This role supports payment business planning for Rakuten Mobile through data analysis, market research, KPI design, business forecasting, and strategy development. Candidates are expected to interpret customer, revenue, and usage data, identify growth opportunities, and turn findings into practical recommendations for marketing and business teams. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, experience with Excel, SQL, BI tools, or similar data-analysis platforms, and the ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders are likely required. Familiarity with mobile telecommunications, digital payments, marketing analytics, or Japanese business practices is advantageous. The successful candidate should be commercially minded, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across departments in a fast-changing environment.
Rakuten Group, Inc. is a major Japanese internet and technology company founded in 1997. It operates a broad ecosystem spanning e-commerce, fintech, digital content, advertising, travel, professional sports, and mobile communications. Its services are connected through the Rakuten membership and points programs, allowing customers to use multiple products within one digital platform. Rakuten Mobile is the group's telecommunications business, offering mobile and broadband services while expanding its network and customer base in Japan. The company has an international workforce and promotes data-driven innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration across business units. Employees may work in a multicultural environment with opportunities to contribute to large-scale digital, marketing, technology, and financial-services projects.
Japan offers strong opportunities in technology, data analytics, telecommunications, finance, e-commerce, manufacturing, tourism, and international business. Tokyo is the main employment center, while Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Okinawa also provide growing career options. Japanese workplace culture often values punctuality, teamwork, respect for hierarchy, and careful communication, although international companies may be more flexible. Lifestyle choices range from dense urban living to quieter regional communities, with excellent public transport, healthcare, and safety. A work visa usually requires a qualifying job offer and employer sponsorship; professional roles commonly use the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services status. Applicants should prepare translated documents, confirm relocation support, and budget for housing deposits, transport, taxes, and health insurance. Learning Japanese is highly beneficial, even when English is used at work.
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