Product Manager, Prospective Business Unit Leader

This role is a prospective business unit leader in product management for freee's SaaS products supporting accounting, human resources and labor management, sales management, filing, and signing operations for small businesses and individual business owners. The position is responsible for maximizing product value and contributing to business growth across the product lifecycle, from value proposition through growth strategy execution and analysis.

Primary products include freee Accounting for individual business owners and small companies, freee Kaigyo, and freee Company Establishment. Responsibilities include creating medium- and long-term product roadmaps, designing KGI and KPI structures, and advancing investment decisions. The role also includes developing the product organization through hiring, evaluation-system development, and the training of product managers.

The product manager will coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Engineering to support growth across the business. Other responsibilities include designing the story and positioning needed to maximize customer value and advancing exploration to identify leverage in the relevant product area. Assigned duties may change depending on business conditions and the individual's suitability.

Required qualifications include at least five years of experience as a product manager, in business development, as a business unit leader, or in an equivalent role. Candidates must have experience creating a medium- to long-term roadmap, advancing investment decisions, and developing an organization. Experience leading the full process in a web or mobile application development project, from requirements definition through release, is also required. The posting additionally requires quantitative, logical thinking based on data, problem-solving ability, experience leading a team to achieve goals, strong communication ability, and leadership.

Preferred qualifications are product management experience in the SaaS field, an understanding of ERP or accounting systems, and experience developing product managers. The stated profile includes the ability to identify issues independently, involve others in solving them, learn autonomously, make decisions from a broad business perspective, and respect diverse opinions while working toward team goals.

The employment type is full-time, with a three-month probationary period. The work location is the Tokyo office in Shinagawa, Tokyo, approximately three minutes on foot from Osaki Station. The work location may change because of business circumstances or office relocation. The position uses a discretionary work system with eight deemed working hours per day. Holidays and leave include weekends, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, condolence leave, paid leave granted from the joining date, and six paid sick-leave days per year. Insurance coverage includes employment insurance, workers' accident compensation insurance, employees' pension insurance, and health insurance. Indoor smoking is prohibited. Online interviews are accepted.