Product Specialist / Manager

About Source Edge

Source Edge is a Tokyo-based, technology recruitment and career consulting company. We work with select number of client partners, helping them to find both local and global talent as they tackle the unique challenges of hiring in the Japan market. For our candidate partners, we strive to go the extra mile and provide transparency, timely updates and in-depth insights in to our clients and their hiring processes. 

Who is our Client?

Our client is a global technology platform that has had a truly impressive growth story in Japan in a very short space of time. Our client employs over five-hundred people, is deeply connected with the broader global business and equally committed to created a truly Japan-centric local entity.

They are looking for an experienced Product Manager as a first in the Japan product team, reporting to Singapore.   You will be an extension of the APAC product team located in Japan. You will be a leader at the forefront as this role would require strong collaboration across various teams and be the focal point for all stakeholders across all functions. In this role, you will be responsible for brining local market insights to the regional and central product team, and for empowering the local team to make product decisions and changes for the Japan market.

What would you be doing?

• Build and maintain a continuous product roadmap by working with key business stakeholders to understand business process and explore how to solve problems that have never been solved before at this scale.
• Analyze data and internal user feedback to build solid business cases to support and justify feature development.
• Drive feature development updates and ensure strong collaboration and communication across the country and serve as a primary product point of contact for Groceries and Vendor Experience.
• Optimize feature rollout for high impact features that speeds up time-to-market and time-to-value.
• Educate business stakeholders and drive daily product operations with the teams.
• Be the gatekeeper for product and tech features to ensure optimal business impacts.

Who are you?

• At least 2 years of experience managing web and mobile consumer products as a product/tech specialist in an e-commerce company. Plus points if you have worked in a similar organization like ours.
• A sense of urgency, pragmatism and a solution-oriented approach to problem-solving.
• An analytical mindset and skill-set.
• A passion to build a great product & be successful with that product in the market.
• A passion for design excellence, usability & consumer appeal in products.
• A good understanding of and passion for scrum and agile software development methodologies.
• A passion for finding amazing food and great service.

What our Client can offer you...

• An environment that is on track to become market leader in japan within 1-2 years
• A vibrant and international team with multi-cultural and diverse backgrounds
• Interesting business challenges and inspiring colleagues in an all hands-on deck environment
• Management team that recognizes top performers, welcome new joiners and shares a love for good food and conversation
• Competitive package, incentives and allowances