Job Description
PayPay Securities, as an important part of PayPay’s financial ecosystem, has launched “Point Management” with over 20 million users and “PayPay Asset Management, the first initiative in Japan that enables asset management on a payment application. Now that the business foundation of the financial ecosystem is finally in place, we intend to expand our business to change the structure of asset management in Japan, with the main target being those who have not yet started asset management or were not interested in it before.
To achieve our goal, PayPay Securities is preparing to bring in technical talents not only from Japan but also globally, just as we have done with PayPay’s product division. As a Product Designer, you will be collaborating with engineers, designers and QAs, and working in an environment where you can be one of the founding members to build up a new organization within PayPay Securities.
※ Please note that this job is for Japan Residents Only
Highlights of the opportunity
- Be part of the team to build up a new organization and environment
- Develop skills in making business plans from a high perspective, through the high-level coordination with departments and affiliated companies within PayPay Group to support the top management’s decision
- Gain experience in a company that aiming to be the pioneer in the market to provide a brand new Mobile Securities services, which never had before during the era of Financial reformation
- Able to utilize PayPay’s services and user base
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Senior Designers to create new features and improve the UI/UX of existing features with the user experience as the first priority
- Take on a variety of challenges to deliver new securities product experiences to users
- Responsible for the total UI/UX design for PayPay securities native apps, PayPay securities mini-apps (point management and asset management mini-apps accessed through PayPay), PC trading sites, and management tools
- UX flow and UI design based on concept and design system
- Quantitative and qualitative research and analysis using questionnaires and interviews
- Analysis and improvement proposals using numerical analysis tools
Qualifications
- 3-5+ years of experience in mobile service (iOS/Android apps, Web) UI design experience
- Working experience in UI/UX design using Figma, Overflow and Adobe
- Business level in either English or Japanese (Native Japanese speaker or JLPT N1 equivalent)
- When applying, please attach your portfolio in addition to your resume
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Product Design in the Financial domain
- Practical experience in design utilizing HCD (Human-Centered Design) and design thinking
- Experience in in-house service operation
The ideal candidates at PayPay Securities
About the Company
PayPay, a fintech company, that achieved more than 44M users within around 3 years since its launch in 2018 has hugely diversified employees who are from 40 different countries. The number of employees by now is more than 1,000 staff members, and yet the company is still incomplete and at a growing stage.
To build "PayPay", we allied with Paytm, the biggest payment service company in India. Based on their customer-first technologies , we created and expanded the smartphone payment service in Japan.
Our biggest competitor is "cash". We are seeking for people who can accept this challenge positively, brush up the product at a tremendous speed that other companies could never achieve, and who are passionate about promoting and spreading such a financial life platform in a short time along with professionalism.
About our working style, we had introduced a new personnel system called WFA (Working From Anywhere*). At PayPay, we work fully remotely in Japan. Therefore, the working place or your living place doesn't matter. Even if you are living in a local area, the salary and benefit package will be at an international level while you enjoy working with world class colleagues. You will find such a way of working at PayPay! *This WFA policy is applicable only within Japan.
Working Conditions
Employment Status
- Full Time
Office Location
- Hybrid Workstyle (flexible working style including Remote and office) ※There are no fixed rules regarding office attendance in Product group; it depends on each individual's discretion.
Work Hours
- Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
- In principle, 9:00am-5:45pm + 1h break (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)
Holidays
- Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)
- Summer break (2 days / generally taken between July 1st and September 30th / subject to change depending on month of employment)
- Year-end and New Year holidays (12/31-1/3)
Paid leave
- Annual paid leave (1 to 10 days depending on the month of joining will be granted upon employment date)
Salary
- Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
- Based on skills, experience and abilities
- Review once a year
- Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation
- Overtime allowance, Late overtime allowance, Commuting and transportation expenses, Work style support allowance
Benefits
- Social Insurances (Health insurance, Employee pension, Employment insurance and Industrial accident compensation insurance)
- 401K