Product Manager/Leading BNPL Service/International Environment

Tokyo 23 wards Permanent ¥7,000,000 - ¥15,000,000 per year
  • International and English environment
  • Famous FinTech company providing major payment service

About Our Client

  • Japan's pioneer and leading BNPL service company.
  • The company uses proprietary models and machine learning to underwrite transactions in seconds and guarantee payments to merchants. And they continue to innovate to make shopping easier and more fun both online and offline.

Job Description

  • Defining consumer pain points and determining what value the company can provide by making hypotheses and validating them with research.
  • Market and consumer segment analyses
  • Making financial model (cost / revenue), business forecast, KPIs
  • "Go to Market" planning
  • Align product road map with company level strategy and make agreements with all stakeholders
  • Translating product plan into detailed requirements and prototypes
  • Track KPIs and find how to fill gaps
  • Apple Pay integration for Classic users
  • Premiumization of the company Card
  • Credit Card disputes
  • New business development opportunities

The Successful Applicant

  • Excellent communication skills in English and Japanese
  • Extensive experience with card launches and card program management, operations, distribution & optimization
  • Comprehensive knowledge of the branded card ecosystem in Japan and internationally, including regulatory, processing, acquiring, and schemes.
  • 5+ years of relevant experience, some of which in product management in financial services, fintech, retail, banking or payments
  • Extremely curious and bright, problem solver with a strong bias to action
  • Ability to think like a business owner, an innovator
  • Passionate about finding ways to improve consumer experience with a habit of always bringing advocacy for the customer experience to every decision
  • Strong quantitative skills and an innate understanding of how to mix market intelligence
  • Demonstrated history of defining, designing, building, and refining products through industry standard best practices
  • Strong grasp of products value chain, and solid understanding of how the potential for great product work can be realized and leveraged
  • Experience launching new products and services
  • Ability to develop business, service, and product KPIs aligned to corporate objectives, with the ability to articulate rationale for the product work required to realize this vision
  • Comfortable presenting to boards, leading consensus with senior stakeholders
  • University degree
  • Evidence of continued post grad education a big plus; MBA preferred

What's on Offer

  • Diversified team with 221+ colleagues from 37+ countries
  • Exciting work opportunities in a rapid-growing organization
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Flexible work-from-home arrangement
  • Competitive salary and benefits
Contact
Risa Shimakura
Quote job ref
JN-032023-5975252

Job summary

Function
Engineering & Manufacturing
Subsector
Engineering & Manufacturing Subsector
Industry
Technology Media & Telecoms
Location
Tokyo 23 wards
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Risa Shimakura
Job reference
JN-032023-5975252

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