About the Role
Rakuten's Group Marketing Strategy Department is seeking individuals to join their challenge of using marketing to leave a mark on their massive ecosystem and ensuring "Rakuten" remains an indispensable presence for users. This role offers the opportunity to build a career on a scale that overlooks Rakuten's diverse services, with potential for further advancement within the cross-functional organization or into specific business units.
Responsibilities
- Utilize Rakuten’s vast user data, behavioral logs, and advanced analytical environment (Big Query, Databricks, BI tools, etc.) to solve problems through data analysis.
- Calculate and verify the impact of new service launches, potentially coordinating with external research.
- Process data using Big Query and BI tools (DOMO, Tableau, Looker, etc.) to build automated, scalable KPI monitoring platforms.
- Support ad-hoc data extraction and hypothesis testing, structuring analysis results into compelling narratives for presentations to drive decision-making.
- Collaborate with marketing teams and developers to provide data-driven insights and support strategic initiatives.
Requirements
- 3+ years of practical experience in data extraction, processing, and aggregation using SQL.
- 3+ years of experience in data processing and dashboard development on Big Query using BI tools (Tableau, Looker, DOMO, etc.).
- Ability to autonomously design hypotheses, structure analytical approaches, and solve business problems.
- Experience in structuring analysis into compelling stories for reports and presentations.
- Experience in collaborating with diverse stakeholders to provide data-driven recommendations.
- Practical experience in marketing data analysis (Campaign measurement, digital ad optimization, CRM analysis, etc.).
- Business-level English proficiency.
- Understanding of cookies and tracking technologies.
- Conceptual understanding or practical experience with Generative AI, machine learning, and deep learning.
- Experience in data analysis, visualization, or machine learning using Python or R.
- Practical knowledge of statistics (mean, variance, population/sampling, hypothesis testing).
- Knowledge and implementation experience with statistical models (logistic regression, clustering, factor analysis, etc.).
- Experience in promoting dashboard usage or supporting data literacy/education for user departments.
Skills
- SQL
- Big Query
- Databricks
- BI tools
- DOMO
- Tableau
- Looker
- Data analysis
- Dashboard development
- Data extraction
- Data processing
- Data aggregation
- Hypothesis testing
- Storytelling
- Presentation
- Stakeholder management
- Marketing data analysis
- Campaign measurement
- Digital ad optimization
- CRM analysis
- English
- Cookies
- Tracking technologies
- Generative AI
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Python
- R
- Statistics
- Statistical models
- Logistic regression
- Clustering
- Factor analysis
- Data literacy
- Data education
Experience Level
- 3+ years of practical experience in data extraction, processing, and aggregation using SQL
- 3+ years of experience in data processing and dashboard development on Big Query using BI tools (Tableau, Looker, DOMO, etc.)
About the Company
- Rakuten is a core marketing organization that supports over 70 diverse services within the Rakuten Group, both in Japan and internationally.
- The Group Marketing Strategy Department (GMSD) leads areas to maximize the brand value of the "Rakuten Group," elevate its impact, and strengthen the bond between users and Rakuten.
- GMSD embodies brand identity by reconstructing Rakuten’s powerful assets within a brand strategy context and designing unified brand communication and experiences across the entire group.
- GMSD accelerates cross-use through user experience by leveraging data-driven analysis and collaborating with each business unit to visualize the "emotional value" of using Rakuten’s services.
- GMSD builds a "Rakuten" Design Foundation by establishing design systems and UI/UX standards to ensure users feel the "Rakuten identity" across every service.
- GMSD orchestrates all marketing channel strategies from a group-wide perspective to lead the design of optimal experiences at every user touchpoint.
- The Data & Insights Group utilizes data from across the Rakuten Group to rigorously measure the Return on Investment (ROI) of marketing initiatives and provide recommendations for budget optimization.
- The Data & Insights Group is an essential function for the future of Rakuten’s marketing, creating precise segments based on behavioral history and purchase intent.
- The Data & Insights Group designs marketing initiatives to provide personalized experiences for every customer and shares these best practices across the group.
- Rakuten is actively promoting AI integration.
