New Business Planning and Strategy Leader
Japan’s largest mobile payments platform (~75M users); SoftBank/LY Corporation fintech JV; 40% equity holder of Binance Japan.
Maintainer signals as of 8/29/2026
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.
Skills
About the Role
Plan new businesses, products, and services related to PayPay charging and financial-institution partnerships. Improve existing services, manage projects, control KPIs and budgets, build and validate hypotheses using SQL and BI tools, research regulations, prepare reports and contract drafts, and negotiate with stakeholders.
Requirements
- Experience in planning, product development, or new business development
- Experience in data analysis, numerical validation, or quantitative management
- Experience negotiating and coordinating with stakeholders
- Experience selecting negotiation topics and conducting negotiations over economic terms
- Knowledge of financial services, mobile payments, or fintech is desirable
- Team management experience is desirable
- Knowledge of SQL and BI tools is desirable
Responsibilities
- Plan new products and services
- Improve existing services
- Manage related projects
- Manage KPIs and budgets
- Build hypotheses and validate them through SQL and BI analysis
- Research laws and guidelines
- Prepare business opinions and reports
- Draft contracts
- Coordinate contract terms with legal and stakeholders
- Negotiate and coordinate with stakeholders
Benefits
- Hybrid workstyle
- Super-flexible work schedule 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
- Home-office allowance of 100,000 yen per year
