Product Manager

The Product Manager participates in every stage of product development, from planning and design through release, post-release measurement, and continuous improvement. The role involves understanding user pain points, defining priorities and scope for initiatives and features, and balancing user problem-solving with business goals. The manager also leads discussions and consensus-building with stakeholders, acts as the communication hub for development, creates the product vision and roadmap, and takes responsibility for why and what the product should build.

Depending on experience and preference, the role may cover the GO taxi app, GO BUSINESS for corporate taxi use, DRIVE CHART, a next-generation AI dashcam service that supports traffic accident reduction, GX decarbonization services, GO Job for driver recruitment, or other new products. The product portfolio includes web systems, native applications, IoT equipment, big-data and AI-enabled services, and both B2C and B2B products.

Required experience includes approximately three or more years working on software or hardware product development in a product management, engineering, design, research, data analysis, business development, marketing, or related position. Candidates must be able to identify problems, form hypotheses, and translate them into product strategies, features, and initiatives. The posting also requires the ability to listen seriously to differing stakeholder views, determine the appropriate direction for a product, and use communication, leadership, and ownership to move development forward in difficult situations.

Preferred capabilities include analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, developing product strategy, and planning or designing products that use current technologies such as AI. Experience with payment, accounting, or ad-network product development and experience defining products or specifications in business process re-engineering projects are also welcomed.

More than 20 Product Managers belong to the organization, working on B2C, B2B, payment, accounting, and other products. The team includes members with varied backgrounds and complementary strengths. Product Managers participate across the full development process and collaborate with specialists in technology, data, design, AI, business, and marketing.

This is a full-time position in Minato, Tokyo. Annual compensation is listed as JPY 6,000,000 to 12,000,000 and is determined based on skills and experience. The package includes 45 hours of fixed overtime pay per month, except when hired as a manager subject to management supervision. Compensation is reviewed twice a year, with an annual performance-linked lump-sum payment and commuting expenses covered up to JPY 50,000 per month. Work is under a super-flextime system with no core hours. The stated change-of-workplace scope includes company-designated offices and telework locations. Holidays include weekends, public holidays, paid leave, year-end and New Year holidays, condolence leave, nursing-care leave, and childcare nursing leave. Benefits include social insurance, a taxi subsidy, a monthly New Normal allowance, child allowance, welcome lunches, club activities, and casual clothing. The selection process generally includes document screening, a first interview, a reference check when applicable, and a final selection.