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Nintendo · 2 hours ago

Language Project Manager

Nintendo of America is dedicated to creating smiles through unique entertainment experiences. They are seeking a Language Project Manager to facilitate and manage regional and global projects, ensuring effective oversight and stakeholder coordination.

Consumer ElectronicsGamingMobileVideo Games
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Responsibilities

Facilitates or manages mid-to-large regional and global projects including planning, execution and transition
Responsible for project oversight, governance, and status reporting
Manages day-to-day logistics of assigned projects, scope and associated tasks. Negotiates authority to move projects forward ensuring timely decisions
Identifies, analyses, defines, and coordinates stakeholder needs and translates them into functional requirements
Establishes, communicates, and manages appropriate project scope change management procedures
Anticipates and identifies potential problems or risks and presents alternative solutions
Creates, updates, and maintains all documentation related to the projects including charters, work plans, timelines, issue/risk logs and budgets
Conducts comparison processes to identify and develop process improvements; provides recommendations on next steps and manages deliverables
Provides subject matter expertise, guidance and design support to the organization
Identifies and facilitates systematic improvements through project management best practices
Trains and mentors less experienced staff
(Optional) Bilingual: Provides written and verbal English and Japanese translations, as needed

Qualification

Localization project managementWaterfall methodologyScrum (Agile) methodologyMS OfficeProject management toolsProject Management CertificationCAT toolsTrainingBilingual (English/Japanese)Mentoring

Required

4-6 years of localization project management experience
Advanced skills in MS Office and online project management tools (SharePoint, Redmine, Jira/Confluence, etc)
Depending on specialty, may need specific understanding of department and procedures
Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job family and basic knowledge of related job families
Requires in-depth knowledge in own job family and basic knowledge of related job families
Bachelor's degree in Project Management/Business or a related field, or equivalent

Preferred

Preferred experience utilizing Waterfall and Scrum (Agile) Project Management methodologies
Project Management Certification preferred
Advanced skills in CAT tools preferred
Bilingual: Provides written and verbal English and Japanese translations, as needed

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
Paid time off

Company

Nintendo

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Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company that develops game consoles. It is a sub-organization of Nintendo Japan.

H1B Sponsorship

Nintendo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (7)
2024 (7)
2023 (9)
2022 (10)
2021 (12)
2020 (11)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Satoru Shibata
Chief Executive Officer
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Steve Singer
Vice President
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