Head of Platform Product Division

Overview

Money Forward Cloud is a component-based Cloud ERP where users can choose and combine services based on their needs, and is composed of multiple service groups. The Core Technology Division strategically builds common platforms to prevent data fragmentation, degraded user experiences, and diminished development efficiency caused by the independent development of these services, and promotes the stable use of each service.
As a product division that develops company-wide platforms, we are responsible for the development and operation of a wide range of products, from business-essential platforms to purely technical platforms, including billing/contract platforms, audit log platforms, ID platforms, API gateways, and feature flags.

Responsibilities and Duties

Currently, Money Forward has significant room for cross-product functions and activities, such as product standardization and foundational products, to make an impact. This position is a crucial role that is committed to improving company-wide development efficiency and the reliability of core products, ensuring that they deliver meaningful value to each business unit and the entire enterprise, rather than just developing and operating infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribution to Business:
  • Collaborate with internal PdMs (Product Managers), engineers on the business unit side, and sales teams to accurately understand end-user needs, and commit to business growth through developing platforms required by end-users.
• Improving Reliability and Development Efficiency of Core Products:
  • Aim to build a development structure that is easy to adopt, delivering platform products stably with fast response times.
  • Strengthen the domain of "Platform Engineering," build mechanisms that are easy for engineers in each business unit to adopt, and establish solid relationships and communication lines.
  • Unify necessary specifications and maintain documentation and communication lines.

Required Skills and Experience

• Management experience in product development organizations for toB SaaS or large-scale services.
• Experience in product development and operation within company-wide infrastructure or platform domains.
• Experience in formulating and executing product strategies with a strong focus on business contribution.
• 5+ years of experience in development management.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in technical standardization and architecture design across multiple products.
• Experience in building development structures based on the concepts of Platform Engineering.
• Experience in managing teams with global/diverse members.
• Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes.
  • Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users. (More information here)

Language Requirements

• English: Business-level proficiency 
  • Ability to handle daily communication and meetings with internal stakeholders via reading, writing, and speaking.
• Japanese: Conversational-level proficiency
  • While complete fluency is not required, you should be able to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders in daily business interactions.
  • Proactive and positive attitude toward communicating flexibly using both English and Japanese depending on the stakeholders and the situation.

Who We’re Looking For

• Individuals who possess a company-wide perspective and can commit to business growth and development efficiency through core platform products.
• Individuals who can collaborate with diverse stakeholders—such as executive officers, the CTO, and the CPO—to lead problem-solving for the entire business.
• Individuals who have a strong passion for delivering products with high reliability and speed.
• Individuals who enjoy collaborating with members from diverse backgrounds.

Technology Stack

As a leader overseeing company-wide platform development, knowledge in the following areas is desirable:

• General knowledge of web service development (modern web server-side, frontend, databases, cloud infrastructure, etc.).
• Knowledge of architecture design and operation for microservices.
• Deep knowledge of foundational platform technologies, including ID platforms, API gateways, and authentication/authorization.
• Experience in service development and operation leveraging cloud infrastructure such as AWS.

Work Environment

At Money Forward, we provide an environment where we can create world-class services together, and we are looking forward to welcoming you.

• Provided PC Specs: We provide PCs equipped with the latest CPUs (MacOS or Windows). Custom-made PCs tailored to business requirements and replacements with the latest OS are also possible.
• Systems to Enhance the Development Environment: Peripheral devices necessary for work (such as displays, mice, keyboards) can be purchased as office supplies. Generally, you can choose from standard products (catalog), and if conditions are met, you can apply for non-standard products as well. (*Excluding certain group companies)
• Money Forward Library: We have a library system where you can freely borrow books, ranging from technical books to management books. Desired books can be purchased at the company's expense.
• Referral Driven: We cover the cost of recruitment meals. There is a referral reward system.
• Conference Participation Support: The company partially covers participation in domestic and international conferences, such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O.