Data Product Manager

Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
May 22, 2023

At Moneytree, our mission is to unlock the power of data for good: by providing tools & capabilities needed, reducing or removing barriers, and delivering meaningful value today. We are a financial data platform enabling over 5M people to connect their financial accounts to apps and digital services. Our technology is used by major banks, accounting software companies and fintech companies in Japan. Key clients include SMBC, and Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos.

The Team

The Data Research Group has 3 pillars, Data Governance, Democratisation, and Monetisation. These are highly interdependent, to find balance between data access and respecting highest privacy principles and leverage the Moneytree data platform with unmatched business opportunities. This team is responsible for the full R&D life cycle - from collaborating on new research initiatives to deploying new data pipelines and machine learning systems.

About you

You have experience in managing data products. You are analytical, technical and commercially minded. You enjoy developing a deep understanding of customers and promoting their needs within the organisation. You communicate well in Japanese and English, and enjoy working in an international environment. Above all you are passionate about data and making a positive impact for the customers and stakeholders with it.

You are passionate, self-motivated, and take ownership. You are an organised and effective communicator, capable of independently driving issues from planning to resolution, and communicating insights to non-technical audiences.

In this role you will

Support the Chief of Product to define the product strategy and develop core positioning.
Translate the product strategy into an actionable roadmap.
Supervise the product lifecycle and project manage strategic data product, issues, and key product deliverables.
Design and manage the cross-functional development of data products, increasing the time to value for the data.
Managing data products in the team’s portfolio, including our internal analytics platform as fundamental infrastructure to our data products and a self-service tool to democratise access to data
Monitor/report competitive landscape globally and identify product opportunities.
Collaborate with cross-functional Moneytree teams from multidisciplinary science, engineering and business backgrounds to enhance current business processes, enable data-driven decisions, while maintaining the highest level of privacy.
Learn and understand a broad range of Moneytree data sources and know when, how, and which to use and which not to use.
Maintain technical documents and communicate results to diverse audiences with effective writing, visualisations, and presentations.
Own meaningful parts of the service, have an impact and grow with the company.

In the first 30/60/90 days, your expected deliverables include

Complete security and privacy training.
Complete onboarding training with a mentor.
Become a strong team player and raise our overall quality.
Suggest improvement and setting up fail-safe experiments on the data products.
Contribute to the vision of the Data team and own the product roadmap.
Exploring broad ranges of data, finding insights, and improving product specification and documentation.

Qualifications

2+ years of experience successfully managing an end-to-end data products lifecycle (research reports projects, AI/ML projects).
Data Analysis skills with data exploration techniques (with either SQL, Python, or PySpark).
Ability to imagine, plan and deliver data products that creatively solve market needs.
Ability to conduct market research and create a compelling value hypothesis.
Ability to understand complex systems and work with very technical colleagues.
Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
Discipline to work independently and drive results.
Excellent teamwork skills.
Business level English and Japanese proficiency.

Location & Benefits

Working remotely from anywhere in Japan
Flexible work hours without core time (Common working hours: 10am - 4pm at JST)
Employee stock option program participation
Referral bonus 250,000 JPY per successful hire
Commuting Expense Fee (Paid at actual cost)
Communication allowance (10,000 JPY/month)
Remote work allowance (3000 JPY/month)
20 annual paid leave
10 annual sick and care leave
Health and social insurance support in accordance with Japanese Labor Law
Ability to work from overseas for short periods
Learning Support

APPLY NOW ➜Japanese Required ⚠️

About Moneytree

Moneytreeは「人々とお金の関係を身近にし、最適な資産運用をサポートすること」をミッションとし、B2Cでは個人資産管理・家計簿アプリ「Moneytree」を提供、B2BではMoneytreeを元に構築された日本最大級の金融系API、金融インフラプラットフォーム「MT LINK」を企業向けに提供しています。

2017年にはオーストラリア市場に進出しています。国際的な環境が整っており、20ヶ国以上出身の外国籍社員が50%、会社全体の約3分の1が女性であり、とてもダイバシティ豊かです。

またフルリモート勤務が可能で、ワークライフバランスを重視したフレキシブルな環境が整っており、とても働きやすい職場です。

Salary
Moneytree's salary structure is designed to offer a base salary along with stock options. Stock options are still a relative rarity in Japan, so Moneytree is one of a reasonably small list of Japanese companies offering them.
Japanese Language Policy
Moneytree does not require Japanese language skills for their engineering positions, though it is an advantage.

As a customer-centric company building products for Japanese customers, Japanese fluency is required for product managers and product designers to do user research, product discovery, etc.
Visa Sponsorship
- With the current pandemic, we are only accepting applicants with valid working visas in Japan.
- We offer support for visa renewal to new hires with valid working visas in Japan.
Paid Leave
Moneytree offers 20 paid holidays in addition to 10 sick/care leave days.

The Standard paid leave in Japan is 10 for an employee's first year, so this is what you'll get at the majority of companies. The fact that Moneytree doubles this to 20 really makes them stand out from other companies in Tokyo.

And then there's their sick day policy. Since these aren't legally mandated in Japan, most companies don't have them at all. Moneytree really goes above and beyond here with 10.
Benefits
💻 New tech gear

👩‍🎓 Skill development support

🏠 Remote work allowance

📕 Book purchases

🍹 Free drinks

👶 Parental Leave

🧡 Interpretation support (EN<>JP)

💟 Complete health and social insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance

✈️ Ability to work from overseas for short periods

💰Communication Allowance
Engineer Interview Process
This may depend somewhat on the position but in general, the steps are as follows:
- CV screening (+ survey to fill out for some positions)
- Casual screening meeting (onsite or remote)
- Pair programming
- Topgrading
- Provisional offer + reference check
Remote Work
Moneytree supports remote work, allowing its employees to work from home or the office. Depending on the position, they can live anywhere in Japan.
Work style
Moneytree’s working hours are 10:00-19:00, and their core working hours are 10:00-16:00
Diversity
Moneytree has a diverse environment, with 60% of the employees coming from over 20 different countries.