Product Manager

Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
December 20, 2024

Main Responsibilities

Write clear and concise PRD’s and work with different stakeholders like the design team, engineering and testing teams
Execute and manage the product life cycle and the roadmap leading to the product vision.
Building a “WoW Experience” for our users by delivering and driving product features in a timely manner while bringing ideas to life.
Structuring and creating scalable platforms and not just implementing use cases
Collaborate with internal stakeholders across functions to understand the user problem and their needs and formulate achievable requirements for development teams.
Develop a deep understanding of customer experience, identify the metrics leading to its continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technology related field or at least 3yrs of technical experience.
At Least 2 years of Product Management or an equivalent role
Business level of English language(written, verbal)

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in a technology related field or at least 2+yrs of technical experience.
Track record of working in a very fast paced environment or a startup or working on user facing products
Track record of working in a fintech domain - payments, credit, securities, banking insurance, etc
Have an extreme bias towards action basically, you need to have the Get Things Done attitude.
Possess excellent oral, written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Japanese language proficiency is preferred

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About PayPay

PayPay, a FinTech company that has achieved more than 65M users (as of August 2024) within around six years since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

The company has a diverse team of professionals from more than 50 countries and is building a world-class engineering organization.

PayPay's biggest competitor is "cash". They are seeking people who can accept this challenge positively, brush up on the product at a tremendous speed that other companies could never achieve, and who are passionate about promoting and spreading such a financial life platform in a short time along with professionalism.

Japanese Language Policy
At PayPay, there is a mixture of Japanese and English spoken. Around 80% of their product team’s discussions happen in English, and they have technical interpreters and translators on staff to facilitate any translation necessary. Some members can speak both English and Japanese, but some can only speak either English or Japanese.

PayPay doesn’t have an official shared language, but in practice English tends to be the primary language used for internal communications and technical discussions like code reviews.

Instead of requiring that everyone be able to speak a specific language, PayPay expects an ability to communicate with mutual respect and a drive to ensure that you’re understood. The product team values proactive communication highly.
Visa Sponsorship
PayPay sponsors visas for applicants from overseas.
Paid Leave
- Days Off: Saturdays and Sundays. National holidays. Year-end holidays from December 29th to January 4th.
- Holidays: Annual paid leave, congratulatory or condolence leave, maternity leave and etc.
Benefits
🌎 Translation/interpretation support (EN<>JP)

🧡 Support for translation or other administrative tasks in Japanese

👍 Support from bilingual PIC for engineers

🇯🇵 Free Japanese lessons on company time

🏠 Work from home allowance (100,000JPY/year)

💻 PC and phone are given (based on the company’s regulations)

👩‍🎓 Training Program: We have various training programs for different kinds of needs

💜 Social security/insurance benefits included

💛 Defined contribution pension system (TBC)

🏥 Health insurance

🚃 Transportation coverage (up to ¥150,000/mo)
Engineer Interview Process
PayPay's Hiring process are as below:
- Application Review (English CV is required)
- Coding Test or Take Home Assignment (only applied to required positions)
- 3-4 Interviews (including both technical and behavioral interviews)
- Offer Meeting
Remote Work
PayPay had introduced a new personnel system called WFA (Working From Anywhere*). At PayPay, we work fully remotely in Japan. Therefore, the working place or your living place doesn't matter. Even if you are living in a local area, the salary and benefit package will be at an international level while you enjoy working with world class colleagues.

*This WFA policy is applicable only within Japan.
Work style
- Super Flex Time with no core time
- In principle, from 10:00am-6:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)