Technical Program Manager

About Paidy Inc.

Paidy is Japan's pioneer and leading BNPL service company. At Paidy, we believe in creating simple, instant experiences to take the hassle out of shopping with a touch of magic.

Paidy offers instant, monthly-consolidated credit to consumers by removing hassles from payment and purchase experiences. Paidy uses proprietary models and machine learning to underwrite transactions in seconds and guarantee payments to merchants. Paidy increases revenue for merchants by reducing the number of incomplete transactions, increasing conversion rates, boosting average order values, and facilitating repeat purchases from consumers. 

Paidy has reached an agreement to join PayPal, the global payments company. Paidy will continue to operate its existing business, maintain its brand and support a wide variety of consumer wallets and marketplaces by providing convenient and innovative services.

Paidy continues to innovate to make shopping easier and more fun both online and offline. For more information, please visit http://www.paidy.com. 

About Position 

This is not a traditional project management role. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to work directly with the CTO to drive the “run” and “grow” aspects of the Engineering projects. The Technical Program Manager will oversee a portfolio of initiatives including integration projects, technology migrations, and Data Engineering work. The successful candidate is expected to have the technical depth to work daily with senior engineers and the operational discipline to manage a very high number of concurrent initiatives.

This is a hands-on role. The Technical Program Manager will work within a distributed Engineering organization of around 150 members, directly responsible for driving projects to completion, not simply coordinating others. Success requires understanding the technical substance of each project well enough to identify risks, remove blockers, and make trade-off recommendations.

You must already be residing in Japan with valid working rights.

Key Role and Responsibilities

• High scale portfolio management: Manage a portfolio of 15 or more concurrent engineering projects across different domains
• Drive project execution through direct involvement: tracking deliverables, resolving dependencies, and escalating blockers
• Technical Truth-Seeking: Audit technical discussions and documentation, ensuring precision in communication. Produce clear, data-driven status reports and dashboards
• Identify and mitigate risks before they impact delivery
• Executive Proxy: Represent the CTO in internal technical steering committees, making "move-forward" decisions on resource allocation and priority trade-offs.
• AI-First Execution: Design and implement AI-driven workflows (LLM assistants, automated reporting, visual dashboards) to exponentially increase your own bandwidth and the department's visibility.

Skills and Requirements

Required skills and qualifications

• Understand agile development method and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Leadership and communication skills to drive people
• Technical curiosity and learning ability: Ability to quickly develop working knowledge of unfamiliar technical domains. Asks questions until understanding is achieved, avoiding discussing topics without first taking time to learn them.
• High-volume project management: Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects. Thrives with a diverse portfolio and has systems to keep multiple workstreams moving.
• Execution focus: A doer who produces deliverables, drives decisions, and removes blockers directly rather than delegating action to meetings.
• High proficiency with AI tools: Experience using AI assistants and automation tools to improve productivity, generate reports, and analyze project data.
• Clear communication: Ability to translate technical complexity into clear updates for stakeholders at all levels. Strong written communication skills.
• Excellent English communication, oral and written

Preferred skills and qualifications

• A background as former Engineering Manager or Architect who want to transition to organization and execution is nice to have
• Experience in fintech, payments, or fast-moving startups
• Business level Japanese skill is nice to have but not necessary
• Some background in software engineering or data engineering is helpful

The Paidy team will ask about your user experiences with Paidy Apps during the interview. Please download the Paidy App and try it out!

• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/paidy/id1220373112
• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paidy.paidy&hl=en&gl=US

For those who are not able to download Paidy App, due to the regional restrictions, please be advised that you download the similar App, such as Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm and so forth, and come up with your opinions on these applications and services.

What We Offer You

• Diversified team with 230+ colleagues from 35+ countries
• Exciting work opportunities in a rapid-growing organization
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Hybrid remote work model - minimum 2 times in office per week (subject to change at company discretion)
• Competitive salary and benefits

Paidy Values

Be a winner / 勝ちにこだわる

• Always seek to beat expectations. / 期待値を超える為に常に努力する。
• Display surprising speed and resourcefulness. / 人をスピードと機知で驚かす。
• Overcome weaknesses by leveraging the strength and help of others to win. / 仲間の強みを活かしたり協力を得ることで、自身の弱みや足りない点を克服する。

Own it and deliver, together / 共に結果を出す

• Fully support the final decision even if at times you may disagree. / たとえ意見が対立することがあったとしても、最終決定を全面的に受け入れ支持する。
• Acknowledge and gather the power of others, by communicating and collaborating with them. / 仲間の力を認めて活用し、積極的にコミュニケーションをとり、協力する。
• Show a will to own actions and go the extra mile without being asked. / 行動について強いオーナーシップを持ち、言われずとも業務を遂行しきる覚悟を持つ。

Be a valuable team member / 価値を認められるメンバーになる

• Strive to play an integral role. / 替えの効かない役割を果たす。
• Embrace and bridge differences in perspective, language, and culture. / 異なる意見・考え方、言語と文化の架け橋になる。
• Don’t compromise - raise the bar for yourself and others. / スタンダードを上げ続けることに妥協しない。