Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten Group, based in Japan, serves approximately 100 million customers domestically and 1 billion customers globally, offering over 70 services across various fields such as e-commerce, payment services, financial services, telecommunications, media, and sports.

Department Overview

"Rakuten Bic" is the first-party entity in the home appliance category of the Rakuten Group, established as a joint venture through the collaboration between Rakuten and Bic Camera. It operates as a comprehensive home appliance service on Rakuten Ichiba, aiming to provide a highly convenient shopping experience that transcends the boundaries between online and offline by leveraging the strengths of both companies.
https://biccamera.rakuten.co.jp/

The appeal of our department lies in the ability to experience the entire process of project management, from strategic planning for the entire business to release, with a sense of speed in a small team structure. Our mission is not only to improve services from the user's perspective but also to elevate the service level of the entire Rakuten Group and the businesses operating on Rakuten Ichiba.

Position:

Why We Hire

To further expand our business, we are planning to strengthen our team by adding one new member.

Position Details

This position involves understanding the requirements and challenges of Rakuten Bic's business and development, and leading and driving initiatives in collaboration with UI/UX directors for the implementation and development aspects of building and improving services and products. (This role can also be considered as a director/product manager with a focus on implementation and development.)

- Planning, requirements definition, design, and implementation direction for projects
- Progress management and task prioritization for projects
- Detailed design and specification formulation for A/B testing and content variation
- Design and implementation for performance measurement, quantitative analysis, and reporting
- File management and operations
- QA and release tasks
- Problem-solving in operations, systemization, and efficiency improvement

Work Environment

The department consists of 10 members, with a team structure of 4 in business and 6 in creative roles, comprising 8 men and 2 women.

The team consists mostly of mid-career hires who leverage their previous experience and skills to develop and improve in-house services, aiming to provide customers with more convenient services.

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Individuals who want to understand service challenges and user needs, take charge from planning to release, and directly experience business outcomes
- Over 5 years of experience in web production/development direction
- Direction of dynamic processing using APIs
- Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JS)
- Schedule management using tools like Backlog or JIRA

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience in file management using Git, and experience with release work
- Implementation experience using libraries/frameworks like Vue
- Experience with large-scale websites/apps and new feature development
- Experience with member-based sites requiring login
- Proven track record of developing sites/apps using agile/lean development processes and delivering results
- Team management experience as a leader
- Data extraction using SQL

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House

1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Additional information on Secondment

Upon employment with Rakuten Group, Inc. (Home Electronics 1st Party Section), you will be seconded to Rakuten Bic, Inc. However, there will be no change in the work location, and you will be based at Rakuten Crimson House in Futakotamagawa.

Additional information on English Qualification

TOEIC Score exceeding 800 (or similar level of English ability or a University Degree earned in an English-speaking country)

Proof of eligibility is required by the timing of the offer letter.

If no evidence is available to prove the qualifications denoted above, taking an IP test, organized by our company, during selection process is required.

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Development Director - Rakuten Bic Business Department,(C&M)