Product Manager, Product Lifecycle Management Section (RMI Portfolio & Strategy Office)

Job Description:

About Organization

This department will be responsible for portfolio prioritization to drive strategic initiatives and cross-platform activities by leading the centralized team of business analysts, product designers, product strategists, etc.

Job duties

• Managing business operations
• Working with budget team to monitor project budgets, e.g., BvA, BvF
• Managing projects across various workstreams
• Conducting daily, weekly, and monthly task updates with team members
• Preparing project status materials for monthly and quarterly governance meetings
• Supporting portfolio governance
• Overseeing budget plans and monitoring capex with budget teams
• Organizing internal team meetings, summarizing key notes, and tracking action items
• Managing department information systems, e.g., Box Folders
• Managing department communication channels, e.g., Viber, for compliance
• Managing Rakuten Group/Rakuten Mobile information systems/security policies
• Managing all external meeting and document requirements, e.g., SDM, etc.
• Other duties to ensure the smooth operations of the department
• Managing the relationships with vendors
• Overseeing the roadmaps of the products
• Understand development lifecycle of applications, manage team of developers
• Release management, change management, sprint cycles
• Understanding and managing client Expectations
• Ensure projects and products stakeholder satisfaction
• Manage product demos
• Manage compliance
• Developing the product roadmap, writing detailed requirements, and working closely with engineering, marketing, and sales to ensure successful product development and market adoption
• Overseeing their entire lifecycle from conception to launch and beyond, by conducting market research, collaborating with cross-functional teams, prioritizing features, and ensuring the product meets customer needs and business objectives. Key responsibilities include

Minimum Qualification

• 5-10 yrs. of experience working within business analysis or project delivery or support, planning and management
• 1-2 yrs. of experience managing small teams (e.g., remote team management will be preferable)
• Experience with general business operations
• General understanding of financial accounting
• Ability to manage business and technical stakeholders in the design, development, and implementation of software and hardware solutions, systems or products
• Excellent analytical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to approach tasks in a logical and systematic way
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language;
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience working with Agile project management and Collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, etc
• Experience working with teams of BAs and engineers, and a collaborative and team-focused attitude
• Commercial awareness
• Always operates with the highest levels of honesty, integrity and fidelity, acting in the best interest of the business always
• Strong capability for up-skilling and re-skilling, with a curious mind and desire to constantly learn and grow.
• Ability to manage a meeting, to report and sum-up notes
• Ability to work independently and to take decisions
• Ability to coordinate and monitor the projects within the products
• Ability to conduct issues solving to the end, and elevate when needed
• Capability to quickly react to emergency situation to resolve it

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Network Engineering, Business or any equivalent field
• MBA preferable
• PHD preferable
• Industry project management qualification

Languages

• English (Overall - 4 - Fluent)
• Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)