<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>Own the Payments Platform at a Fast-Growing Hospitality Tech Company<br /> <br /> AI-powered hospitality tech company serving nearly 10,000 properties across APAC is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and scale its global payments platform. The company is publicly listed, profitable, and growing at 30%+ YoY, with a team of 190 people spanning 16 nationalities across 9 countries. Currently shifting from traditional SaaS toward an "Outcome-as-a-Service" model powered by autonomous AI agents, this is a business at an inflection point with payments sitting at the very core of how it generates revenue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><ul><li>You'll have full ownership of the payments strategy and roadmap, covering Japan and a rapidly expanding international footprint across Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong.</li><li>Transaction economics are yours to optimize: processing costs, pricing models, and financial performance all feed directly into the company's net revenue contribution.</li><li>PCI compliance, security architecture, and fraud prevention fall under your responsibility as product owner.</li><li>You'll work directly with domestic Japanese payment gateway partners, a critical gap the team needs filled, while also managing global acquiring relationships.</li><li>Data analysis and financial modeling will be central to how you prioritize, diagnose issues, and prove business impact through conversion uplift and cost reduction.</li><li>This role acts as the strategic bridge between engineering, business development, customer success, and external payment partners.</li><li>You'll report to the VP of Product and collaborate closely with the CPO and VP of Business Development, with high visibility across the entire organization.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><ul><li>Deep, hands-on experience in the payments domain is non-negotiable: gateway integrations, acquiring-side operations, multi-currency environments, 3D Secure optimization, and authorization rate management.</li><li>5+ years of product management experience shipping high-transaction-volume products in SaaS or platform environments.</li><li>You measure success through commercial outcomes like conversion uplift and net revenue contribution, not feature delivery alone.</li><li>Comfort with data analysis and financial modeling, including the ability to build models, query databases, and connect numbers to strategic decisions.</li><li>Willingness to operate at both the strategic level and get into the weeds with hands-on QA and issue investigation when the situation demands it.</li><li>Professional fluency in both Japanese and English is required.</li><li>Familiarity with API-first architectures and experience alongside data science or ML engineering teams is a strong plus.</li><li>Background in hospitality, travel tech, fintech, or e-commerce is valued but not mandatory.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Own one of the company's most commercially critical products at a moment of aggressive international expansion.</li><li>Your payments expertise is the strategic advantage this team needs most, because domain knowledge is valued above all else here.</li><li>Join a genuinely international workplace where 80% of colleagues come from outside Japan and collaboration happens across 9 countries daily.</li><li>PMs operate with real autonomy: propose your own quarterly OKRs, pitch initiatives to leadership, and drive execution with minimal micromanagement.</li><li>Compensation is structured as 100% base salary with no bonus split, giving you strong, predictable earning power.</li><li>Hybrid work with roughly two days per week</li></ul><p><br /> You must be based in Japan or hold a valid work visa.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>10 - 15 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013408081</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/S2hhbmcuTGUuNDk0NzAuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
<p><strong>Company profile: </strong></p><ul><li>a global leader in health, wellness, and beauty, empowering people to achieve their potential through innovative products and a unique business model.</li></ul><p><br /><strong>The Role:</strong></p><ul><li>As a Strategic Financial Analyst, you will act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams, partnering closely with Sales, Strategy Planning, Digital Experience, and Customer Service. You'll focus on cost center strategy, bonus incentives analysis, budget creation, quarterly forecasting, and risk/opportunity reporting. Your insights will shape actions to maximize sales, COI%, distributor and buyer growth across our diverse, matrixed organization. This role requires a keen understanding of the client's business model and the agility to drive improvements through both financial and non-financial KPIs.</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Skills Required:</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>Fluent Japanese (JLPT N1) and advanced English communication</li><li>Advanced financial analysis: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and KPI measurement</li><li>Ability to interpret complex financial data, draw actionable insights, and communicate findings to all levels</li><li>Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, v-lookup, intermediate macros), database programming (TM1, Cognos, Access), and data visualization</li><li>Strong knowledge of general accounting principles, GAAP, and financial reporting standards</li></ul><p><strong>Soft Skills:</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>Cross-functional partnership-experience working in a global, multicultural matrix environment</li><li>Relationship building and stakeholder management; influence and negotiate effectively with both internal and external partners</li><li>Strategic thinker who sees the big picture and proactively identifies risks and opportunities</li><li>Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize and present data-driven recommendations</li><li>Outstanding time management-capable of juggling multiple priorities with attention to quality and detail</li><li>Consulting mindset: provide clear, actionable financial guidance and analysis to support business decisions</li><li>Cultural agility and adaptability, thriving in diverse teams across Asia, Europe, and the Americas</li></ul><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>6 - 10 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 67040-0013411491</p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Z2FpbC5jYW5ldGUuMzkyODYuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
