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Product Manager (Japan Residents Only | Japanese Required)

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Salary: 
10 - 5000K yearly
Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in project management for open systems, web systems, and mobile apps, Experience in requirement definition in system development, Negotiation experience with stakeholders including clients, Experience as a Product Manager in planning and decision-making preferred, SaaS development and PMP certification preferred.

Key responsabilities:

  • Oversee feature developments for the smartphone payment platform
  • Maximize product value and manage project lifecycle
  • Lead product planning and collaborate with various team members
  • Manage overall project progress and facilitate improvements
  • Handle client negotiations and prepare documentation for proposals
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UNLOCK DESIGN Information Technology & Services Startup https://ud-intl.com/
11 - 50 Employees
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Job description

We are Unlock Design, a recruitment agency based in Japan, and the job description below is an opportunity with one of our forward-thinking client companies. We aim to ensure a trustworthy and considerate experience for our candidates, emphasizing their privacy and long-term career goals. See our full promise and approach by visiting https://ud-intl.com/pledge/.

【Basic Information】

Client ID: 126000

Job ID: 1367

Location: Tokyo

Salary: 5M-10M JPY

Contract type: Permanent

Who we are

私たちは、決済を起点に新たな価値を生み出し、社会を変革する事業創造イネーブラーです。 ""事業創造イネーブラー""とは、その名の通り新しいビジネスや事業を創り出し、それを可能にする存在。新しいアイデアや技術を活用し、新たな事業モデルを生み出す役割を果たします。

デジタル決済が社会インフラになる社会の大きな潮流の中で、我々はあらゆる産業とサービスにFintechを組み込むことで、これまでにない体験を提供します。目指すのは、すべての企業がFintech化していく未来。自社プロダクトを活用したEmbedded Fintech事業を中心に、コンサルティング事業や加盟店向けソリューション事業など複数の事業を展開。企業のサービスに金融機能を組み込むためのプラットフォームを提供し、金融サービスを誰もが利用しやすい形に進化させています。

私たちのミッションは「決済から、きのうまでの不可能を可能にする」こと。事業創造イネーブラーとして、我々は初めて銀行の更新系APIを活用したサービスを日本に提供するなど、これまでにない挑戦を続けてきました。また、代表を中心に業界団体を立ち上げるなど、日本のFintechの発展をリードし続けています。

English
We are a business innovation enabler that creates new value from payment transactions and transforms society. A "business innovation enabler" is, as the name suggests, an entity that creates and enables new businesses and ventures. It plays a role in leveraging new ideas and technologies to generate new business models.

In the midst of the significant societal shift where digital payments are becoming a part of our social infrastructure, we are striving to provide unprecedented experiences by incorporating Fintech into every industry and service. Our ultimate goal is a future where all companies embrace Fintech. We focus on Embedded Fintech business using our own products and we expand into multiple areas, including consulting services and solutions for affiliated businesses. We offer platforms to integrate financial functions into company services, making financial services more accessible to everyone.

Our mission is to "turn the impossible into possible, starting from payments." As business innovation enablers, we have taken on unique challenges, such as being the first to offer services in Japan using bank renewal APIs. Additionally, under the leadership of our representative, we have established industry organizations, continuing to lead the development of Fintech in Japan.

Roles and Responsibility

当社プロダクトの各機能開発や新規プロダクトに関するプロダクトマネジメントをお任せします。 プロダクトは、企業の「オリジナルPay」をスピーディに構築するためのスマホ決済プラットフォームです。コード決済、取引処理、残高管理やユーザ認証など、決済システムのコア機能に加え、ポイント発行、バリューチャージなどの周辺機能までをAPIで提供しています。

プロダクトマネージャーはプロダクトの価値を最大化することをミッションに、業務要件やユーザーフィードバックに対応する機能企画・開発の仕様決定、リリースまでのプロジェクトマネジメントを担当いただきます。 プロダクトのあるべき姿を実現するためプロダクト企画・開発プロジェクトをリードする立場で、デザイナー・エンジニア・事業責任者など様々なメンバーと連携しながらプロダクトマネジメント活動を行っていただきます。

まだまだ発展途上のプロダクトであり、複数の機能開発や性能改善が並行しています。スピーディにプロダクトの方向性や要件を決め、開発を推進する力が求められます。

【具体的には】

  • 自社プロダクトの新機能/機能改善に関する企画立案、要件定義、仕様策定、見積作成
  • 業務の改善提案や推進
  • 開発プロジェクト全体の進捗管理とファシリテーション
  • 導入企業やパートナー企業との折衝業務
  • サービスに関わる提案書や仕様書などのドキュメント作成
  • システム開発における基本設計〜詳細設計のレビュー、受け入れテスト
  • プロジェクトの予実管理、リスクマネジメント、メンバーモチベート
  • English here

    We are looking for a Product Manager to oversee the various feature developments and new product initiatives for our product. The product is a smartphone payment platform designed to quickly enable businesses to build their "Original Pay." It provides core functions of payment systems such as code-based transactions, transaction processing, balance management, user authentication, as well as additional features like point issuance and value charging through APIs.

    As a Product Manager, your mission is to maximize the value of the product. You will be responsible for determining specifications for feature planning and development in response to business requirements and user feedback, overseeing project management through to release. In a leadership role for product planning and development projects, you will collaborate with various team members, including designers, engineers, and business executives, to conduct product management activities.

    Wallet Station is still a developing product with multiple feature developments and performance improvements happening simultaneously. We are seeking someone who can quickly decide on the direction and requirements of the product and drive development forward.

    Specific Responsibilities:

    • Planning, requirement definition, specification creation, and estimation for new features/improvements for Wallet Station and other in-house products.
    • Proposing and driving improvements to business operations.
    • Overall progress management and facilitation of development projects.
    • Negotiation with client and partner companies.
    • Document creation for proposals and specifications related to services.
    • Review of basic design to detailed design in system development, acceptance testing.
    • Project budget management, risk management, and team motivation.
Minimum Requirements
  • オープン系開発、Webシステム、スマホアプリ開発におけるプロジェクトマネジメント経験
  • システム開発における要求定義や要件定義経験
  • クライアントを含むステークホルダーとの折衝業務経験
  • ビジョンやバリューに共感していただける方
  • English here
    • Project management experience in open systems development, web systems, and mobile app development.
    • Experience in requirement definition and requirement specification in system development.
    • Experience in negotiation with stakeholders, including clients.
    • Individuals who resonate with our vision and values are welcome.
Preferred Requirements
  • プロダクトマネージャーとして、プロダクトの企画や方向性の決定に関わった経験
  • SaaSなどのWebアプリケーションやミッションクリティカルシステムにおけるシステム開発経験
  • PMPやプロジェクトマネージャ試験(IPA)等のプロジェクトマネジメントに関する資格保有者
  • エンジニアメンバーやパートナー企業のマネジメント経験
  • エンジニアとしての開発業務経験
  • English here
    • Experience as a Product Manager involved in the planning and decision-making processes for product strategies.
    • Extensive experience in system development for SaaS, web applications, and mission-critical systems.
    • Holder of project management certifications such as PMP and Project Manager Examination by the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA).
    • Experience in managing engineering team members and partner companies.
    • Background in engineering with experience in development tasks as an engineer.
Tech Stacks

言語/フレームワーク
バックエンド   :Java(SpringBoot),Kotlin,Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
フロントエンド  :JavaScript(Vue.js/TypeScript),Thymeleaf
モバイル     :Dart(Flutter)
データベース    :Microsoft SQL Server, Google BigQuery
インフラ      :AWS,Azure,GCP
環境構築      :Ansible,Terraform,Docker,Firebase
CI/CD       :Bitrise, Azure DevOps, Github Actions
テストツール    :JUnit, Autify
デザイン      :Figma, AdobeXD,Illustrator, Photoshop
ソースコード管理  :GitHub、GitHub Copilot
プロジェクト管理  :JIRA
情報共有ツール   :Slack
言語
バックエンド   :Go
フロントエンド  :Elm, React, TypeScript
データベース    :MySQL, DynamoDB,S3
インフラ      :AWS
環境構築      :Terraform,Docker,AWS Fargate
CI/CD        :CircleCI
ソースコード管理  :GitHub
プロジェクト管理  :JIRA
情報共有ツール   :Slack
その他       :Datadog

Conditions / Benefits

Employment system: Full-time

Location: Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

  • Approximately 5 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line "Kojimachi Station" (Exit 2)
  • Approximately 8 minutes on foot from JR "Yotsuya Station"
  • Approximately 9 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line/Ginza Line "Akasaka-mitsuke Station" (Exit D)
  • Approximately 10 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line/Yurakucho Line/Namboku Line "Nagatacho Station" (Exit 7)

Annual Salary: 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 JPY *based on experience, ability, and previous work experience

  • Salary adjustments: Twice a year
  • Bonuses: Twice a year (April and October)
  • Overtime allowances for exceeding regular working hours are provided (subject to position/grade).
  • Wage structure: Monthly salary
  • Retirement benefits: None

Hours: 9:30 - 18:30 (60 minutes of break time)

  • Depending on the position/grade, it will fall under flextime, specialist discretionary labor system, or management and supervisory discretionary labor system.
  • The above-mentioned hours are the standard, and employee determinations may vary.
  • Overtime work beyond regular hours is expected.
  • The flextime system does not have a core time.
  • Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays
  • Annual paid leave (provided according to company regulations from the first day of employment)
  • Refresh leave (provided according to company regulations, 5 days)
  • Year-end and New Year holidays (5 days)
  • Sick leave (3 days)
  • Other (condolence leave, special leave, childcare/elderly care leave, etc.)

Probation Period: 3 months

Benefits

  • Remote work support system (assistance for purchasing equipment such as monitors)
  • Work-from-home allowance (3,000 JPY per month)
  • Actual commuting expenses reimbursed
  • Health checkups
  • Employee stock ownership plan
  • Onboarding/internal training
  • Club activity support
  • Company-wide social events
  • Book purchase system (up to 10,000 JPY per month)
  • Benefit station
  • Support for acquiring/maintaining qualifications (*)
  • Business school attendance support program (*)
  • Seminar participation fee subsidy (*)
  • Relocation expense assistance (*)
  • Eligibility criteria apply

Insurance

  • Employees' Pension
  • Health Insurance
  • Employment Insurance
  • Workers' Compensation Insurance
Interview Process
  1. Document review
  2. First interview
  3. Aptitude test
  4. Second interview
  5. Offer

This process is subject to change.

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
Industry :
Information Technology & Services
Spoken language(s):
EnglishJapanese
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Other Skills

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Verbal Communication Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Leadership

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