Project Management Careers in Japan: What 293 Job Postings Ask For
Every figure on this page summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, in aggregate, and is shown the same way to every reader. It is not a description of any individual’s career or prospects.
- 293
- 166
- 62%
- 43%
What Gets You In
1-2 years of experience
32
3-4 years of experience
60
5-9 years of experience
64
10+ years of experience
26
34%
32% day-to-day or above
PMP 18%
Project Management
75%
Stakeholder Management
37%
Data Analysis
14%
Excel
11%
PowerPoint
6%
293 postings
Levels by Experience
1–2 years
44%
9% day-to-day or above
32 postings
3–4 years
32%
31% day-to-day or above
PMP 22%
Project Management 80% (+27)
60 postings
5–9 years
36%
43% day-to-day or above
PMP 28%
Stakeholder Management 50% (+18)
64 postings
10+ years
50%
63% day-to-day or above
PMP 38%
26 postings
Stated Pay
Median ¥8,000,000 · 127 postings state pay
¥6,800,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥10,000,000
Median ¥8,600,000 · 30 postings state pay
¥6,300,000
25th to 75th percentile of stated salaries
¥10,400,000
Working Conditions
- 123 days
45 postings
- 13 h
31 postings
- 30%
- 19%
Fully remote
12
Hybrid
65
On-site
10
293 postings
What Comes Next
People management
19
Project management
14
Senior leadership
11
Specialist track
11
Employers naming each step, of 30 that name one
Levels by Job Title
Specialist track
Entry / new graduate
5
Senior
16
Principal
3
Management track
Team lead
40
Manager
14
Director
4
Individual-contributor level
24 postings from 16 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Project Management · individual-contributor level
English · 20 postings
Daily English
25%
Some English
20%
No English stated
55%
Japanese · 21 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
81%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
10%
No level stated
10%
5 years median (middle half 3 to 6.5)
over 14 postings stating a threshold
21% of postings (5)
PMP (38%)
Team-lead level
40 postings from 26 employers
Every figure below summarizes job postings tracked on AirTA at this level. It describes what employers asked for in their postings, not any individual.
These figures summarize other postings tracked on AirTA, not this role.
Project Management · team-lead level
median ¥7,000,000 · 13 postings
Too few stated salaries to publish a range
English · 40 postings
Daily English
15%
Some English
13%
No English stated
73%
Japanese · 40 postings
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
83%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
5%
Limited Working Proficiency (JLPT N3)
3%
No level stated
10%
3 years median (middle half 3 to 5)
over 27 postings stating a threshold
50% of postings (20)
PMP (23%)
4 openings are titled as a candidate for this level
Who Is Hiring
Related Functions
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Project Management career ladder?
A level-by-level summary of what live Project Management job postings tracked on AirTA ask for. Levels come from job titles (manager, director, senior and so on) and, separately, from the years of experience a posting states. Every figure is a statistic over those postings, refreshed daily.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the job postings AirTA collects from employer career sites and applicant tracking systems. Years of experience, certifications and management experience are read from the posting text; the level is read from the title; pay is the salary the employer stated on the posting. Nothing is estimated for an individual.
Why is there no pay figure at some levels?
A pay band publishes only when at least 30 postings at that level state a salary, and a median only from 10. Senior-level pay is rarely published in Japan, so the honest answer at some levels is no figure rather than a figure borrowed from another level.
What does "candidate for" mean?
Some postings are titled 「マネージャー候補」 or "Manager Candidate": the employer states in the title that the opening is for someone who will grow into that level. The ladder counts those titles as the employer wrote them. It does not predict anyone’s promotion.
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