Product Manager

About PayPay

PayPay, a FinTech company that has achieved more than 69M users (as of May 2025) 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.

Our 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.

PayPay is committed to maintaining a "Day 1" mindset, bringing to life visions of the future that no one else can even imagine. At PayPay, we provide an environment where everyone can deliver outstanding performance as professionals, through a flexible work style that includes remote and office.

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Position

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.

Your qualification

• 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)

Will be a plus

• 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

What we offer

• Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
• 401K
• Language Learning support
• Translation/Interpretation support
• VISA sponsor + Relocation support

Additional details

Office Location

• Hybrid Workstyle (flexible working style including Remote and office)
  *There are no fixed rules regarding office attendance in Product group; it depends on each individual's discretion.

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Work Hours

• Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
• In principle, 9:00am-5:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)

Holidays

• Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)/New Year's break/Company-designated Special days

Paid leave

• Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment. Can be used from the date of hire)
• Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment)
  *PayPay's own special paid leave system, which can be used to attend to illnesses, injuries, hospital visits, etc., of the employee, family members, pets, etc.

Salary

• Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
• Based on skills, experience, and abilities
• Reviewed once a year
• Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation
• Late overtime allowance
  
  *Payroll payment can be changed to digital salary payment “PayPay Paycheck” for an amount set by you