fixed-term project engagement｜Director of Product Management

[ ABOUT TENCHIJIN ] Tenchijin Inc. is a Tokyo-headquartered space-tech company and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) certified venture. Through its land-evaluation and analytics platform, Tenchijin COMPASS, the company fuses earth-observation satellite data, geospatial and environmental layers, IoT and ground-sensor feeds, and clients' operational data with proprietary AI to deliver multimodal analytics for utilities and infrastructure enterprises. Tenchijin's flagship water-infrastructure solution, KnoWaterleak, assesses pipeline deterioration and leak risk from space-derived insights and is used by a growing number of water utilities to prioritize inspection and investment, reduce non-revenue water, and extend asset life. [ ABOUT THE PROJECT ] The Global South Project is an 18-month initiative (October 2026 – March 2028) to design, build, and deploy a scalable, secure, AI-ready analytics platform tailored to utilities and infrastructure operators across Global South markets. The project adapts Tenchijin's satellite-data and GeoAI capabilities to regions facing aging or rapidly expanding infrastructure, constrained budgets, and limited field-inspection capacity — delivering risk assessment and decision-support tools that improve infrastructure management workflows. All positions are contract-based and fully remote, operating as one distributed, cross-border team with English as the working language. [ ROLE SUMMARY ] You will own the product vision and roadmap for Tenchijin's Tenchijin platform — deciding what gets built, for whom, and in what order. You will translate the realities of utility operations in emerging markets (aging infrastructure, budget constraints, workforce gaps, data scarcity) into a product that decision-makers adopt and renew. You are the connective tissue between clients, government partners, engineering leads, and Tenchijin's leadership. [ Reports To ] Project Executive Sponsor / CEO Office [ Project Language ] English (professional working proficiency or higher required) [ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ] - Define and evangelize the product vision, strategy, and 18-month roadmap for the Tenchijin platform, aligned with Tenchijin's satellite-data and AI capabilities. - Conduct market and user research across target Global South regions: utility pain points, procurement dynamics, regulatory context, and willingness to pay. - Prioritize the backlog with a data-driven framework, balancing pilot-client commitments, platform foundations, and market-expansion bets. - Write clear product requirements and success metrics; run roadmap reviews with the Senior Cloud Architect and engineering leads. - Own stakeholder communication: executive sponsors, pilot utilities, government/development-agency partners, and internal teams. - Define pricing/packaging inputs and support business development on proposals and pilots. - Establish product analytics and feedback loops; measure adoption, engagement, and client outcomes (e.g., reduced non-revenue water, improved maintenance targeting). - Coordinate launch readiness across engineering, localization, and operations for each market entry. [ WHAT WE OFFER ] - A central role in applying satellite data and AI to real infrastructure challenges, with measurable social and environmental impact in Global South markets. - Fully remote, cross-border collaboration with senior specialists across cloud, GeoAI, product, and design. - Competitive contractor compensation commensurate with experience and scope. - Direct exposure to earth-observation technology, including data ecosystems built with Japan's space agency (JAXA). Tenchijin Inc. is an equal-opportunity organization. We evaluate all applicants on qualifications and merit, without regard to nationality, race, religion, gender, age, or disability. TENCHIJIN INC. · GLOBAL SOUTH PROJECT

- 10+ years in product management, with 3+ years leading product strategy for B2B/enterprise or public-sector platforms. - Demonstrated success taking a complex data or analytics product from early stage to adoption. - Exceptional stakeholder management across executive, technical, and client audiences. - Strong data-driven prioritization background (defining metrics, running experiments, making trade-offs explicit). - Outstanding written and spoken English; comfortable presenting to government and enterprise leadership.

- Experience with utilities, infrastructure, GIS/earth observation, or climate/sustainability products. - Experience launching products in emerging markets or working with development-finance / international-cooperation stakeholders. - Technical background sufficient to engage credibly with ML and geospatial engineering leads. - Experience working in a cross-functional POD / squad delivery model.