Lead product strategy and roadmap for Fanicon and +KIRARI, turning user and business needs into priorities, requirements, and measurable improvements with designers and engineers.
About this role
This role acts as a business controller for Fanicon, with responsibility for supporting growth and revenue maximization while managing risks across the business division and maintaining cross-functional governance. The position develops and manages sales strategies aimed at achieving the sales organization’s revenue and profit targets.
Day-to-day responsibilities include managing revenue, costs and other KPIs for the fan business platform, leading budget-versus-actual management, and analyzing data from multiple perspectives to understand business trends and identify factors that restrict growth. The role prepares and operates business-status reports and dashboards for executives and business division leaders. Based on identified issues, it plans medium- and long-term growth strategies and roadmaps, then plans and advances new initiatives, alliances and expansions of existing functions.
Fanicon is a monthly subscription communication app that allows entertainers and artists to connect directly with fans. It provides a paid community positioned between an online salon and a traditional annual-membership fan club. The service is used by idols, artists, actors, musicians, talent, public figures, YouTubers, sports teams and K-pop idols.
Applicants must have at least three years of experience in business planning, corporate planning or strategy work; at least three years of experience managing a team as a team manager; and practical experience creating proposals supported by logical analysis with clearly defined ROI. Experience advancing a business in web services, entertainment or e-commerce while considering related rules and laws, including terms, copyright and payments, is welcomed. Experience establishing internal rules and operating processes and embedding them across the organization with involvement from other departments is also welcomed.
The position is a full-time employee role in Shibuya, Tokyo. The annual salary is approximately JPY 5.0–8.0 million, with the final treatment potentially adjusted according to experience, previous salary and ability under company rules. Salary is revised once a year, and a financial-results bonus is available. The probationary period is six months.
Working hours use a flextime system with core hours from 11:00 to 15:00. The guideline is eight working hours per day, and average overtime is 20–40 hours per month. Benefits include social insurance, commuting expenses, influenza vaccination, babysitter voucher subsidies, support for study sessions, training and book purchases, a freee benefits program, and full support for installation and usage fees for a company-specified high-speed home internet connection. The company operates an internal bar, as well as the BLACKBOX³ LED studio and PEAKS STUDIO streaming studio. Leave includes weekends and national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, annual paid leave beginning after six months, bereavement leave, sick leave, marriage leave, maternity leave, childcare leave and nursing-care leave.
The selection process consists of document screening, two or three interviews, a personality aptitude test during the process and a final interview, followed by an offer. The process may change.
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