{"id":51288,"date":"2025-06-03T17:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=51288"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T21:53:04","slug":"job-program-manager-u-s-japan-council-washington-d-c-or-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2025\/06\/03\/job-program-manager-u-s-japan-council-washington-d-c-or-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Program Manager – U.S.-Japan Council (Washington, D.C. or Remote)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posted by Sydney Sparrow.<\/strong> Click here<\/a> to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Position:<\/strong> Program Manager
Posted by:<\/strong><\/em> U.S.-Japan Council <\/em>
Location:<\/strong> Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid) or Remote (U.S.-based)
Contract:<\/strong> Full-Time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the U.S.-Japan Council for passing along the following job opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position Overview:
<\/strong>The Program Manager will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and managing high-impact programs that advance USJC\u2019s mission and strengthen U.S.-Japan global partnership. Responsibilities include leading the planning and execution of key events, convenings, and leadership initiatives\u2014working closely with internal teams, external partners, and a diverse network of stakeholders. Topical areas of work include bilateral issues, leadership development, social impact work, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Responsibilities:
<\/strong>– Design, lead, and execute USJC\u2019s signature programs and convenings\u2014both in-person and virtual\u2014including conferences, leadership delegations, and partnership programs and events.
– Develop and manage program timelines, budgets, speaker outreach, promotion, participant engagement, and logistics.
– Coordinate across departments to ensure program alignment and visibility.
– Serve as the primary liaison with vendors, venues, and collaborators for assigned programs and convenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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– Gather and evaluate data and feedback from programs and events to support strategic decision-making and comprehensive reporting.
– Represent USJC at events and engage with members, donors, and partners to strengthen relationships.
– Provide on-ground support for other initiatives and events as needed.
– Provide administrative support as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qualifications:
<\/strong>– 5+ years of experience in program management, event planning, or related roles\u2014preferably in nonprofit, international, or mission-driven organizations.
– Demonstrated interest in U.S.-Japan relations, Japanese American communities and history, with cross-cultural fluency; Japanese language proficiency is a plus.
– Excellent organizational and project management skills, with attention to detail and deadlines.
– Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
– Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with external stakeholders.
– Flexible, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a full time position with an expected start date of August 1, 2025.

Application Process: <\/strong>Please submit a resume and cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications to\u00a0hr@usjapancouncil.org<\/a>\u00a0and include “Program Manager 2025” in the subject line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Program ManagerPosted by: U.S.-Japan Council Location: Washington, D.C., USA (hybrid) or Remote (U.S.-based)Contract: Full-Time Thanks to the U.S.-Japan Council for passing along the following job opening. Position Overview:The Program Manager will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and managing high-impact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-dle","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51296,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51288\/revisions\/51296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}