New Business Development / Service Planning / Department Manager Candidate

About PayPay

PayPay, a fintech company that has surpassed 70 million users in approximately 7 years since its service launch in 2018, is composed of diverse members from about 50 countries and regions.

OUR VISION IS UNLIMITED_

We believe that a clear vision is not necessary to create a future beyond our imagination. We are committed to realizing a vision (future) that no one can imagine, always maintaining a Day 1 stance. We are looking for colleagues who are passionate professionals, willing to proactively tackle this grand vision, refine products at an overwhelming speed unmatched by other companies, and rapidly promote the spread of cashless payments in Japan and its use as a financial life platform. We seek individuals who can independently identify challenges and collaborate with others to drive new value creation.

About the Work

Introduction to the Merchant Strategy Division

Our division is responsible for planning and promoting new business development and new services. Leveraging the business foundation cultivated through our payment services, including 70 million users and a nationwide network of merchants, we are developing services that strongly support merchants' various initiatives (sales promotion/customer acquisition, store operations, etc.). Our mission is to create new value from the platform by leading from the conception stage through service planning, development, and growth.

Related Content

• Creating a service from scratch that is loved by both users and society. The challenge of merchant strategy
• Just half a year from conception. Thoughts on launching a new service introduced to approximately one-third of Japan's municipalities

Background of Recruitment

The merchant business, which has become the second pillar of revenue, is now evolving into a growth phase. To strategically design our business portfolio and new services, we are recruiting management talent to lead business strategy formulation and business development alongside the head of the Merchant Strategy Division. You will be involved in the challenge of "evolving the business structure itself" in an environment where you can design upstream strategies with the latest AI, including alliances with external partners and M&A, and new business creation.

Job Responsibilities

As a core manager in the Merchant Strategy Division, you will lead the overall business strategy formulation and execution. You will work closely with management and the division head to promote a wide range of themes, from expanding existing businesses to creating new ones.

• Designing business strategies and market scenarios
• Formulating and promoting growth strategies for existing businesses based on data analysis
• Conceiving new businesses and services, modeling business plans, and designing KPIs
• Planning and executing alliances and M&A strategies with external partner companies
• Automating and enhancing information organization, hypothesis generation, and document creation using generative AI

Appeal of this Position

• Being involved in strategies for business and organizational growth, close to management, at a company that leads Japan's cashless business.
• Experiencing the promotion of new businesses and services with social impact, utilizing large business assets.
• Enhancing one's perspective and insight by being involved in important business operational policies and management decision-making.

Required Experience/Skills

• Experience in business development or corporate planning at a business company
• Practical experience as a consultant in a management consulting firm (strategy consulting/strategy division of a general consulting firm)
• Highly welcome those with experience using AI for strategy building and service functions

Desirable Experience/Skills

• Business English proficiency
• Work experience in the cashless industry
• Work experience in fast-paced companies (IT, venture, etc.)
• Experience in launching large-scale new businesses

What We Look for in People

• Those who embody PayPay 5 senses

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Treatment and Conditions

Employment Type

• Full-time employee

Work Location

• Hybrid Workstyle (office, home or satellite office for remote work)
• *Depending on the rules of the affiliated organization and work instructions, you will be required to come to the office/work remotely.*
• *Use of satellite offices is subject to the rules of the affiliated department.*

Working Hours

• Super flex-time system (no core time)
• Principle: 9:00 AM - 5:45 PM (7 hours 45 minutes actual work + 1 hour break)

Holidays

• Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, and company-designated days

Leave (Statutory Leave and Company Benefits)

• Annual paid leave (14 days in the first year, prorated by joining month. Usable from joining date)
• Personal leave (5 days granted each year / 3 or 5 days granted in the first year depending on joining month)
• *This is a unique special paid leave system, which can be used for illness/injury/hospital visits for yourself, family, pets, etc.*

Salary

• Annual salary system (including some fixed overtime pay)
• Determined by company regulations based on experience, skills, performance, and contribution
• Reviewed once a year
• Special bonus (incentive) paid once a year based on company performance and individual contribution
• Overtime work allowance, late-night work allowance
• *Regarding salary payment, a portion can be received via PayPay account (supports digital salary payment)*

Benefits

• Social insurance (health insurance, welfare pension, employment insurance, worker's compensation insurance)
• Corporate defined contribution pension plan