Senior Product Manager - AI Agent

Summary

Join Zeals, a fast-growing tech company in Japan, and make a meaningful impact in customer acquisition and revenue growth through conversational commerce technology. As a Senior Product Manager on the AI Agent team, you will lead the development of an AI-driven platform, collaborating with engineering, product, and business teams. You will define the vision for the AI Agent system, define AI applications, and drive the delivery of AI tools. You will also partner with analysts and data engineers to leverage data for AI-driven insights. Zeals offers a highly flexible, inclusive, and remote-first working environment. The company has recently secured nearly $40 million in funding, backed by Salesforce Ventures.

Requirements

• Native or business proficiency in English
• 4-5 years of experience in product management, ideally with some experience with AI
• Proven ability to manage complex technical projects, from ideation to launch
• Strong understanding of AI and software development
• Familiarity with data engineering
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and scaling of a multi-Agent AI platform
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to prioritize features, resolve technical challenges, and meet business objectives
• Define API requirements and manage dependencies with other product and engineering teams
• Partner with Data Engineering teams to design and optimize data pipelines for AI ingestion and development of AI-powered insights
• Establish a clear technical vision for a multi-Agent platform, including democratization of AI, acceleration of utilization of AI, applications of AI, and AI orchestration logic
• Lead cross-functional meetings to align development initiatives with product and business targets
• Monitor and resolve technical issues in message processing, ensuring high system performance and reliability
• Act as a bridge between business and engineering teams, translating complex technical requirements into actionable development plans
• Stay updated with the latest trends in AI and systems design

Preferred Qualifications

• Business proficiency in Japanese language (preferred)
• Hands-on experience with AI, backend technologies, and APIs
• Prior experience in product management in Japan
• Strong knowledge of system design, scalability, and distributed systems
• Experience working in a startup environment, driving technical innovation and growth
• Familiarity with Japanese business culture and ability to communicate effectively with Japanese stakeholders

Benefits

• 10 days of annual leave in the first year, weekends off, national holidays, summer and winter breaks, and 5 refreshment leave days per year
• Visa support: We sponsor visas for the right candidates
• Flexible working: Highly flexible, remote-first organization (in Japan), Interim work from overseas
• Housing allowance (within 1.5KM away from office)
• Club activity allowance
• Team building allowance and Lunch allowance
• Zeals Bar (bi-monthly free flow beer party)