Job Description

Career Opportunity for PAS Systems - IBM MF Specialist in Japan!

■ PAS Systems - IBM MF Specialist

■ Company Overview

A leading global insurance organization with over 100 years of experience, providing a wide range of services including property & casualty insurance, life insurance, retirement solutions, and financial services across 80+ countries. The organization helps businesses and individuals manage risk, protect assets, and plan for long-term financial security.  

IBM Mainframe Specialists are responsible for designing, coding, testing, and maintaining programs and software applications on mainframe systems. They enhance existing software systems and participate in agile software development practices. They review application code to identify critical defects and provide necessary fixes. They collaborate with other teams to develop, design, and troubleshoot software applications. They are also responsible for full system development life cycles, integration testing, and acceptance testing. 

IBM MF Specialist is a senior role of PAS (Policy Admin Systems) team in Solution Delivery department. This role requires comprehensive technical skills to deliver the best fit solutions that contribute to business values. This role also needs to provide guidance and help to other development members including governance of vendor partners.

Principles

Responsible for PAS developments including governance of vendors to deliver solutions

 

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

●Responsible for PAS developments from end-to-end including support IT/ST/UAT as needed.

●Contribute to PAS transformation related to the IT Modernization program in Japan.

●Provide guidance to other development team members as needed.

●Communicate and guide vendor development team to ensure the direction and delivery quality.

   

■ Experience and Qualifications

●Bachelor of Science Degree – Computer Science or related field

●Japanese language: N3 & above. English business fluency 

●Experience:

- 8+ years IT delivery experience

- Tier 1 insurance carrier transformation experience, preferred

- Familiar with commonly used insurance system packages, preferred

●Insurance Knowledge:
- Comprehensive knowledge of insurance product definition, rating engine, underwriting rules, regulatory reporting

●Technical Skills:
- Knowledge of COBOL/Assembler/JCL/CICS/IMSDB/zOS Connect.

-Mastery in IBM mainframe platform environment setup

-Experience in integration of IBM mainframe and open systems

●Leadership:
- Exhibits confidence in self and others; inspires and motivates others to perform well with excellent coaching skills.

●Collaboration:
- Ability to operate and have credibility with business partners
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability for productive collaboration across varying departments.  Comfortable building relationships, internally and externally

●Passionate and mindset:
- Self-motivated and self-sufficient with growth-mindset

- Comfortable in voicing his/her opinion and representing the viewpoints of others in a productive manner

- Ability to deal well with ambiguity, conflict and difficult situations, and ability to deal with change in a pro-active and positive manner

 

■ Good Reasons to Join

●Work on large-scale IT modernization for a leading insurance setup in Japan
●Strong ownership with leadership & vendor management exposure
●Rare niche: Mainframe + Insurance + Japanese (high career value)

●Global stakeholder interaction and growth in domain expertise

■ Work Location

Tokyo, Japan
Interested? Apply now or reach out to me directly at kanika.pal@talisman-corporation.com

Details will be provided during the meeting.