Product Manager

Box Box · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan · Sales Other

Product Manager for Box Japan, responsible for managing product releases, beta/EOL programs, and launches tailored to the Japanese market. This role involves close collaboration with global teams (US HQ, Warsaw) to translate Japanese market requirements into global product strategy, and to manage localization and translation projects. The ideal candidate has project management experience in localization/translation, a strong understanding of technology products, and excellent English business communication skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage product release management in Japan
  2. Manage beta/EOL management in Japan
  3. Manage product launches in Japan
  4. Manage localization and translation projects

Skills

Required

  • Project management experience in localization/translation industry
  • Quality control, delivery management, and vendor management
  • Understanding of technology products
  • English business communication (spoken and written)
  • Native level Japanese
  • 3+ years of product launch experience in technology companies or equivalent project management experience
  • Agile development methodologies and SDLC understanding
  • Understanding of bug lifecycle and bug/defect tracking systems
  • Experience in SaaS services
  • Experience with multiple browser versions, and mobile platforms (iOS/Android)
  • Understanding of customer IT environments
  • Ability to respond agilely and flexibly to changing priorities and business needs
  • Strong problem-solving skills and clear decision-making ability
  • Ability to work independently and quickly, and multitask
  • Experience collaborating with remote teams and ability to self-drive in a global environment
  • Growth mindset and proactive attitude to leverage AI for work efficiency

Nice to have

  • Practical experience in localization processes, localization management tools (CAT), and translation
  • Experience with enterprise software tools and/or cloud-based SaaS products

What the JD emphasized

  • deliver Japanese customer voices to global product development
  • communicate in English daily with teams in US HQ and Warsaw
  • reflect Japanese specific requirements into global product strategy
  • deep understanding of customer needs
  • experience in product launch in technology companies for 3+ years
  • native level Japanese
  • business communication in English (spoken and written)
  • deep knowledge of Japanese culture and business practices
  • Agile development methodologies and SDLC understanding
  • experience in SaaS services
  • experience with multiple browser versions, and mobile platforms (iOS/Android)
  • understanding of customer IT environments
  • agile and flexible in response to changing priorities and business needs
  • strong problem-solving skills and clear decision-making ability
  • ability to work independently and quickly, and multitask
  • experience collaborating with remote teams and ability to self-drive in a global environment
  • growth mindset and proactive attitude to leverage AI for work efficiency