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Design Manager - Mercari Marketplace

Mercari, inc.
🇯🇵 Japan
Hybrid
Manager or above
2 weeks ago
  • AI
  • Design Systems
  • User Research
  • GitHub
  • SNS
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JD in Japanese follows. 英文の埌に和文JDをご芧いただけたす。

 

Design Manager - Mercari Marketplace

  • Employment Status: Full-time 
  • Work Hours: Full Flextime (no core time) 
  • Office: Roppongi

For more details, see theOverview of Our Positions section on our Careers site.

 

About Mercari

Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people

"What can I do to help society thrive with the finite resources we have?" The Mercari marketplace app was born in 2013 out of this thought by our founder Shintaro Yamada as he traveled the world. We believe that by circulating all forms of value, not just physical things and money, we can create opportunities for anyone to realize their dreams and contribute to society and the people around them. Mercari aims to use technology to connect people all over the world and create a world where anyone can unleash their potential. For more information about Mercari Group’s mission, seeMercari’s Culture Doc


 

Organization/Team Mission

 In the Marketplace Design Team, we design intuitive, trustworthy experiences end to end for users in Japan. We partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Research to explore new problem spaces, define experience direction, and raise the bar for craft, consistency, and innovation across the marketplace.

As our scope continues to widen, the team is growing with it, and we are now at the stage of expanding the design organization itself.

As our scope continues to widen, we are expanding the design organization and shaping how it works.

Seehere for more information about our mission and values.


 

Work Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end design hands-on in key areas, while holding overall accountability for experience quality across your scope
  • Define the experience direction and design quality bar across the Marketplace, and continuously improve them by building out patterns and critique processes with the design system team  
  • Decide what to prioritize among ambiguous business and user problems, and steer the team toward a clear experience strategy
  • Shape team composition and designer assignments, and take responsibility for overall team performance and health
  • Lead designer hiring and design the onboarding experience, and support each member's growth and career development through feedback and performance reviews
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineering Managers, and UX Researchers to shape product direction and influence the roadmap
  • Identify problems and opportunities beyond your immediate scope, and proactively propose new ideas, concepts, and improvements

     

Unique Challenges

  • Owning experience quality across buyer and seller journeys in a marketplace used by tens of millions and expanding globally.
  • Deciding who takes on which unexplored product areas, and leading the team into high ambiguity with few precedents.
  • Building the systems that let the team balance speed, experimentation, and innovation with a high bar for craft, trust, and usability.
  • Shaping how a growing design organization works, from team composition and hiring to growth and process, while continuing to lead design yourself.
  • Building a team that designs for the Japanese market with strong attention to cultural nuance, trust, and clarity.
  • Raising the team's AI fluency from very different starting points, without lowering the bar for craft.

     
     

Qualifications

  • Required Experience/Skills
    • 2+ years of design management experience.
    • Strong design skills across UX, interaction, and visual design, with a sharp eye for detail and craft.
    • Experience leading design in complex or ambiguous problem spaces, and shaping product direction through concept development and storytelling.
    • Deep understanding of design systems, scalable patterns, and maintaining consistency across large-scale products.
    • Experience raising the quality of a team's output through feedback and mentorship.
  • Preferred Experience/Skills
    • 6+ years of professional experience in product design or UX design, owning end-to-end experiences.
    • Design experience with marketplaces, e-commerce, or transactional products.
    • Experience growing designers into high-impact roles aligned with their strengths and aspirations.
    • Experience managing a design organization across multiple teams or product areas.
    • A portfolio or website showing your past design work.
    • Familiarity with user research methods and experience applying insights to design decisions.
    • Professional experience in the Japanese market, or experience designing products for it.
    • Comfort with experimentation, prototyping, and rapid iteration in high-uncertainty environments.
    • Experience contributing to designer hiring, such as defining role requirements, designing interview processes, or employer branding.
    • Uses AI tools in daily design work and has reshaped your own workflow around them, from exploration to prototyping.
    • Experience using AI tools in daily design work and reshaping your own workflow around them, from exploration to prototyping.
  • Language 
    • Japanese: Proficient (CEFR B2) or above required
    • English: Proficient (CEFR – C1)

For details about CEFR, seehere.

 

Learn More About Mercari Group

  • Careers site:https://careers.mercari.com/en/   
  • Mercan:https://mercan.mercari.com/en/  
  • Social media:X /Linkedin 


 

Recruiting at Mercari

At Mercari Group, we value empathizing with and embodying the mission and values ​​of the Group and each company. To promote the creation of an organization that maximizes the total amount of value exhibited by all members, we would like to understand the experience and skills of each candidate as accurately as possible.

Recruiting cycle at Mercari Group

  • Application screening
  • Skill assessment: For engineering positions, you will be asked to complete a skill assessment on HackerRank or GitHub. For non-engineering positions, you may be asked to complete an assessment depending on the position. (The timing of the assessment may coincide with the interview process.)
  • Interview: The number of interviews may vary depending on the position.
  • Reference check: We will ask for online references around the timing of the final interview.
  • Offer: Offers will be determined carefully in consideration of the final interview and the reference check.

 Learn more about our recruiting processhere.

 

Equal Opportunity Hiring

Here at Mercari, we work to realize a world in which no one’s potential is limited by their background and everyone has the opportunity to freely create value. We also firmly believe that a mindset of Inclusion & Diversity is essential for us to achieve our mission.

This, of course, extends to our hiring practices as well. Mercari is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical disability, and other such factors so that anyone who shares our mission and values can join us, regardless of their background. For more details, please read ourI&D statement.

Please read and acknowledge ourPrivacy Policy prior to submitting your application.




Design Manager - Mercari Marketplace

  • 雇甚圢態  正瀟員
  • 働き方 フレックスタむム制コアタむムなし・フレキシブルタむムなし
  • 勀務地 六本朚

詳现はキャリアサむトの募集芁項よりご確認ください

 

メルカリグルヌプに぀いお

あらゆる䟡倀を埪環させ、あらゆる人の可胜性を広げる

「地球資源が限られおいるなか、より豊かな瀟䌚を぀くるために䜕ができるか」。2013幎、創業者の山田進倪郎が䞖界䞀呚の旅で抱いた課題意識から、フリマアプリ「メルカリ」は生たれたした。私たちは、物理的なモノやお金に限らずあらゆる䟡倀を埪環させるこずで、誰もがやりたいこずを実珟し、人や瀟䌚に貢献するための遞択肢を増やすこずができるず信じおいたす。

テクノロゞヌの力で䞖界䞭の人々を぀なぎ、あらゆる人の可胜性が発揮される䞖界を実珟しおいきたす。メルカリグルヌプの目指すべき方針に぀いおはMercari Culture Doc をご芧ください。

 
 

組織・チヌムのミッション 

  •  マヌケットプレむスのデザむンチヌムは、日本のナヌザヌに向けお盎感的で信頌性の高い䜓隓を゚ンドツヌ゚ンドで蚭蚈しおいたす。プロダクト・゚ンゞニアリング・リサヌチの各チヌムず密接に連携し、新たな課題領域を探求しながら䜓隓の方向性を定矩し、マヌケットプレむス党䜓におけるデザむンの質、䞀貫性、むノベヌションの氎準を高めおいたす。
  • 取り組む領域の広がりずずもにチヌムも拡倧しおおり、デザむン組織そのものを぀くっおいくフェヌズにありたす。
  • メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに぀いおの詳现はこちらをご芧ください


 

業務内容

  • 自ら手を動かす重芁領域における゚ンドツヌ゚ンドのデザむン、および担圓領域党䜓の䜓隓品質に察する責任
  • マヌケットプレむス党䜓における䜓隓の方向性およびデザむン品質基準の策定ず、デザむンシステムチヌムずの協業によるパタヌンやクリティヌクプロセスの敎備を通じた継続的な改善
  • 曖昧なビゞネス課題およびナヌザヌ課題に察する、取り組む優先順䜍の刀断ず、チヌムを䜓隓戊略ぞ導く方向づけ
  • デザむナヌのアサむンメントずチヌム構成の蚭蚈、およびチヌムのパフォヌマンスず健党性に察する責任
  • デザむナヌ採甚ずオンボヌディングの蚭蚈、およびフィヌドバックや評䟡を通じたメンバヌの成長支揎ずキャリア開発
  • PM、゚ンゞニアリングマネヌゞャヌ、UXリサヌチャヌずのパヌトナヌシップによる、プロダクト方針の策定およびロヌドマップぞの圱響力発揮
  • 担圓範囲にずどたらない課題や機䌚の特定ず、新たなアむデア、コンセプト、改善案の䞻䜓的な提案

     

ナニヌクなチャレンゞ

  • 数千䞇人芏暡のナヌザヌが利甚し、グロヌバルぞず広がるマヌケットプレむスにおいお、賌入者・出品者にたたがる䜓隓党䜓の質に責任を持぀こずができたす。
  • 前䟋の少ない䞍確実性の高い領域に、誰がどこで䜕を担うかを蚭蚈し、チヌムずしお螏み蟌んでいくこずができたす。
  • スピヌド・実隓・むノベヌションず高いデザむン品質の䞡立を、個人の力量ではなく組織の仕組みずしお実珟するこずができたす。
  • 自らデザむンをリヌドしながら、拡倧するデザむン組織のあり方チヌム構成、採甚、育成、プロセスを蚭蚈するこずができたす。
  • 文化的なニュアンスや信頌、明確さを重芖しながら、日本垂堎向けのデザむンに取り組むチヌムを぀くるこずができたす。
  • メンバヌごずにAI掻甚の経隓に差がある䞭でも、デザむンの品質基準を萜ずさずに、チヌム党䜓の力を高めおいくこずができたす。


 

応募芁件

  • 求める経隓・スキル
    • デザむンマネゞメント経隓2幎以䞊
    • UXデザむン、むンタラクションデザむン、ビゞュアルデザむンにたたがる高いデザむンスキルず、现郚や品質ぞの鋭い感床
    • 耇雑たたは曖昧な課題領域においおデザむンをリヌドし、コンセプト蚭蚈やストヌリヌテリングを通じおプロダクトの方向性に圱響を䞎えた経隓
    • デザむンシステムやスケヌラブルなパタヌン蚭蚈、および倧芏暡なプロダクトにおける䞀貫性の維持に関する深い理解
    • デザむナヌぞのフィヌドバックやメンタリングを通じお、チヌム党䜓のアりトプット品質を高めた経隓
  • 歓迎する経隓・スキル
    • プロダクトデザむンたたはUXデザむンの領域においお、゚ンドツヌ゚ンドの䜓隓に責任を持っお取り組んだ実務経隓6幎以䞊
    • マヌケットプレむス、Eコマヌス、たたはトランザクション型プロダクトにおけるデザむン経隓
    • メンバヌの匷みず志向に沿っお、高いむンパクトを出せる堎所たで成長させおきた経隓
    • 耇数のチヌムやプロダクト領域を暪断したデザむン組織のマネゞメント経隓
    • これたでのデザむン実瞟が確認できるポヌトフォリオたたはWebサむト
    • ナヌザヌリサヌチ手法ぞの理解ず、むンサむトをデザむン意思決定に掻甚した経隓
    • 日本垂堎での実務経隓、たたは日本垂堎向けプロダクトのデザむン経隓
    • 䞍確実性の高い環境における実隓・プロトタむピング・迅速なむテレヌションぞの適応力
    • デザむナヌ採甚に関わった経隓芁件定矩、遞考蚭蚈、採甚ブランディングなど
    • 日垞のデザむン業務でAIツヌルを掻甚し、探玢からプロトタむピングたでのワヌクフロヌを組み替えおきた経隓
  • 語孊力
    • 日本語: Proficient (CEFR B2) 以䞊必須
    • 英語: Independent (CEFR B1) 以䞊歓迎入瀟埌6ヶ月以内に習埗可胜な方

※CEFRの詳现に぀いおは、こちらをご芧ください

 

メルカリグルヌプに぀いお知る 

  • キャリアサむトhttps://careers.mercari.com/  
  • メルカンhttps://mercan.mercari.com/ 
  • SNSX /Linkedin 


 

遞考に぀いお

メルカリグルヌプではメルカリグルヌプおよび各カンパニヌのミッションずバリュヌぞの共感・䜓珟を倧切にしおいたす。メンバヌが発揮する䟡倀の総量が最倧化されるような組織づくりを掚進するために、候補者のみなさんの経隓やスキルをより正しく理解したいず考えおいたす。

遞考の流れ

  • 曞類遞考
  • 技術課題゚ンゞニアポゞションではHackerRankたたはGithubでの技術課題を、゚ンゞニア以倖のポゞションでは採甚ポゞションによりたす面接タむミングず前埌するこずがありたす
  • 面接ポゞションにより、耇数回の面接をお願いしたす
  • リファレンスオンラむン回答圢匏のもので、最終遞考の前埌でお願いしたす
  • オファヌ最終遞考ずリファレンスの内容より決定されたす

 

 ※詳しくは こちらのペヌゞをご芧ください

 
 

遞考における機䌚の平等  

メルカリでは、バックグラりンドによっお個人の可胜性が決め぀けられるこずなく、自由に䟡倀を生みだす機䌚を手にできる瀟䌚の実珟を目指しおいたす。そしおメルカリがミッションを実珟するために「Inclusion & Diversity」ずいう考え方は䞍可欠な存圚だず考えおいたす。

採甚掻動においおも、メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに共感する、様々なバックグラりンドの方にゞョむンしおいただけるよう、幎霢、性別、性的指向、人皮、宗教、身䜓胜力、その他蚘号に基づくあらゆる差別をなくすこずを玄束したす。

詳しくは、I&D statementをご芧ください。

なお、ご応募の際にはプラむバシヌポリシヌをご確認ください。

Design Manager - Mercari Marketplace · Mercari, inc.

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