Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten's Ad & Media Company offers a wide range of advertising and marketing services, including digital advertising, research, and influencer businesses.
Our strength is our ability to provide end-to-end solutions, from marketing strategy planning and execution to effectiveness measurement and data analysis.

Specifically, we solve our clients' marketing challenges through the following businesses.
- Rakuten Marketing/LinkShare: Provides general digital marketing solutions.
- Rakuten Data Marketing: Provides marketing solutions utilizing Rakuten's big data.
- Rakuten Insight: Provides marketing research services.

This is an environment where you can grow and advance your career by working within an organization that is at the core of the Rakuten Group.

Department Overview

Rakuten Insight, Inc. is a company that provides marketing research to clients both inside and outside the Rakuten Group.
By combining Rakuten Group's vast data assets with AI technology, we deepen our understanding of consumers through "research x data x AI" and help solve our clients' business challenges. We are setting new standards in the industry through the development and provision of research products that incorporate AI.

Even within the Rakuten Group, expectations are rising for new data businesses that leverage our unique and vast data assets. In December 2024, we reorganized our operations to integrate Rakuten Insight, Inc., Rakuten Insight Global, Inc., and the Super Mini-Baito business, creating a system for creating even stronger synergies in data utilization.

Within this organization, the Corporate Supervisory Department oversees corporate functions such as human resources, labor, legal affairs, general affairs, accounting, internal control, risk management, and information security. It is an organization that builds the foundation to support management and the field as an "aggressive corporate" that ensures continuous business growth.

In January 2026, Rakuten Insight, Inc. and Rakuten Insight Global, Inc. will merge, and the company will enter a phase of expansion and transformation to achieve more strategic and sustainable growth for its business, which spans seven countries (Singapore, UK, USA, Malaysia, China, South Korea, and India).

Position:

Why We Hire

For this position, we are seeking an immediately effective individual who will not only focus on governance, compliance, and internal controls as a defensive measure, but will also connect management and the field and drive forward corporate transformation.
Specifically, as the scale of our business expands and grows, issues have become apparent, such as the raising of standards for responding to governance risks, including at overseas bases, the increasing dependency on individuals for tasks, and the decentralized control and management situation both domestically and internationally.
Through our efforts to date, we have been able to identify "who is struggling, where, and with what."
The next step is to centrally organize these issues, set priorities, and put them into motion as a system.
As a core player in this effort, we are seeking a managerial candidate who can lead the planning, proposal, and execution process directly under the general manager.

Key Attractions
- Corporate Transformation Driver
This role involves moving forward on issues where there is no clear solution by clarifying the issues, building consensus, and implementing them.

- Close proximity to management and clear division of roles
Policy decisions are made by the general manager, and this position is responsible for translating those policies into actual operations.
The general manager takes on final responsibility and political coordination with the group, allowing you to focus on execution.

- Real-world experience, including with overseas subsidiaries
While addressing gaps between local practices and group standards, you will design governance and compliance that "runs smoothly as a system" rather than relying on individuals.

- An environment where initiative is rewarded
Those who raise their hands and take action will have greater discretion and more opportunities to take on challenges.

- Realistic career opportunities
This position offers a clear path to managerial and, in the future, general manager and corporate responsibility, including overseas.

Position Details

This position involves formulating hypotheses, testing them, and improving them to solidify the issues into systems.
We do not require perfect system design or expertise in all areas from the start.
We first understand the current situation, create a draft, and then refine it through discussion.
Through this process, you will gradually acquire a corporate perspective and the ability to execute.
In particular, in 2026, we will promote strengthening governance and compliance at overseas subsidiaries as a top priority.

Major Duties
- Improve control and risk status, including at domestic and overseas subsidiaries. Analysis and visualization
*Start with understanding and structure
- Respond to internal audits and promote corrective action
*Instead of finding the right answer alone, coordinate with relevant parties to find a solution
- Plan and implement compliance measures in areas such as anti-social, bribery, and competition law
*Utilize a Japan-led, local support system to emphasize systematization
- Coordinate and build consensus with management and business divisions
*Expand discretion by actively clarifying issues
- Inventory tasks that are highly dependent on individual employees and design rules and processes
*Don't aim for perfection; try small things and make improvements over time

Work Environment

Organization Structure & Size
Rakuten Insight, Inc.: 250 employees
Corporate Supervisory Division: 30 employees
Corporate Supervisory Department: 8 employees (plus 25 employees as company-shared functions)
Senior Manager: 1
Manager: 1
Age range: Mainly in their 30s–40s
Composition: New graduates (20%) / Mid-career hires (80%)

Average Overtime Hours
Approximately 20 hours per month

Backgrounds of Mid-Career Hires
- Team members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including research specialist roles, sales, and corporate functions.
- Everyone leverages their past experience in their current corporate roles, bringing out unique value that is distinctive to each individual.

Examples of Career Paths of Successful Mid-Career Hires
- Joined the company in a sales role and later transferred to a corporate position (legal-related functions).
- Transitioned from a researcher specialist role to a corporate position (data privacy).

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Practical experience (at least one year) in any area of corporate functions
- Ability to independently organize key issues and move initiatives forward while coordinating with relevant stakeholders
*Managerial experience is not required.

Desired Qualifications:

- Team leadership and people management experience
- Experience in managing overseas subsidiaries or involvement in global operations
- Experience in internal controls and compliance functions

Other Information:

Additional information on Location

Futako Tamagawa Rise Office
2-21-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Additional information on Secondment

Rakuten Insight, Inc.

Additional information on English Qualification

English Requirement: Yes
*TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, etc.
*Details will be provided if you proceed to the selection process.

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