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Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

App Operations Planner - Langaku

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan¥5.5M - ¥7M /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience leading development projects and successfully guiding them to release on schedule.
  • Ability to manage the entire project while coordinating resources and optimizing processes.
  • Flexible coordination skills and leadership to keep projects moving forward.
  • Ability to accurately visualize and document project status, progress, and issues.
  • Ability to establish processes for sharing information among stakeholders.
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve risks in projects and operations.
  • Ability to take proactive measures to prevent problems before they occur.
  • Business-level Japanese and English proficiency sufficient to communicate with internal team members.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and create in-app notifications for new content additions, event announcements, and other updates.
  • Determine which manga titles to add and when, and establish and execute distribution schedules.
  • Plan sales and events, and create proposals and specifications.
  • Create and manage monthly and weekly operations schedules.
  • Create and update in-app master data.
  • Set targets for DAU, retention rates, LTV, and other KPIs, and analyze performance against targets.
  • Analyze user behavior, including where users drop off and which features they use.
  • Prioritize initiatives based on data and determine which metrics to improve.
  • Design A/B tests to verify initiative effectiveness and analyze results.
  • Propose and implement improvements based on analysis results.
  • Create proposals and specifications for new features, such as learning features and UI improvements.
  • Coordinate development tasks with engineers and designers and manage progress.
  • Establish product-wide timelines and manage progress.
  • Visualize project status, report to stakeholders, and coordinate with them.
  • Identify and address development-delay risks and other issues early.
  • Connect the development team, designers, and marketing to guide projects to completion.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical experience in the gaming industry.
  • Practical experience in project management for smartphone games, particularly mobile games.
  • Experience in operations or as a planner for in-house services or live titles, including smartphone games.
  • Deep understanding of the full game development lifecycle, including planning, development, testing, release, and operations.
  • Experience operating mobile game apps or manga apps.
  • Experience operating English-language services.
  • Experience as a planner for social games, particularly on mobile platforms.
  • Experience planning and executing initiatives based on KPI analysis.
  • Practical experience with data-driven decision-making.

About the Company

Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Mantra builds AI-powered translation tools for manga and distributes them to publishers and manga platforms. Its main product, the Mantra Engine, processes manga content to produce translations that preserve the original artwork, layout, and narrative context, delivering accurate, culturally appropriate localization. The service is offered on a subscription basis to B2B customers such as publishers and platforms, with additional revenue opportunities from licensing and partnerships. This approach aims to cut the time and cost of traditional translation, making manga more accessible to a global audience while maintaining quality. Mantra differentiates itself by specializing in manga translation, leveraging AI and ML to handle the unique combination of text and artwork, and by actively engaging with industry programs and awards to validate its impact.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$7.9M
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2020

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