Product PMO
About the company
PayPay is a FinTech company that has grown to over 75M (as of August 2026) users since its launch in 2018. Our team is hugely diverse with members from over 50 different countries.
OUR VISION IS UNLIMITED_ We dare to believe that we do not need a clear vision to create a future beyond our imagination. PayPay will always stay true to our roots and realize a vision (future) that no one else can imagine by constantly taking risks and challenging ourselves. With this mindset, you will be presented with new and exciting opportunities on a daily basis and have the opportunity to grow and reach new dimensions that you could never have imagined. We are looking for people who can embrace this challenge, refresh the product at breakneck speed and promote PayPay with professionalism and passion.
Your tasks
Job Description PayPay is seeking a PMO team member to join a vibrant multi-disciplined team. The team’s main responsibility is to oversee PayPay’s engineering team’s project portfolio. Within the team each member is assigned to one, or more, PayPay product lines and is required to roll up their sleeves and directly manager large complicated projects and also those need an extra bit of help.
The PMO team’s motto is ‘not just a spare pair of hands’; keeping this in mind, each member is expected to add value as well as create value by identifying opportunities for improvement in operational practices.
Responsibilities
- Portfolio Management: Visualize and understand the health of the product portfolio using dashboards
- Strategic Project Promotion: Lead important programs and projects directly linked to management strategy
- Roadmap Formulation Support: Thorough support from planning to execution of quarterly product roadmaps
- Stakeholder Management: Regular and clear progress reporting to management and decision-making support
- Continuous Improvement of Organizational Processes: Providing new ideas to the PMO team and advancing operational workflows
- Skill Transfer: Fostering and building up project management skills throughout the company
- Penetration of Company-wide Strategy: Introduction and establishment of company-wide initiatives for assigned product lines
- Utilise existing dashboards to understand the product portfolio
- Manage strategically important programs and projects
- Manage and support quarterly product roadmap planning and execution
- Provide regular progress reports to management
- Contribute to the PMO team with new ideas and enhancements to working practices
- Train and develop the project management skills of the wider team within PayPay
- Rollout company initiatives to the product lines assigned to you
Requirements
Required Experience/Skills
- [Project Management Experience]
- At least 5 years of project management experience
- At least 3 years of program management experience
- Exposure to portfolio management
- Experience managing large-scale, complex projects.
- [Related Degrees or Certifications]
- Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, computer science, mathematics, or an equivalent field
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management/PMO certification
- [Problem-Solving Skills]
- Systematic and disciplined approach utilising established methodologies
- [Tool Proficiency]
- Working knowledge of project management tools such as Microsoft Project and JIRA.
- [Language Skills]
- Japanese (native language)
- English (conversational-level)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working for large scale projects and programs
- Exposure to multi-year projects and programs
- Experience working in a multinational team
- Hands on technical knowledge within the FinTech domain
- Data centric approach to project management
- Ability to see patterns in data
- Forward thinking
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Those who align with PayPay 5 senses
What we offer
Attractions of Working on the PayPay PMO Team
- Global Environment: Work in a global-standard environment while collaborating with members of diverse nationalities.
- Overwhelming Experience: Gain diverse work experience at the project, program, and portfolio levels.
- Constantly Evolving Environment: A dynamic team that never sits still, constantly changing and taking on challenges.
- Self-Growth and Sense of Accomplishment: Achieve high career satisfaction where your own growth directly links to the growth of the business.
- Making the "Impossible" "Possible": The thrill of clearing unprecedented challenges on one of Japan's largest payment platforms.
Collaborate with a highly diverse, multinational team and sharpen your skills in a truly global-standard workplace.
- Gain diverse work experience at the project, program, and portfolio levels
- Be a part of a dynamic team that never sits still
- Fulfilment and career satisfaction from personal growth
- Deliver the impossible
Paid leave (Statutory and Company Benefits)
- Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment. Can be used from the date of hire)
- Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment）
＊PayPay's own special paid leave system, which can be used to attend to illnesses, injuries, hospital visits, etc., of the employee, family members, pets, etc.
- Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
- Based on skills, experience, and abilities
- Reviewed once a year
- Late overtime allowance
※Payroll payment can be changed to digital salary payment “PayPay Paycheck” for an amount set by you
- - Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
- 401K
- Translation/Interpretation support
- VISA sponsor + Relocation support
Other
Terms and Conditions Employment Status
- Full Time
Office Location
- Hybrid Workstyle
※ You will be expected to work in the office, in alignment with organizational guidelines and team objectives.
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)/New Year's break/Company-designated Special days
Other Information