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Data Strategy Consultant, Commerce & Marketing Consulting Section - AI & Data Consulting Department (AIDC)

Rakuten Group
Full-time
On-site
Tokyo, Japan

Job Description:

Business Overviewย 
Rakuten group has almost 100 million customers in Japan and 1 billion customers around the world, and provides more than 70 services such as e-commerce, payment services, financial services, mobile, media, sports, etc.


Department Overviewย 
AI Services Supervisory Department (AISSD) provides data-oriented solutions by leveraging data science and Rakuten groupโ€™s data gathered from 70+ services. The department contributes to Rakutenโ€™s business units and Rakutenโ€™s business partners as well. We have the strategic vision โ€œRakuten as a data-driven membership companyโ€. AISSD has the mission to realize it.

Among the AISSD, the Data Science Consulting Department (DSCD) serves as a bridge between the business units and the development units. We propose data-driven solutions based on a deep understanding of the business and swiftly drives their implementation.

Position Detailsย 
We are looking for talented people to perform Data Strategy Consultant which has the role to conduct AISSDโ€™s mission in front line. The position is expected to discuss with internal/external stakeholders to propose data-oriented solution for business growth, and to conduct multiple initiatives such as PoC & ad hoc analysis, solution development with Dev team etc. The position has opportunities to work in global culture with excellent employees joined around the world, and to experience Rakutenโ€™s unique initiatives based on the cutting-edge data science.

Role and Responsibility
- Propose initiatives for data/AI utilization to Rakutenโ€™s business units or external clients and launch their projects.
- Drive initiatives for data/AI utilization and manage projects.
- Report business contributions by data/AI utilization to Rakutenโ€™s business units or external clients.
- Implement ad hoc analysis related to user attributes, purchasing, and behavior on the web and offline.
- Drive system developments involving the system development department to standardize initiatives for data/AI utilization.

Business domain
Commerce & Marketing:
- Driving data solution of Commerce Company of Rakuten Group (Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuma, Rakuten Fashion, etc.) by maximizing value of data.
- Providing data-oriented solutions utilizing clients and Rakuten data for external customers, such as manufacturers, retailers, and local governments, through marketing actions such as ads and media.


Mandatory Qualifications:ย 
- Experience in data-oriented project(s) which applies data science to business.
- Project management skill to handle mid-large size project organized by multiple departments.
- Capability for problem solving, strategic thinking, hypothesis thinking
- Business level communication both English and Japanese. (TOEIC 800+)


Desired Qualifications:ย 
- Experience in a company or department which is specialized in data science or data analytics.
- Technical skill to create a data model by programming language (python, SQL, etc.) and extract/calculate huge dataset to get outputs.
- Work experience in a consulting firm.
- Experience to conduct presentation(s) CxO class executives.
- Capability to discuss implementation approach with Dev team to define a solutionโ€™s specification.

- Experience/Business knowledge related to the industry of Rakutenโ€™s business or Rakutenโ€™s business partners.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)