Takumi Nakamura

Chief Product Officer at Jade Energy · SQL, checkout

Jade Energy

Tokyo, Japan · JST (UTC+9)

13+ years experience

Nanyang Technological University

English, Japanese

Open to work

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Overview

Chief Product Officer at Jade Energy, focused on payments. Launched the payments product in 5 markets. Ran 200 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Most at home with checkout and product strategy. Cyclist - trying to do a century this year.

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Lead Chief Product Officer roles in media - Tokyo or remote

Target roles: Lead Chief Product Officer
Level: Senior
Industries: Developer tools, E-commerce
Work mode: Remote
Available: Immediately
Work authorization: Authorized to work in Japan
What I'm looking for: Early-stage company (Series A) where payments is core to the product.
Not interested in: Pure people management

24 years in payments. Strongest at product strategy and pricing. Available from next month.

Tokyo, Japan · remote OKcheckoutsqlproduct strategy

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Experience

Chief Product Officer
Jan 2025 - Present
Jade Energy · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Launched the payments product in 4 markets.
- Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
Group Product Manager
Mar 2022 - Jan 2025
Woolworths Group · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Grew payments revenue from $1 million to $40 million ARR.
- Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
Principal Product Manager
Jul 2018 - Mar 2022
Google · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Previously an operator for 7 years before investing.
- Backed 19 founders at pre-seed and seed.
Group Product Manager
Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
Toyota · 2 yr · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Ran 48 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
Associate Product Manager
Jul 2013 - Jul 2016
Xero · 3 yr · Full-time · Tokyo, Japan
- Cut time-to-first-value for new payments customers from 12 days to 3.

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Education

Nanyang Technological University
BEng, Computer Science
1998 - 2002

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