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SmartNews

AI-powered news aggregation and curation app

Senior Product Manager - New Era

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least five years of product management experience, with a record of owning consumer product areas from definition through launch and improvement.
  • Proficiency in defining metrics, designing experiments, and analyzing data with data tools.
  • Ability to use generative AI tools in daily work to accelerate research, prioritization, and execution, while understanding their limitations and independently validating outputs.
  • Ability to discuss technical tradeoffs, constraints, and development processes with engineers.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Japanese and English.

Responsibilities

  • Own the product area for an assigned business, such as Wanderland, by defining its roadmap and key performance indicators, prioritizing for user value and business impact, and taking responsibility for outcomes.
  • Conduct user research and market analysis to identify opportunities, then translate findings into specifications, user stories, and a prioritized backlog.
  • Work daily with engineers and designers, leading sprint planning, implementation, and improvement across the product lifecycle from concept and prototype through testing and full release.
  • Define quality in the product’s core experience, including accuracy, usability, safety, and reliability, and design measurement to ensure it.
  • Monitor engagement and retention metrics, run experiments, and use results to decide whether to stop, change, or invest, including documenting the reasoning.
  • Build alignment across business development, sales, and other departments to release products that are both technically feasible and viable as a business.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the Japanese market.
  • Experience launching AI- or large language model-based features in production, including prompt design and evaluation design.
  • Experience with consumer marketplaces, local commerce, or content platforms.
  • Experience launching a new product or business from zero to one.

About the Company

SmartNews

AI-powered news aggregation and curation app

SmartNews operates a news aggregation app that pulls stories from a network of over 3,000 publishers. The app uses machine learning to analyze millions of articles, social signals, and user interactions to select trending and relevant news, with features like SmartView and offline reading. It earns mainly from ads and publisher revenue-sharing, and offers SmartNews+ for premium content, plus SmartView First licensing for publishers. The goal is to provide a broad, newspaper-like reading experience that helps users discover trustworthy news and reduce information overload while sustaining its business through ads and partnerships.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$486.5M
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2012

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