Lead multiple product teams for Fanicon, aligning business, product, and technology. Manage engineers, support technical decisions, and improve processes, quality, and team growth.
THECOO
Fan community platforms · Digital marketing · Influencer marketing · Shibuya, Tokyo
THECOO is a Tokyo-based technology and marketing company serving creators, entertainers, fans and corporate advertisers. Its Fanicon platform lets creators run paid fan communities with members-only live streams, group chats and other digital content. The company also provides influencer marketing, performance advertising, social media management and the iCON Suite tool that visualizes influencers' value.
Fanicon is run as a fully paid, members-only fan community app. For business clients, THECOO earns fees from influencer-based marketing support, online advertising consulting and social media operations. It is listed on the Growth market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Salary range
- ¥3.4M – ¥15M
- Median
- ¥5.5M – ¥9M
- Can be worked in English
- 10%
- Remote or hybrid
- 13%
- Most requested
- AWS 9
- JavaScript 9
- Google Cloud 7
- Node.js 7
- MySQL 6
- TypeScript 6
- JLPT N3 or lower 1
- JLPT N2 4
- Native Japanese 1
- Japanese posting, level unstated 22
- No Japanese level detected 2
- Common areas
- Sales 7
- Backend engineering 6
- Consulting & strategy 5
- Marketing 5
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open positions at THECOO
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Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems for Fanicon, collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders, lead engineers, and improve architecture, scalability, and reliability.
Lead product strategy, priorities and delivery for Fanicon and other THECOO products in Tokyo. Requires product management experience and communication with stakeholders in Japanese and an English-speaking development team.
Lead engineering teams building Fanicon and other THECOO products.
Lead business planning for Fanicon by managing revenue, costs and KPIs, analyzing data, reporting to executives, and developing growth strategies, alliances and new initiatives.
Lead product strategy and roadmap for Fanicon and +KIRARI, turning user and business needs into priorities, requirements, and measurable improvements with designers and engineers.
Develop and operate Node.js backend features for Fanicon, improve core functions, test service ideas, and discuss requirements with product managers for a growing fan-community app.
Maintain and scale high-traffic systems by automating operations, improving reliability and performance, managing cloud infrastructure, monitoring production, handling incidents, and supporting releases.
Lead sales strategy and planning for a digital marketing business, including market and competitor analysis, KPI design, sales-team execution, and cross-functional operations.
Design and improve THECOO’s internal networks, security, cloud infrastructure and SaaS integrations, with responsibility for automation and incident response.
Lead corporate IT planning, budgets and team development at THECOO while participating in architecture decisions, security improvements and digital transformation.
Leads QA strategy for Fanicon and other products, manages manual testers, sets release quality gates, and guides test automation with product engineers across Android, iOS, and web.
Lead corporate planning with senior management across M&A, IR, capital policy, internal controls, risk management, business reform and KPI management, carrying initiatives through execution.
Leads monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and disclosure work, coordinates with auditors and tax advisers, strengthens controls, improves processes, and develops the accounting and finance team.
Manage existing Fanicon accounts by building relationships with artists and agencies, identifying needs, proposing solutions, and supporting revenue, usage, and satisfaction.
Handles monthly budget-versus-actual analysis, annual budgeting and forecasting, management materials, and potential work in finance, IR, M&A, KPI design, and internal controls.
Lead QA for Fanicon and +KIRARI, manage manual testers, set release-quality standards, and guide test automation across mobile and web services.
Sell Fanicon to entertainment partners, develop new clients, propose fan-business solutions, negotiate contracts, support implementation, and help launch communities.
Build new fan-business opportunities for Fanicon by earning trust with entertainment-industry decision-makers, designing proposals and revenue models, and leading partners from agreement to launch.
Plan and execute new-graduate hiring, build candidate pipelines, manage recruitment media, coordinate selection communications, and support offer holders and organizational development.
Develop digital marketing strategies and proposals for new and existing clients, win projects, present plans, analyze data, report results, and provide consulting sales support.
Plans and operates web and social ad campaigns for client companies, from needs discovery and marketing strategy through campaign analysis and reporting.
Coordinate influencer casting and brand collaborations with account executives, managing negotiations, shoots, events, contracts, delivery checks, social data analysis, reporting, and talent scouting.
Design and plan merchandise, scratch-lottery prizes, promotional images and banners for the Fanicon fan community app, coordinating production, vendors, proofing and delivery.
Work in sales, proposals, operations, and consulting across a fan-community platform and digital-marketing business. New graduates join a division after assessment.
Develop and improve new features for the Fanicon fan community app across mobile, frontend, server-side and SRE areas. The role is for students joining from April 2028, with team development experience and Japanese business proficiency required.
Supports influencer-marketing campaigns for corporate clients through gifting coordination, creator and agency outreach, creative review, administrative work, and post-campaign reporting.
Build relationships with entertainment companies, artists, talent, and athletes for Fanicon, understand their needs, and help develop sales and business strategies.
Supports Fanicon’s fan-community operations through event assistance, filming preparation and set-up, prop and catering arrangements, and routine meeting and office administration.
Create banners, in-app illustrations, icons, stamps, campaign graphics, merchandise, and promotional flyers for Fanicon and other services, plus related ordering and billing administration.