Job Description:

Business Overview

The Rakuten Group's mission is to contribute to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship. We offer more than 70 services, including the online marketplace "Rakuten Ichiba", the online travel service "Rakuten Travel", and the online banking service "Rakuten Bank", as well as professional sports operations.

Department Overview

The Recruiting and L&D Department's mission is to promote the proactive growth of each employee by providing platforms for the development of employee competencies and skills based on Rakuten Shugi (Rakuten's principles), enabling Rakuten Group to continue contributing to the empowerment of people and society as a global innovation company.
The Talent Management Section serves as a core function for Rakuten's talent development and employee engagement. It is responsible for employee engagement and retention, supporting autonomous career development, leadership development, and talent analytics. This role offers numerous opportunities to acquire core skills in human resource management.

What you will experience in Rakuten HR
You can gain experience in a diverse environment and large-scale HR operations
- In the rapidly growing Rakuten, you can develop a multifaceted perspective and viewpoint in the HR department of the head quarter in the expanding Rakuten economic zone and the rapidly evolving Internet industry.
- You will not only be required to carry out the completed workflow, but also to promote operational improvements from various perspectives. You will plan and promote proactive business improvement measures within a large scale company and contribute to the further development of Rakuten Group.

Global Environment
Working with HR not only in Japan but also in overseas group companies, you will lead global Lead the global HR strategy in cooperation with the HR departments of group companies not only in Japan but also overseas. You will manage a wide range of stakeholders and promote large scale projects.

Rich career paths
The Group Human Resources Supervisory Department consists of sections handling various HR functions, including compensation, training, recruitment, and HR Business Partners. Consequently, communication with other departments is frequent through various projects, providing opportunities to learn about their operations. It is also possible to build diverse HR careers within the Group Human Resources Supervisory Department.

Position:

Why We Hire

Expansion due to organizational strengthening

Position Details

As a manager in the Talent Management Section, you will play a crucial role in driving both organizational growth and individual career support. You will formulate talent management strategies aligned with business strategy, and consistently lead the planning, execution, and measurement of results for the following themes. Depending on your experience and skills upon joining, you may be primarily responsible for all or a portion of the duties listed below.

Formulation and Promotion of Leadership Development and Talent Assessment Strategy
- Planning, designing, and executing strategic leadership development initiatives and programs (training, coaching, etc.) aimed at fostering next-generation leaders.
- Introducing and utilizing talent assessments for the purpose of identifying and developing executive candidates and management personnel.

Planning and Promotion of Company-Wide Career Development Support and Retention Strategy
- Planning, building, and operating initiatives to support the autonomous career development of each employee.
- Formulating and executing measures aimed at improving engagement and reducing turnover.

Strategic Data Utilization through Talent Analytics
- Designing various surveys, such as engagement surveys and employee satisfaction surveys, and designing and promoting talent analytics utilizing the data from these survey results.
- Identifying key drivers influencing engagement and retention based on analysis, and planning actionable initiatives.
- Visualizing organizational challenges based on data and making recommendations to management.

*Strategic Planning and Promotion: You will have the discretion to work on tasks ranging from developing the core concepts of plans to leading their implementation across the entire team.
*Global Perspective: You will have opportunities to deepen your knowledge of global talent management through collaboration with International HR.
*Collaboration with Management: By directly collaborating with executives, including the President and Vice President, and planning and promoting initiatives directly linked to business strategy, you will feel a direct contribution to business growth.

Work Environment

The assigned department currently has 8 members (including the manager)

Mandatory Qualifications:

Candidates with experience in a business company in one of the following areas:
- Experience in planning and promoting talent management or leadership development initiatives.
- Experience in planning and promoting engagement and retention initiatives using talent analytics.
- Business-level English and fluent Japanese.

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience proposing to and negotiating with executives.
- Experience participating in global projects.
- Experience using English in a business context.

Other Information:

Additional information on Location

Rakuten Crimson House(Tokyo)

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