
Axtria is seeking a highly skilled PMO (Project Management Officer) with strong experience managing Japan Pharma commercial projects and coordinating across India–Japan delivery models. The role requires a detail-oriented program manager who can ensure governance, compliance, and timely execution of large-scale data modernization and analytics initiatives for the Japan market. The PMO will be the central hub for program tracking, stakeholder communication, and delivery governance.
Job Responsibilities
- Establish and manage program governance frameworks for Japan commercial pharma data projects.
- Track and report on program milestones, risks, dependencies, and budgets.
- Conduct regular Steering Committee meetings, preparing dashboards, presentations, and executive summaries for Japan and global leadership.
- Ensure compliance with Japan pharma regulations, NHI pricing rules, and data governance standards.
- Serve as the central liaison between Japan business stakeholders and India-based delivery teams.
- Coordinate across BA, engineering, QA, and functional teams to ensure delivery alignment.
- Facilitate effective communication, requirement hand-offs, and issue escalations between onsite (Tokyo) and offshore (India) teams.
- Monitor sprint velocity, release calendars, and delivery SLAs.
- Maintain and publish program dashboards, RACI matrices, and project trackers.
- Drive risk management and mitigation planning across multi-stream initiatives.
- Support budget tracking, resource allocation, and vendor coordination.
- Ensure timely documentation of meeting minutes, decisions, and action items with 100% traceability.
- Work closely with Japan Pharma stakeholders (commercial, sales ops, IT, compliance) to validate program objectives.
- Manage multi-level stakeholder expectations including Japan business users, global teams, and offshore delivery centers.
- Ensure cultural alignment and effective communication across cross-border teams.
Work Experience
- 10+ years of project/program management experience, with at least 4–5 years in Japan pharma commercial projects.
- Proven experience in India–Japan delivery coordination across distributed teams.
- Strong understanding of Japan pharma commercial ecosystem – IQVIA datasets, Veeva CRM, DPC hospital data, NHI pricing, wholesaler and claims datasets.
- Hands-on experience with program governance tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and sprint-based delivery tracking.
- Strong bilingual communication ability (English + Japanese preferred).
Desirable Skills
- PMP / Prince2 / CSM certification.
- Prior experience in data modernization, governance, and analytics programs.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Databricks) in pharma projects.
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