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Technical Product Lead - AI Finance

bjakcareerTokyo, JapanProduct
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 5+ yrs
Posted
30 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This position suits an experienced product leader with a strong technical background who wants to direct an end-to-end AI finance product vertical in Tokyo, Japan. The role involves shaping system architecture, regulatory compliance, and artificial intelligence integration for financial platforms.

Role Overview

BJAK is hiring a Technical Product Lead for AI Finance to direct a product vertical in Tokyo, Japan. The position operates on a hybrid schedule, requiring three days per week in the local office and allowing remote work for the remaining days. The professional in this role will oversee strategy, technical design, delivery, and launch for financial products that handle payments, remittance, insurance, wealth, and trading.

Key Responsibilities

Own a product vertical end-to-end, covering strategy, metrics, roadmaps, priorities, and delivery.
Shape technical designs alongside engineering teams regarding APIs, data flows, ledgering, reconciliation, failure handling, security, and scalability.
Balance trade-offs involving correctness, speed, cost, reliability, regulations, and user experience.
Integrate regulatory requirements such as KYC, transaction monitoring, limits, privacy, and licensing into the product.
Apply artificial intelligence with proper safeguards, evaluation, human oversight, and failure handling where it genuinely improves outcomes.
Ship products while navigating external dependencies like regulatory approvals, financial rails, and third-party partners.
Align Engineering, Design, Compliance, Operations, Treasury, and Finance around product decisions and launch criteria.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of product management experience, including end-to-end ownership of complex technical products from strategy to production.
Technical foundation covering system architecture, APIs, databases, workflows, failure modes, and distributed systems.
Ability to collaborate with engineers to review, challenge, and contribute to technical designs.
Background in payments, banking, remittance, insurance, trading, or a similarly regulated and high-consequence product domain.
Product judgment to manage difficult trade-offs under technical, regulatory, and operational constraints.
Practical experience building with LLMs or artificial intelligence products, focusing on reliability, evaluation, and appropriate scoping.
Strong English communication skills.

Nice to Have

Engineering or highly technical product background.
Experience building zero-to-one fintech or consumer products.
Experience defining evaluation frameworks for machine learning or LLM-powered products.

Skills and Tools

APIs
Databases
Distributed systems
LLMs
AI products

About the Company

Founded in 2019, BJAK operates the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia and is expanding into spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and traveling. The company employs team members across the world representing over more than 20 nationalities.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

APIsDatabasesLLMsLLMDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of this job?

This role is based in Tokyo, Japan, with a hybrid setup requiring at least three days per week in the local office.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have at least 5 years of product management experience, including the ownership of complex technical products.

What language is used across the teams?

English is the main working language, and strong English communication skills are required.

What does the interview process look like?

The interview process consists of an online assessment or practical task, a technical interview, and a final round with the CEO.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official bjakcareer careers page.

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