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RakutenBusiness Overview We are the development department that supports Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten's founding business. Rakuten was founded in 1997, and Rakuten Ichiba has continued to embody Rakuten's mission of "empowering people and society through innovation." It has created a system that allows people with strong commercial skills to easily open stores beyond the limits of their physical business area, delivering the joy of shopping to users throughout Japan. Department Overview Rakuten Ichiba is a marketplace where a diverse range of merchants from across Japan come together. This diversity is what makes Rakuten Ichiba attractive, and our section develops and provides the products that merchants need to operate more efficiently and grow on Rakuten Ichiba. Our section develops and provides solutions and external-integration platforms for merchants on Rakuten Ichiba and the vendors that support their operations. Mission Our mission is to support the growth of merchants on Rakuten Ichiba from two angles: by providing operational support solutions, and by providing external-integration platforms. We look across the entire ecosystem - not only merchants, but also the vendors that support their operations - and aim to maximize the value we deliver through multiple products. What Makes This Role Attractive The appeal of this role lies in being able to design the experience, user flow, and priorities across multiple products, beyond improvements to a single product. These products are used by merchants representing over 90% of Rakuten Ichiba's Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS), serving as a core foundation of the Rakuten Ichiba ecosystem.
- More than 5 years of product management experience in web services, SaaS, platforms, business support services, or EC-related services - Ability to analyze market environments, customer challenges, and competitive trends, and to identify product opportunities and issues from a customer perspective - Ability to envision the future needs of merchants and vendors and to draft a mid- to long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap that combine multiple products - Ability to engage stakeholders across different functions (customers, external partners, sales, support, development, security, etc.) and to lead alignment and decision-making - Business Level English proficiency - Business Level Japanese proficiency
- Experience designing and driving a product portfolio, roadmap, and priorities across multiple products - Experience planning and operating platforms or integration features for external vendors, partner companies, or internal developers - Experience enhancing customer value through integrated experiences, user flows, or package design across multiple products - Experience improving products based on KPIs, user research, inquiry analysis, and feedback from sales and support - Experience contributing to the improvement of product management quality within a team through product reviews and knowledge sharing
- Through the Solutions and Platforms in our section, you can influence a broad area that supports the businesses of merchants and vendors on Rakuten Ichiba. - By maximizing value through combinations of multiple products, you can directly contribute to merchants' operational efficiency and sales growth, vendors' business expansion, and the strengthening of the Rakuten Ichiba ecosystem as a whole. - Beyond improvements to individual products, by leading product strategy, portfolio design, and roadmap planning across the section, you can gain the experience of creating significant business impact on a product portfolio that supports one of Japan's largest EC marketplaces.
