Product Manager

Job Description:

Department Overview

RMS / Data Analysis is a web service that mainly provides numerical data such as sales and access and numerical data related to store operations such as customer attributes to stores in tables and graphs.

Position :

Why We H ire

As a product manager in the RMS/Data Analysis team, you will play a vital role in maintaining and operating our existing services/systems, while uncovering their value and identifying areas for improvement.

Join our team at Rakuten Ichiba, Japan's largest internet shopping mall, and take charge of product and project management for the data analysis function within our RMS (ASP service) offered to Rakuten Ichiba merchants.

We offer an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth and success of our platform, working with a dynamic team in a leading e-commerce environment.

Position Details

• Plan the project (setting the goal, planning for the milestone and critical path, planning for the internal/external project
• Proactively works with stakeholders to analyze provided information, especially regarding KPIs, in order to define clear requirements, specify product features and create road map.
• Prioritize the requirements and features based on strategy and revenue generation and release them at the right time.
• Utilizes customer/client feedback and data as input to improve the services and products.
• Ensures that the project goal is well-aligned and manages the project team to accomplish it with the required level of quality.
• Applies project management techniques to successfully deliver projects on scope, time and budget.
• Enables smooth communication among team members, and delivers timely status, issue, risk and performance updates to management.

Mandatory Qualifications :

• Proficient project management skills, including planning and scheduling.
• Excellent communication skills, collaborating effectively with diverse individuals from various business and technical backgrounds, cultures, and nationalities.
• Understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and experience in developing services driven by KPIs.
• Willingness to embrace new ideas and support critical projects.
• Over 3 years of experience in the end-to-end development process of applications or services, including planning, design, implementation, and testing.
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
• Experience in B2C or B2B business environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in Japanese (reading, writing, and conversation at a native level).
• Proficient in English (reading, writing, and conversation at a communication level).

Desired Qualifications :

• Experience in project management of large-scale projects (50 man-months or more).
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Familiarity with hypothesis verification for customer value discovery.
• Understanding of UI/UX design principles.
• Experience in KPI analysis.
• Knowledge of data visualization techniques.
• Understanding of marketing business strategies.

Additional information on Location
Tokyo

Additional information on English Qualification
TOEIC:600
*Will reconsider based on candidate's skills

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Languages:

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