About Eurasia Group
Eurasia Group provides the marketplace with a comprehensive and integrated set of political risk solutions. Our clients range from macro hedge funds to institutional investors, from family businesses to the world's largest multinational corporations. What they all share is a desire to better manage the risks and opportunities that flow from politics.
We take a structured approach to understanding these challenges. We provide our clients with both qualitative and quantitative tools to anticipate and manage political risks, and to profit from them. Our multi-faceted approach allows us to adapt to the rapidly evolving world of geopolitics.
Position overview:
Eurasia Group is looking for a full-time project manager for our partnership projects, including but not limited to the execution of its annual conference, the GZERO Summit. The position will be based in Tokyo, and will work closely with Eurasia Group’s Japan team as well as global stakeholders, reporting to the Head of Strategic Initiatives and Japan Country Representative.
Eurasia Group work with a global client base to develop solutions that help businesses deal with geopolitical challenges in an uncertain world. In Japan, Eurasia Group has initiated the GZERO Summit (www.gzerosummit.com), a dialogue platform to discuss the global geopolitical agenda and to convene thought-leadership projects with partner organizations.
As project manager, you will be responsible for working closely with various corporate partners to execute such projects. You will also be expected to oversee, together with all Eurasia Group’s Japan Team members, the Summit and other events to the smallest detail, including coordinating with various vendors as well as internal stakeholders. You will be working with a highly professional, hard-working team with a diverse range of experience and responsibilities within the firm. You will also provide other support to key Eurasia Group clients in Japan.
Job core responsibilities:
• For Partnership Project Management, develop project plan from initial phase with partners and execute the project with partners by closely coordinating with relevant internal teams across Eurasia Group
• For GZERO Summit, Coordinate and negotiate with event planners, venue providers, and other vendors, liaise with partners and speakers and track budget
• Client relationship management as needed
Necessary Qualifications & Experience:
• Experience in project management, preferably leading a project with clients on marketing, PR or public policy
• Highly organized but flexible thinker to plan for contingencies
• Excellent time management, attention to detail and communication skills. Great team player.
• You will have at a minimum an undergraduate degree in a relevant field; a Master’s degree is preferred, but not required. Advanced Japanese language skills are required, native-level preferred. All applicants must be eligible to work in Japan.
At Eurasia Group, we strive to put politics first for our clients. This requires us to maintain a company culture that puts people first. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, empowering, and globally minded. We firmly believe that diversity in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, cultural background, religion, disability, and age brings ideas and perspectives to the table that make our analysis stronger for our clients and make our company a better place to work for our people. Our leadership team is committed to embedding diversity and inclusion into everything we do and how we lead.