★【ProdDev】Product Manager (AI / LLM) | AI/NLP Company

• Business Level Japanese Required

◆ Flextime System & Fully Remote Work

◆ In-house Products

◆ 123 days off per year

◆ Annual salary: 7.3 million yen - 12 million yen

【About the company】

The company's mission is "to advance humanity by reinventing the mechanisms of value creation" and aims to create an environment where people can focus on creating new value through the use of natural language processing and AI technologies.

AI delivers information directly related to business operations, thereby enhancing the information sensitivity of the organization. In addition, the company offers two SaaS products: "Anews," which encourages the conception of business ideas and their development within the organization, and "Astrategy," a market research service that provides suggestions by structuring necessary information according to the organization and its operations.

Currently, its main target is major manufacturing R&D in Japan, and more than 30% of the Nikkei 225 companies have already adopted the system. In the future, starting with manufacturing R&D, the company plans to expand to domestic enterprise companies, then to Japanese companies as a whole, and even to global companies.

The company completed a Series C financing of 1.1 billion in August 2022.

In February 2024, they were selected for the "GENIAC (Generative AI Accelerator Challenge) Project" promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and NEDO, and have begun to develop their own LLM with 100 billion parameters

The company has grown to 100 employees and is looking for more personnel to achieve further growth

【 Job Description】

【Company Overview】

The company operates under the mission of "Reinventing the mechanisms of value creation to move humanity forward." By leveraging cutting-edge generative AI technology, it supports corporate transformation for a wide range of businesses.

It provides two main products:

・Anews, a platform that enables one-stop search of both internal and external information

・SAT (Stockmark A Technology), which structures and transforms various types of data into valuable corporate assets

Additionally, the company supports the development of enterprise-specific generative AI solutions and the construction of proprietary systems.

Its primary target market is currently R&D divisions in major Japanese manufacturing companies, with adoption already underway at over 250 companies—including 30% of those listed on the Nikkei 225. Moving forward, the company plans to expand from manufacturing R&D into the broader domestic enterprise space, eventually scaling to all Japanese businesses and global markets.

The company is also actively engaged in the research and development of Japanese-native large language models (LLMs) specialized for business use. In May 2024, it released its own 100-billion-parameter LLM.

In October 2024, the company completed a Series D funding round, raising 4.5 billion yen and reaching a total funding amount of 8.8 billion yen.

With over 100 employees now on board, the company is actively hiring to accelerate its next phase of growth.

【Current Issues】

・The company aims to modernize knowledge work in large enterprises using the latest technologies, including LLMs (Large Language Models).

・Delivering value to users through cutting-edge technology requires deep technical understanding, and because the field lacks established best practices, there is a need for rapid hypothesis testing and iteration. However, there is currently a shortage of talent with such advanced capabilities.

【Mission】

You will be responsible for planning and driving AI/LLM-powered initiatives within Anews, contributing to the overall growth of the business.

Anews already incorporates a wide range of AI technologies, primarily based on natural language processing (NLP), including:

Examples:

・Recommendation features that deliver news optimized to each user's business needs

・Search and summarization functions that effectively support user research

・Classification logic to filter only business-relevant information, and extraction logic to identify key entities such as company names from news content

In addition to the above, they are exploring the integration of features powered by the proprietary LLM, aiming to fully leverage the potential of generative AI. You will play a key role in creating cutting-edge value through the application of AI and LLM technologies.

■Responsibilities

・Developing product strategy and formulating the roadmap

・Designing KPI improvement initiatives based on quantitative and qualitative data

・Conducting customer interviews and UX validation

・Discussing and deciding on implementation details and prioritization of product improvements

・Collaborating with engineers and researchers to assess feasibility, design solutions, and direct implementation of AI-driven initiatives

・Evaluating post-release performance and applying insights to future initiatives

*Scope of responsibilities: Development-related tasks

【Team Structure】

・1 Product Owner (PO)

・3 Product Managers (PdMs)

【Development Environment】

Multiple feature teams are organized around Product Managers (PdMs).

Each feature team includes designers and engineers, who work together toward shared team goals.

In addition to the feature teams, the product team collaborates closely with other related units, such as BizDev, data analysts, customer success (CS), and researchers.

【Position Highlights】

・Gain early and direct access to cutting-edge LLM technologies, ahead of the global curve

・Collaborate with experts in machine learning, including ML engineers and NLP researchers, on highly challenging product development

・Work in a fully integrated team where PdMs, designers, engineers, and BizDev collaborate closely—fostering a unified, product-focused environment

【 Requirements】

【Required】

*Meet all of the following

・1+ years of experience in product management or project management

・Experience in AI development management or AI-related development work or research (AI engineer, data scientist, researcher, etc.)

【Preferred】

・Experience working with enterprise clients

・Experience in product development related to natural language processing or generative AI

・Experience in developing recommendation systems or search technologies

【Working Time 】

Flextime System

【About remote work】

■Basically, fully remote work

Residence must be in Japan (no full remote work while residing overseas)

■Flexible remote/working options (no restrictions on the number of times you can come to the office)

Each employee works while using the system according to his/her own circumstances.

【Welfare】

■Customer facing allowance (flat monthly amount of 20,000 yen *included in monthly salary)

Free use for self-improvement and customer value improvement

(purchase of books/attendance at seminars/equipment, etc.)

■Lump-sum allowance for preparation for remote work (flat rate of 50,000 yen in the first paycheck)

Provided as an expense for preparation for remote work

【Others】

■Periodic health checkups (all paid by company)

■Influenza vaccination

■PC of your choice provided

■Free drinks such as water/coffee/carbonated drinks/alcohol provided at the office

■Office Glico installed

【Education and Skill Development】

■Onboarding for 5 days after employment is available

■Monthly study day system (for own skill improvement and learning purpose)

【Internal Communication】

■Weekly company-wide online meeting

■Monthly social gathering (offline, some online)

■Semi-annual kick-off (hybrid of online and offline meetings)

【Holidays】

■123 days off per year

■Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays (2 days off per week)

■Year-end and New Year vacations

■Paid leave (granted at the time of employment *Number of days granted depends on the month of employment)

■Prenatal leave

■Childcare leave