Lead inside-sales planning and operations for freee’s SaaS products, develop team members, manage hiring and performance, and improve customer handoffs with marketing and field sales.
About this role
This full-time Senior Product Manager role covers freee Accounting for sole proprietors and small companies, as well as freee Kaigyo, freee Company Formation, and related products. The role is based in Tokyo, and online interviews are accepted.
The Product Manager will maximize product value through strategy, execution, and analysis. Responsibilities include setting a medium- to long-term roadmap, designing KGI and KPI frameworks, making investment decisions, exploring user problems and extracting insights, designing value propositions and positioning, building the product business scheme, and creating a KPI-based PDCA environment for growth.
The role also involves working across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Engineering to grow the wider business. Product organization responsibilities include hiring, building performance evaluation systems, and developing Product Managers. The position requires driving the process from requirements definition through release for web or mobile application development projects, as well as leading product lifecycle activities. Assigned duties may change depending on business conditions and the individual's suitability.
The products support small businesses through integrated cloud software for accounting, human resources and labor management, sales management, tax filing, electronic signing, and related back-office functions. The position connects product development, marketing, business strategy, user research, and SaaS growth, with a focus on services for sole proprietors and small companies.
Required qualifications include at least three years of experience as a Product Manager; experience creating a medium- to long-term roadmap, advancing investment decisions, and developing an organization; experience driving the process from requirements definition to release in web or mobile application development projects; and management experience leading a team to achieve goals. Experience in SaaS product management, understanding of ERP or accounting systems, and experience developing Product Managers are preferred.
The posting also seeks people who can identify issues independently, involve others in solutions, learn autonomously, make decisions from a broad business perspective, and work toward shared goals while respecting diverse opinions. The opportunity is listed as a mid-career, full-time position.
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