Associate Product Manager
Octopus Energy
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Tokyo • Japan
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About the role
- Partner with our business teams to help deliver on our mission to make energy better
- Help refine the development tickets, bringing ideas to life, shaping the future of our innovative energy solutions
- Work closely with engineering, design and operations teams to launch quickly, gather feedback, and iterate at speed
- Track key product metrics, analyse performance data, and turn insights into actionable improvements that drive meaningful results
Requirements
- Proven experience in a customer support or operational support role with a desire to move into a tech or product role
- Genuine care for customers and tireless advocacy on their behalf
- Confidence in handling tasks independently
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong judgment in prioritisation: knowing what needs doing now, and what can wait
- Skill in juggling multiple tasks and shifting smoothly between competing demands
- The ability to translate ambiguity into clear requirements
- Proactive communication and early issue-spotting
- Empathy when collaborating, ensuring others feel heard
- Enthusiasm for being the connector - the “glue” that holds teams together
- Business-level English & conversational Japanese (N3 or above)
- Previous experience in a fast-paced environment or start up
- Previous experience in the energy industry
Benefits
- 💰 Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
- 🎉 Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We were recently named the UK's top company to work for, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
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Soft Skills
customer advocacyindependent task handlingcommunication skillsstakeholder managementprioritizationmultitaskingrequirement translationproactive communicationempathyteam collaboration