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Program Manager/Leader - AI & Data Division General Management Office (AIGMO)

Rakuten

Rakuten

Software Engineering, Operations, Data Science
Tokyo, Japan
Posted on Jul 3, 2025

Job Description:

Business Overview

AI & Data Division lead to develop service platforms and products utilizing Rakuten group data and providing AI & Data consulting services to contribute to strengthen each business utilization. We are also leading companywide mid-long-term AI & Data strategy development and execution.

Department Overview

AI & Data Division General Management Office is a horizontal organization to manage strategically overall division’s services/platform, financial budget& operation, division events and so forth. We’re contributing to managing strategy planning and operating division wide topics to support maximization of organizational capabilities with stakeholders.
Also our organization is taking the lead as Project Management Office of companywide strategy: Rakuten AI-nization.

Position:

Position Details

- AI & Data Division wide engagement initiatives planning & execution

- Identify the organization problems and finding solutions to contribute to overall efficiency

- Strategy staff/leader of Rakuten AI-nization Project Management Office to lead together company-wide strategy

Work Environment

AI & Data Division General Management Office is a global organization with approx. 30 members.

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Experience in Project Management or PMO

- Strong communication, collaboration, and coordination skills

- Strategy planning, presentation, business development skills

- Strong leaderships skills, abilities to get things done with speed/ flexibility

- High level of initiatives to identify issues, gather/organize information, make proposals/implementation

- Risk management and problem-solving abilities

- Documentation skills using Microsoft Office, Experience with project management tools (Confluence, JIRA, etc.)

- Business-level fluency in Japanese&English

Desired Qualifications:

- At least 2-3 years of experience in a consulting firm

- Basic knowledge of IT, engineering and AI

Other Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House

Languages:

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 3 - Advanced)