Senior Product Manager, Rakuten Ichiba Data/AI Product and Service: Business Support Development Department (BSD)

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten is one of the leading e-commerce site operating companies in the world. Our mission is to empower people and society through the internet while aiming at becoming the Global Innovation Company.

Rakuten Ichiba home page

https://www.rakuten.co.jp/

　

Department Overview Business Support Development Department (BSD) is positioned that provides comprehensive support for various business operations within Rakuten Group. Our department plans, develops, and implements data and AI product solutions for Rakuten Commerce & Marketing Company. Through our technology and expertise, we empower businesses to utilize data and AI.

　

Position:

Why We Hire

As a Product Manager, you will play a key role in identifying opportunities for products and services that leverage data and AI, and lead the vision and strategy, development, and operations. We expect you to work with multiple stakeholders to lead product development toward our goals.

We are looking for someone who can innovate through the development of data platforms, data service platforms that facilitate the use of data, and create solutions that leverage AI.

We offer a cutting-edge environment and the opportunity to work with a wealth of data.

Position Details

We are responsible for the following areas in Rakuten Ichiba, the driving force behind Rakuten Group.

・Development and operation of data warehouse

・Planning, development, and operation of data products

　　・Data integration API platform

　　・Data extraction tools for business staff

・Real-time data platform planning, development, and operation

・Business staff support using AI

・Improving Rakuten Ichiba Services using AI

Working together with user departments, you will gain a deep understanding of business operation processes, analyze and identify issues and needs, incorporate them into specifications, and lead the project from development to operation.

Position Responsibilities

• Formulate vision and strategy for products and services utilizing data
• Communicate with stakeholders(user departments, data science team, engineering team)
• Analyze and identify issues and needs
• Develop a roadmap for the project
• Manage overall project schedule, progress, tasks, and issues
• Coordination and consensus building with multiple stakeholders
• Appropriate reporting to decision makers

　

Mandatory Qualifications:

- About 5 years of experience as a product manager

- Experience in managing products and services related to data and AI

- Leadership, initiative, and similar experience

- Analytical and problem-solving skills

- Effective communication skills for internal and external stakeholders

- Negotiation skills to build consensus with stakeholders

- Japanese language skills (Native level reading, writing, and speaking)

　

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience in process improvement and business improvement

- Knowledge, utilization, and implementation experience of DMBOK

- Experience in managing an organization of 10 or more people

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

Tokyo or Osaka

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Languages:

English (Overall - 2 - Intermediate), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)