Business Transformation and Project Promotion Specialist for AI Utilization
Japan’s largest mobile payments platform (~75M users); SoftBank/LY Corporation fintech JV; 40% equity holder of Binance Japan.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About PayPay
PayPay Corporation is a Tokyo-based fintech company operating Japan’s leading QR/mobile payment service, founded 2018 as a SoftBank/Yahoo Japan (LY Corporation) joint venture, with banking (PayPay Bank), insurance and securities offerings. In October 2025 PayPay acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, making the crypto exchange an equity-method affiliate.
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About the Role
You will lead business transformation across strategy planning, customer risk management, merchant operations, process design, data management, and AI utilization. You will plan and manage strategic themes, budgets, KPIs, risk controls, operational improvements, automation initiatives, and cross-functional projects involving PayPay group companies.
Requirements
- Business planning or project promotion experience at an operating company or consulting company
- Experience managing the PDCA cycle from issue identification through initiative execution
- Cross-functional coordination, issue organization, and logical thinking skills
- Basic understanding of data and business systems
- Budget management based on projects or strategic themes
- Experience using AI or data analysis
- Experience planning or designing operational improvements
- Risk management experience in finance or fintech
- Experience planning or operating data management
- English communication skills at reading and writing level
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage headquarters strategic themes, including AI utilization initiatives
- Translate strategies into projects and tasks across departments
- Plan and manage budgets and define KPIs
- Coordinate stakeholders and reconcile interests across PayPay group companies
- Lead small-scale projects and coordinate with departmental PMOs
- Plan, design, and improve fraud prevention and anti-money-laundering controls
- Improve risk management using AI and data analysis
- Optimize eKYC and filtering processes
- Manage merchant and service application screening operations
- Build AI-enabled automation for screening processes
- Define requirements for legal, regulatory, and risk responses
Benefits
- Hybrid workstyle
- Super flextime with no core hours
- Annual paid leave of 14 days in the first year
- Personal leave of 5 days annually
- Health insurance
- Employees' pension insurance
- Employment insurance
- Workers' compensation insurance
- Corporate defined-contribution pension plan
