Product Designer

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Job Description

We're seeking an exceptional Senior Product Designer to join our team in Tokyo, one of the most vibrant and exciting cities in the world. As a Senior Product Designer at Money Forward, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse, multinational team to create experiences that help our customers so save time and money so they can focus on more meaningful strategic tasks.

Responsibilities

• Master the design process for our SaaS product, from concept to execution, leveraging your expertise in user-centered design and SaaS development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into intuitive and visually stunning user interfaces.
• Conduct user research and gather feedback to inform design decisions, ensuring that our product meets the needs of our global user base.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and design mockups that bring our product vision to life.
• Ensure our brand identity and design principles maintain consistency across all product touchpoints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, or related field.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in product design, with a focus on SaaS development.
• Proven track record of delivering design solutions for web or mobile applications.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Miro, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to thrive in a multicultural environment.
• Fluency in English; Japanese language skills are a plus.
• Bonus points if you have shipped SaaS products for the global market.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• Flexible work hours and remote work options
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Exciting company outings and team-building events
• The chance to make a real impact at a rapidly growing company.

Salary Range

Min 6,000,000 - Max 9,500,000 Japanese yen / year (Gross)

*Including fixed overtime work allowance of 45 hours for regular, non-legal hours, legal holidays and 40 hours for late-night work.

About the Company

“Money Forward Cloud ERP” is a cloud-based composable ERP (modular ERP) that has our own SaaS applications for business back-office operations from Accounting, Finances, and Human Resources fields as its module applications.

Our team is developing Public APIs and API platforms for those products. Public APIs enable our ERP to offer a high degree of integration with other third-party applications. This allows our customers to build a more comprehensive view of their operations and data across different functional areas and systems. Also by designing commonly used API platforms, we aim to improve UX and development productivity.

Location, Hybrid Work

• As a standard practice, a minimum of 2 days work from office attendance is mandatory, designated as team office days. Additionally, employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office.
• The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.
• This policy may be subject to change based on the company's needs and work circumstances.

Working hours

Flexible Working Hours (No core time)

Vacations

• Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday)
• Japanese national holidays
• Paid holiday: 10 days (first year) *Number of paid holidays increases (+1 day) every year up to 20 days a year.
• Summer vacation days: 3 days
• Winter vacations days: 2 days

Benefit

• Health insurance
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Full transportation coverage
• The latest computer (if considered necessary for work, limitless upgrade on specs and purchases of peripheral equipment are allowed.)
• Seminar participation support
• Book purchases
• Copyright of OSS belongs to individuals

Relocation Support for Overseas Candidates

• Working Visa
• Flight ticket to Japan
• Signing Bonus
• Temporary fully furnished apartment for the first month

Selection Process

Casual interview/Document Screening
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First interview *Some positions require a technical assignment before the interview.
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Second interview
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Final interview *Reference checks may be required before or after the interview.
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Job offer and Meeting

*The selection process may change

■Reference checks
Money Forward may ask you for the reference checks using an online service, called "back check".
Mutual understanding is limited in the selection process only. Therefore, we would like to refer to the information about you from your supervisor and colleagues working together at the current or previous company so that we can make a more reliable match and to lead to your early success after joining our company.
*No pass/fail decision will be made on the basis of the reference checks only.
*The fact that you are applying for us will not be disclosed to your references.