Head of Product and Technology

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• Define and lead the digital transformation agenda for Japan and Korea cross-border sellers.
• Identify opportunities to improve seller productivity, operational efficiency, listing quality, inventory management, shipping workflows, customer service readiness, and marketplace expansion through digital tools.
• Develop practical adoption plans that help sellers move from manual, fragmented workflows to more scalable, technology-enabled operating models.
• Prioritize initiatives based on business impact, seller readiness, scalability, and long-term growth potential.

• Drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools and workflows that improve seller productivity, content creation, listing optimization, operational efficiency, and decision-making.
• Identify use cases where AI can help sellers scale faster, reduce manual work, and improve quality.
• Partner with business, operations, customer support, and product teams to translate AI opportunities into practical pilots and rollout plans.
• Build internal understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, risks, and responsible usage.

• Gather and synthesize feedback from sellers, account management teams, business development teams, operations, and customer support.
• Convert seller pain points into clear product requirements, business cases, and prioritization proposals.
• Represent Japan and Korea seller needs in discussions with global product, engineering, shipping, trust, and seller experience teams.
• Influence global roadmaps by articulating local market needs with data, seller insights, and commercial impact.

• Lead adoption of key digital capabilities and cross-border selling tools that help sellers expand to more markets and operate more efficiently.
• Support sellers in using tools for listing creation, translation, inventory management, marketplace expansion, shipping, compliance, and performance improvement.
• Partner with seller-facing teams to create playbooks, training materials, webinars, pilot programs, and scalable enablement models.
• Ensure sellers understand not only how to use tools, but how these tools connect to growth.

• Identify opportunities to improve internal workflows through automation, data integration, AI, reporting tools, and process redesign.
• Support account management and business teams with better tools, clearer insights, and more scalable ways of working.
• Create feedback loops between local business teams and global product / technology teams.
• Track progress, risks, adoption, and business impact across key digital transformation initiatives.

• Work closely with seller-facing teams, business development, operations, customer support, communications, legal, policy, and Korea business teams.
• Align stakeholders around priorities, timelines, ownership, and expected outcomes.
• Manage dependencies across local and global teams.
• Communicate complex product and technology topics in a simple, business-relevant way.

• Lead and develop the Product & Technology / Digital Transformation team across Japan and Korea.
• Set clear priorities, roles, and operating rhythm for the team.
• Build a culture of business ownership, technical curiosity, experimentation, and measurable impact.
• Coach team members to become strong connectors between seller needs, technology solutions, and business outcomes.

• Experience in product management, technology program management, digital transformation, business operations, e-commerce, marketplace, SaaS, or platform business.
• Strong understanding of how digital tools, automation, data, and AI can improve business outcomes.
• Proven ability to work across business, product, engineering, operations, and customer-facing teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex technology topics into clear business implications.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, especially in a global matrix environment.
• Strong communication skills in English and Japanese. Korean language capability is a plus.
• Experience working with sellers, merchants, SMBs, enterprise customers, or platform partners is preferred.

• Experience in cross-border e-commerce, marketplace platforms, seller tools, logistics, or AI-enabled business transformation.
• Experience leading digital adoption or change management programs.
• Familiarity with APIs, system integrations, automation, data workflows, or AI-enabled productivity tools.
• Experience influencing global product or engineering roadmaps.
• Experience working across Japan and Korea markets.

• Increased adoption of digital tools and AI-enabled workflows by Japan and Korea sellers.
• Improved seller productivity, operational efficiency, listing quality, and marketplace expansion capability.
• Stronger representation of Japan and Korea seller needs in global product and technology roadmaps.
• Successful execution of seller digital transformation pilots and scalable rollout programs.
• Improved internal productivity through automation, AI, data, and workflow redesign.
• Strong satisfaction from seller-facing and business teams regarding technology support and product influence.
• Development of a stronger Product & Technology / Digital Transformation team with clear ownership and measurable business impact.

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