Product Manager

Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
October 22, 2024

Main Responsibilities

Responsible for delivering critical projects with crucial timelines and significant business impact
Managing and executing decisions about the high-level technical architecture and UI/UX designs of the project
Write technical PRDs, collaborate with the engineering and design teams, and execute the product roadmap
Define and prioritize product challenges and opportunities leading to the product growth
Collaborate with internal stakeholders across functions to understand the user problem and their needs and formulate achievable requirements for development teams
Mentoring and educating other product managers of the entire organization
Develop a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth

Qualifications

At Least 4 years of Product Management or an equivalent role
At least 3 years of Business-to-Consumer or Mobile App Product Management experience
Have team management experience
Business level of English language (written, verbal)

Preferred Qualifications

Business-level proficiency in Japanese (written and verbal) is highly preferred
Masters degree in a technology related field or at least 3 years of technical experience
Ability to break down any given technical or business problem into deliverables while keeping the stakeholders and business impact in mind
Proven track record of working in a fast-paced environment, startup, or on user-facing products
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to negotiate product specifications and scopes with business partners
Strong bias towards action basically, you need to have the “Get Things Done” attitude
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
A marketing background is a plus

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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)