# Vice President, Japan Product Development

**Company**: BlackRock
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635

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## Description

We are seeking a Vice President, Japan Product Development to lead the design, development, and commercialization of investment products in Japan.

This is a high-impact role with direct influence on product strategy and business growth in Japan, at the intersection of investments, client needs, and business strategy.

**Responsibilities:**

- Drive the team's product development efforts, including fund designs, launches, re-positionings, and other changes with excellence in project management and intellectual integrity.

- Conduct market research to establish a fund's viability in the market, customer appropriateness, competitor landscape, pricing, and to capture apparent and potential clients' needs.

- Partner with investment teams and distribution teams to drive the product pipeline, product ideation, and commercialization.

- Drive the governance process throughout the product lifecycle by contributing to the smooth running of product committees.

- Develop strong working relationships with other teams in the region, including Client Businesses, Investments Group, Business Operations, and Legal & Compliance.

**Skills & Qualifications:**

- 5+ years of relevant work experience in the investment funds industry or similar related businesses.

- Exposure to product development, product strategy, or related fields.

- Highly motivated self-starter with strong ability to multitask.

- Strong, collaborative, problem-solving skills.

- Ability to adapt/learn quickly, work independently, and clearly articulate ideas to both internal stakeholders and external audiences.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to coordinate across multiple functions and stakeholders across the firm.

- Fluency in Japanese with business-level English preferred.

- Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

**Benefits:**

- Strong retirement plan

- Tuition reimbursement

- Comprehensive healthcare

- Support for working parents

- Flexible Time Off (FTO)

**Hybrid Work Model:**

- Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.

## Skills

### Required
- product development
- project management
- market research
- product strategy
- governance
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint

### Nice to have
- Japanese
- English

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