New Business Development and Service Planning Leader Candidate
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
Tokyo, Japan
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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
あなたは加盟店向け事業の事業計画を立案し、サービス企画、新機能の要件整理、プロジェクトマネジメント、パートナー契約や規約整備を推進します。社内外のメンバーを率い、新規決済プロダクト、金融サービス、販促サービス、AIを活用したサービスの立ち上げと成長を主導します。
Requirements
- Experience leading projects involving the planning, launch, or growth of a business or service accompanied by system development
- Experience leading project management, including negotiations with internal and external stakeholders
- Presentation creation skills using PowerPoint or Google Slides
- Simulation and graph creation skills using Excel or Google Sheets
- Ability to create requirements specifications or definition documents
- Negotiation skills with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience using generative AI for planning and execution
- Business-level English ability is preferred
- Experience in the cashless industry is preferred
- Experience working at a fast-paced IT or venture company is preferred
- Experience launching a large-scale new business is preferred
Responsibilities
- Plan and promote business plans for assigned services
- Plan new features and organize system development requirements
- Manage projects as PMO
- Conclude contracts with partners and establish terms of use and guidelines
- Lead projects with internal and external team members
- Lead the planning and development of new payment products for merchants
- Lead the planning and development of next-generation PayPay payment user experiences
- Lead the promotion and development of the PayPay for Business merchant app
- Develop business strategies and launch new B2B payment and related financial services
- Plan and lead in-app services such as PayPay Coupons
- Lead alliance projects with representative companies in various industries
- Plan and lead payment and promotional services using AI agents
Benefits
- Hybrid workstyle
- Super-flex work system with no core hours
- Annual paid leave of 14 days in the first year, prorated by joining month
- Personal leave of 5 days annually, or 3 to 5 days in the first year
- Social insurance
- Corporate defined-contribution pension plan
- Option to receive part of salary through a PayPay account
