Product Growth Manager

One of our main clients is looking for a Product Growth manger to support their local efforts. This social media company’s mission is to “Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.” Over 90% of people who use this social media platform are from outside of North America and they continue to expand internationally. If that gets you excited, we have a rare opportunity for you to join a dynamic team and help make this social media platform locally relevant at a global scale!

As a Product Growth Manager for Japan, you will work to ensure that the product is locally relevant and successful. Leveraging your deep understanding of the local competitive and product landscape, you will highlight product gaps and identify growth opportunities in Japan, and drive execution of growth initiatives specifically for the country.

The ideal candidate is passionate about international market success and has significant experience in product management for consumer products and mobile technology.

Job Description

• Provide local insights – identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats relevant for product’s success in Japan.
• Explore, identify, and execute on strategic growth opportunities.
• Ensure the family of apps is fully functional and well adapted to be successful in Japan.
• Partner with the analytics organization to validate key findings with data.
• Escalate to and drive solutions with product management for identified market-specific product issues and gaps.
• Design and oversee local execution of a continuous testing plan for important end-to-end flows.
• Track progress of market specific product improvements and measure impact
• Leverage usability studies, research, and market analysis to drive market specific product insights into execution.
• Understand product’s strategic and competitive position in the region and work to improve it

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years tech product management / development experience
• Experienced with product management or product growth at a global scale.
• Experience with social products, technologies and platforms is strongly desired.
• Experience working in startups or successful entrepreneurial adventures and working in a global environment highly desired.
• Extensive knowledge of online and mobile business models and consumer technology
• Creative, resourceful, detail-oriented, highly organized, hands-on
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Self-driven, comfortable with a fast-paced, always-on, highly ambiguous environment
• Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills in English
• Fluency in Japanese
• Currently living in Japan or willing to be relocated to Japan.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, engineering or related technical field or equivalent working experience.

What's in it for You?

This opportunity offers the chance to collaborate with driven, like-minded individuals within a highly diverse environment. You'll contribute to one of the world's biggest social media platform while honing your skills on a grand scale.

If you're ready for a life changing career, please reach out! I'd be happy to discuss this opportunity further! I can be reached at  rahul.veerabangsa@teksystems.com.