noun
executive manager; general manager
A senior managerial title in Japanese companies, often overseeing a department or division with broad coordinating authority.
彼は来月から統括部長に昇進する予定だ。
He is scheduled to be promoted to executive manager next month.
統括部長として、複数のプロジェクトを管理しています。
As executive manager, I oversee multiple projects.
Compound of 統括 (とうかつ, 'unification, overall control') and 部長 (ぶちょう, 'department manager'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern corporate title.