Job Description:

Rakuten Group, Inc. is the largest e-commerce company in Japan, and third-largest e-commerce marketplace company worldwide, with over 1.5 billion registered users worldwide. The Rakuten brand is recognized worldwide for its leadership and innovation, and provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports.  The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas.

Rakuten Viki is a premier global entertainment streaming site where millions of people discover and consume prime-time shows and movies subtitled in more than 200 languages, by our community of fans. With billions of videos viewed and more than 1 billion words translated, Viki brings global entertainment to fans everywhere!

We are looking for a Director, Product Management, based in the Singapore office. This role offers the unique opportunity to drive the product vision and roadmap for a high-growth consumer Internet service. Together we can shape the future of social entertainment. This role will report to the VP, Product.

Responsibilities:

• Define the product vision and strategy and build the product roadmap to fuel exponential growth and engagement

• Identify market trends and customer needs to inform new products and features

• Drive the entire product lifecycle, from conception to launch, along with post-launch analysis and continuous improvements

• Define, measure and improve key product metrics

• Partner effectively across the company to execute the product plan and deliver the biggest impact

• Develop and lead a team of PMs to successfully scale with the growth of the business

• Identify opportunities for effective processes and lead their implementation across the organization

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in product management and development, with a track record of creating innovative consumer Internet products

• 8+ years of experience building, managing and scaling world-class product teams

• Early adopter and passionate user of technology with a sophisticated understanding of the digital media industry and its underlying technologies

• Natural leader with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong bias for action

• Proven ability to define a product vision and strategy, communicate that across the company, and deliver a solution that is highly impactful and scalable

• Quantitative and analytical skills, with a deep understanding of the Internet and mobile app ecosystem and a love of data

• Highly organized with strong communication skills

• Ability to navigate uncertainties and make decisions while guiding the team throughout the process.

• Experience in premium streaming video or social apps a plus

• Love of diverse cultures and experience working with distributed teams is also a plus

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.