Product Manager, CJKI

About the Group/Team

Canva’s mission is to empower the world to design. With over 220 million users already on board, we have a bold vision to reach 1 billion users. The CJKI Group is dedicated to this mission, pouring our hearts and souls into driving hyperlocalization. We strive to make Canva feel like a local experience in China, Japan, South Korea, and India, ensuring that our platform resonates deeply with users in these regions.

About the Role/Specialty

This role is for a Product Manager who focuses on high-impact, high-ambiguity initiatives across Canva’s core growth entry points and platform-level experiences, while bridging Global Big Bets strategy with the real user, business, and market dynamics of CJKI. You will operate in a highly complex organizational environment, driving alignment, making clear trade-offs, and delivering measurable outcomes. You are not building a small feature—you are reshaping how users experience Canva the first time, the second time, and the Nth time they open the product.

What you’ll do (responsibilities) 

 

Big Bets Project Owner (CJKI Scope)

• Own end-to-end product strategy, execution, and outcomes for major initiatives
• Translate global product vision into actionable, market-appropriate solutions for CJKI
• Define MBR metrics (input, output & guardrails) and continuously track impact

Product Strategy & Decision-Making

• Deeply understand CJKI user behavior and pain points across acquisition, activation, retention, and sharing
• Make high-quality decisions under uncertainty, even with incomplete data or insights
• Balance global consistency vs. regional differentiation, clearly articulating trade-offs

Cross-functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner closely with Growth, Homepage, Brand, Design, Infra, Data, Marketing, and other teams
• Drive alignment and execution without direct reporting authority
• Communicate progress, risks, and key decisions clearly to senior stakeholders, including Big Bets leaders

Experimentation & Iteration

• Reduce uncertainty through A/B testing, phased rollouts, and experimentation frameworks
• Learn quickly, iterate rapidly, and strike the right balance between speed and quality

What we're looking for

Must-have

• 5–8+ years of Product Management experience, with ownership of high-impact, cross-functional initiatives
• Strong experience in Growth, Core Experience, Platform, or Entry-point products
• Proven ability to define problems, set strategy, and deliver outcomes in highly ambiguous environments
• Strong data fluency, able to combine data and user insights to drive decisions
• Deep understanding of at least one CJKI market (China / Japan / Korea/ India), with the ability to scale insights beyond a single market
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Fluent in English and comfortable working in a global context

Nice-to-have

• Experience with product growth, distribution entry points, growth platforms
• Proven success handling regional differentiation and localization in global products
• Background in B2C or Product-Led Growth (PLG) environments