Lead customer research and product strategy for large financial projects, defining value, prioritizing work, directing web/app UI/UX, aligning stakeholders, and improving KPIs after release.
About this role
WealthNavi, Japan's leading robo-advisor, launched an insurance service in May 2024, and the Business Strategy Manager takes business responsibility for its development and growth. The manager improves service quality, drives new features, and manages a team, and may also lead company-wide projects tied to other business strategies.
Work includes product strategy and roadmap for the insurance business, coordinating stakeholders, setting and monitoring business plans, profit and loss and KPIs, project management and PMO across projects, and shaping new business and strategy projects. Past projects include a new business after life insurance, product management for MAP AI, the planned digital bank with MUFG Bank, integration with an e-Smart securities firm, and AI strategy with partners. With results, the role may grow into business head or executive leadership.
Applicants need concrete business-growth results (any scale), experience turning an abstract mission into results while building agreement among complex stakeholders, business experience in apps or digital fields, and experience leading a team to results. Financial-business knowledge, insurance or asset-management knowledge, KPI improvement in business development and consulting growth-strategy experience are preferred.
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