Product Marketing Manager (Japanese Language Proficient)

MANPOWER STAFFING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 20,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing agency in Singapore is seeking a candidate for a product operations role in their APAC team. You will deliver advertising product solutions, manage upsells and campaign reactivations. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Japanese. This position is focused on driving growth strategies and product adoption in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in product operations or management.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects.
• Quick learner with innovative thinking.

Responsibilities

• Build a data-backed view of small and medium-sized businesses.
• Synthesize market and customer insights for product improvements.
• Define and execute regional go-to-market strategy.

Skills

Research and data analysis skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Digital advertising knowledge

Japanese proficiency (JLPT N2)

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

You will be part of a high-performing APAC team responsible for delivering advertising product solutions. In this role, you will proactively drive clients’ growth strategies by managing upsells, renewals, and campaign reactivations.

Responsibilities

• Build a data-backed view of small and medium-sized business segments for key product areas such as size the opportunity, track trends, and pinpoint performance pain points.
• Be the voice of the market and customers — synthesize insights for product improvements and GTM decisions.
• Influence and partner closely with product teams to realize product improvements that drive product market fit.
• Define and execute regional GTM strategy for evolving ads products - from launch to general availability.
• Set clear product adoption targets and success metrics; align cross-functionally on the plan.
• Drive product adoption led revenue growth via scalable activations in close partnership with cross-functional teams including the sales team who is based in Japan.
• Create and maintain scalable processes, workflows, and automation.
• Provide regular product updates to the sales team in English and Japanese language.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with minimum 3 years of experience in product operations/management
• Excellent research and data analysis skills.
• Experience in leading and delivering complex cross-functional projects on a fast-paced schedule.
• A quick learner with critical and innovative thinking, able to thrive in ambiguity and rapidly adapt to change.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills.
• Previous experience managing digital advertising related products is a plus.
• Proficiency in Japanese (minimum JLPT N2 or equivalent) is required to effectively communicate with Japanese-speaking sales team based in Japan in both spoken and written formats.