Job Description
Business Overview
Ad & Media Company provides advertising and marketing services, including digital advertising, research, and influencer business.

Its appeal lies in its ability to offer end-to-end solutions for all aspects of marketing, from upstream strategy formulation to downstream execution such as ad operations, performance measurement, and data analysis.

Marketing-related businesses include "Rakuten Marketing / LinkShare," which provides general digital marketing solutions, "Rakuten Data Marketing," which offers marketing solutions utilizing Rakuten's big data, and "Rakuten Insight," which provides marketing research services, among other wide-ranging marketing businesses.

This environment allows you to place yourself in an organization that forms the core of Rakuten Group, leading to your personal growth and career advancement.

Department Overview
The mission of the Business Planning Department is to centrally manage the formulation, execution, and progress of the Ad & Media Company's business strategy. Furthermore, it serves as the compass for the entire business, including risk management and compliance frameworks. By deeply analyzing market trends, competitor activities, and internal data, the department contributes to enhancing the company's value through building an optimal business portfolio and providing management support that enables each division to achieve maximum performance.

Position
Why We Hire
With the rapid expansion of the digital advertising market and the increasing sophistication of technology, the importance of risk management, compliance, and information security in the advertising business is growing.

To strategically address these challenges, Ad & Media Company aims to strengthen its risk management system by continuously implementing the "Education → Monitoring → Evaluation → Improvement → Reporting & Communication" cycle for each issue and theme.

We are seeking individuals to join us in advancing this important mission, and who can bring expertise, experience, and passion to the field of risk management.

Position Details
Establishment and operation of a system for risk management, compliance, and information security rule adherence within the advertising business division.

Key Responsibilities

Education & Training

• Planning and creation of educational content (e-learning, training materials, etc.) related to risk, compliance, and information security.
• Creation of recipient lists for e-learning, etc., checking attendance, and promoting participation.

Risk Management

• Identification of risks in the advertising business, and formulation and execution of risk management plans.
• Information management during incidents, formulation and implementation of recurrence prevention measures, and report creation.
• Crisis management response during disasters, etc.
• Checking advertising-related operations for JICDAQ certification renewal (Brand Safety, Ad Fraud countermeasures).

Compliance

• Updating and managing the list of compliance business representatives.
• Analysis, formulation, and operation of compliance programs (issues and countermeasures).

Information Security

• Information security hearings, monitoring of ISMS compliance status, promoting compliance, and report creation.

Information Dissemination

• Management and updating of the internal business portal site related to risk, compliance, and information security.
• Creation of reports and materials related to the above tasks.

Stakeholders

• Primary Related Parties: Business divisions such as advertising sales, advertising operations, and media operations.
• Collaborating Departments: Headquarters' risk management, compliance, and security departments.
• Reporting To: Company senior management.

Workflow

We aim to strengthen the continuous risk management system by establishing a cycle of "Education → Monitoring → Evaluation → Improvement → Reporting & Communication."

Example: For ISMS-related risk management

• Create and provide ISMS-related educational content
• Monitor ISMS compliance status and gather information
• Analyze collected information and formulate improvement measures
• Execute improvement measures and evaluate their effectiveness
• Summarize results in a report and report to relevant parties
• Continuously execute the above cycle

Scope of Responsibilities

Upon joining, under the guidance of the department manager, you will acquire the basic skills necessary for the job, such as monitoring, information organization, and material creation based on analysis formats.

In the future, you will be entrusted with more specialized tasks, such as planning and creating educational content, and creating reports for senior management.

Ultimately, we expect you to grow into a professional who can autonomously build and promote the entire cycle from education to reporting and communication for specific themes such as compliance.

English Usage

Due to collaboration with global departments, it may be necessary to create both Japanese and English versions of educational content, etc.

Job Satisfaction / Acquired Skills

You will pursue risk management and compliance as a strategic partner, working closely with business divisions to support the achievement of business objectives. This is a highly rewarding position where you contribute to the growth of the entire organization by addressing the questions and concerns of each employee and jointly seeking solutions.

Skills Acquired In This Position

• Ability to Protect and Nurture Business: You will gain knowledge and the ability to create solutions to stabilize and grow the business by understanding the unique risks and rules of the advertising business.
• Sense of Balance: You will develop the ability to find optimal solutions by considering the balance between achieving business goals and managing risks, not just blindly adhering to rules.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Your ability to simplify complex problems, derive concrete solutions, and execute them will improve.
• Business Contribution: You will acquire practical risk management and compliance skills that directly contribute to the company's growth.

Work Environment
Team Structure

• A small and elite team specializing in risk, compliance, and security.
• Senior Manager: 1
• Manager: 1 (concurrently serving in the Advertising Review Group)
• Assistant Manager: 1 (concurrently serving in the Advertising Review Group)
• Member: 1

Characteristics

• Due to the small size of the team, each member has a high degree of autonomy and can be involved in a wide range of tasks.
• With members concurrently serving in the Advertising Review Group, the team can approach its work from the perspectives of both risk management and advertising review.

All members of our team are mid-career hires, bringing their unique expertise to contribute to our success.

• Senior Manager: With 20 years of experience at Rakuten Group, background includes user support, media operations, data governance, compliance, and advertising review. Aim to leverage that experience, and in a good way, discard it to build a new risk and compliance management system.
• Manager: As an advertising review expert, he possess deep knowledge and extensive experience in advertising expression. He contribute to improving the quality of advertising from a risk management perspective.
• Assistant Manager: With a background as a former government official, he contribute to strengthening the risk management system by leveraging their high awareness of legal compliance and logical thinking skills.

By sharing our individual expertise and experience and cooperating with each other, we aim to achieve more sophisticated risk management.

Experience
Mandatory Qualifications:
At least 2 years of experience in any of the following areas

• Risk Management
• Compliance
• Information Security
• Internal Control
• Internal Audit
• Project Management

Or other related tasks

Stance
A person who not only strictly adheres to regulations but also supports employees and collaborates with them on risk management.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Logical thinking ability

Desired Qualifications
Industry Knowledge:

Experience in the advertising industry or knowledge of the advertising business.

Specialized Knowledge/Experience

• Experience with ISMS certification acquisition or renewal.
• Experience in a legal department.
• Track record of business improvement/productivity enhancement using technologies such as AI.
• Experience with JICDAQ certification acquisition or renewal.

Skills
Analytical skills.

Others Information
Additional information on Location
Futako Tamagawa Rise Office

2-21-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

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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Languages
English (Overall - 3 - Advanced)