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Business management, strategy planning (Rakuten Mobile business) - Marketing Division

Rakuten global.rakuten.com Open · verified Sep 22, 2026
Tokyo Full-time Mid-level General Marketing

At a glance

Mid-level General Marketing role at Rakuten. Tokyo · full-time.

Pay not stated General Marketing salary

RoleGeneral Marketing
SeniorityMid-level
LocationTokyo
EmploymentFull-time
PostedOct 17, 2025 · 11mo ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Use company-wide figures to discuss business direction with executives and support their decisions
  • Control the marketing budget for Rakuten Mobile, comparing planned spending with actual results
  • Prepare weekly KPI and profit-and-loss outlooks connected to budget management for executive review
  • Apply BI tools to marketing activity data and turn findings into usable insights
  • Lead planning and delivery for priority projects tied directly to business growth

What you bring

  • Bring experience in business planning, business management, or consulting
  • Think from an executive viewpoint and lead substantive, data-based business discussions
  • Handle unexpected issues and urgent assignments quickly, flexibly, and through to resolution
  • Use business English in conversation and communicate in fluent Japanese

Who this fits

You’ll suit a mid-level planning role that combines executive discussions, budgeting, management accounting, BI analysis, and priority project work. The team includes one manager, regular and temporary employees, and outsourcing staff, with management experience listed as desirable. Japanese fluency and intermediate English are stated language expectations.

From the employer

Job Description:

Business Overview

The Marketing Division leads brand, creative,

marketing, and membership as a cross-group

organization with a mission to expand Rakuten Group's

membership value and ecosystem of over 70 services.

We believe that the mobile domain is a platform that

plays a fundamental role in the ecosystem, and as the

Marketing Division, we are further promoting collaboration with Rakuten Mobile.

 

Department Overview

Marketing Planning Department is an organization that leads the planning of Rakuten Mobile's plans and product strategies and their implementation.

The Planning and Management Section is responsible for strategy development, budgeting, KPI and PL analysis and management in the marketing department of Rakuten Mobile. The department has a lot of executive relations, and you will be able to work with a high level of perspective.

Position Details

Join Rakuten Mobile's dynamic Marketing Division and play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic direction through robust data analysis and insightful data management. We are seeking a talented individual to contribute to our growth by transforming data into actionable strategies.

Based on your experience and skills, your responsibilities will include:

- Strategic discussions with management: Discuss the direction of the business with management based on figures linked to the company-wide strategy, and support decision-making.

- Budgeting and actual/budget management: Manage the budget for Rakuten Mobile's marketing department.

- Management accounting: Create weekly KPI and PL forecasts linked to budget management and provide input to executives.

- Data analysis: Utilize BI tools to analyze marketing activity data and clarify insights.

- Promotion of important projects: Lead the planning and promotion of important projects directly linked to business growth based on requests from management.

Work Environment

Manager :1

Regular employee :5

Temporary employee :3

Outsourcing :2

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Perspective and discussion skills: Someone who can take the perspective of management, see the big picture of the business, and lead substantive discussions based on data.

- Quick thinking and responsiveness: Someone who can respond quickly and flexibly to unexpected issues and sudden tasks and lead them to resolution.

- Relevant work experience: Someone with experience in business planning, business management, or consulting.

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience in budgeting and data analysis

- Knowledge of accounting at the level of bookkeeping level 2

- Business English conversation skills are required.

- Those with management experience.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 2 - Intermediate), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)

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