Description
About Rakuten
Rakuten Group is a global technology innovator serving 1.6 billion members across e-commerce, fintech, digital content, mobile, and more. The AI & Data Division (AIDD) embeds AI at the core of every Rakuten service—fueling personalization, automating workflows & activities, and unlocking new business models.
Department Overview
The vision of the Conversational Experiences Department (CXD) is to change the world’s view of what is possible with AI by creating incredible experiences that ‘just work’. We propose, design, and build AI experiences that bring joy and value to Rakuten businesses, and our mission is to bring these experiences to the world. We build Conversational AI products such as chatbots, voice assistants, and semantic search. We have been employing Large Language Model (LLM) technology for several years, and are on the cutting edge of Japanese language solutions.
Our mission is to actualize 'shopping is entertainment' and maximize the value of Rakuten ecosystem through the delivery of super personal assistants.
You’ll join a 60-person AI for Customer Service team—engineers, TPMs, data analysts, dialogue designers—responsible for modernizing legacy contact-center tooling and workloads into an agentic Generative AI stack codenamed Raptor. We already power Rakuten Mobile’s pre-sale onboarding and support (“RMAA”) and are building the pipeline for of customer service and engagement experience. Now, we’re moving from a successful V1 into the scale-up phase : expanding to all 70 BUs and leveraging AI to multiply Rakuten’s core capabilities in e-commerce, finance, logistics, digital content, and beyond.
Position : Why We Hire
As our Product Manager, AI for Customer Service, you will own the journey from pilot to full-scale operations and drive AIDD’s broader AI ambitions. This is an individual-contributor role with high strategic visibility : you’ll set the roadmap, align stakeholders, ensure world-class execution, and evangelize a product-first mindset across the organization.
Responsibilities
Scale & Grow
- Evolve Raptor from its initial deployment into a 100× scale platform—serving 70 BUs and external customers.
- Deepen our customer-service focus while extending AI-driven solutions into adjacent domains—e-commerce personalization, automated credit decisioning in fintech, dynamic content recommendations, and beyond.
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define a multi-phase vision that balances rapid BU adoption with long-term ecosystem impact.Translate diverse BU requirements into a cohesive feature backlog, prioritizing by business value and technical feasibility.Coordinate with the RMAA PM to ensure seamless integration between pre-sale AI workflows and broader customer-service solutions.End-to-End Execution
Lead requirement gathering, POC validation, and launch readiness for new BU pilots.Drive cross-functional teams—engineering, TPM, analytics, and conversation design—through every release, ensuring high quality and on-time delivery.Establish and monitor KPIs (e.g., automation, time-to-resolution, CSAT, ROI), iterating product improvements based on real usage data.Cross-Functional Leadership
Collaborate and lead with extreme ownership—influencing TPMs, EMs, and designers to embrace a product-first mindset.Build strong, trust-based relationships with BU owners, operations, and AIDD leadership to navigate enterprise processes with agility.Serve as the “voice of the customer,” articulating business goals to technical teams and surfacing technical possibilities back to stakeholders.Long-Term Vision & Impact
Enterprise Expansion : Reach every Rakuten business unit, transforming service operations with AI at scale.Capability Multipliers : Embed AI across Rakuten’s core functions—shopping personalization, fintech underwriting, logistics orchestration, content discovery, and more.Externalization : Package Raptor as a standalone CCaaS and AI-platform offering, driving revenue beyond Rakuten.Portfolio Leadership : Potential to shape Rakuten’s entire AI roadmap—uniting Raptor, RMAA, and other core AI products under a cohesive strategy.Mandatory Qualifications :
Bilingual proficiency in Japanese & English, with clear, persuasive communication.6+ years of product management experience, including 0→1 and large-scale (1→N) launches.Proven track record of shipping complex, technical products that deliver measurable business impact.Passion for Generative AI, NLP, and designing solutions that delight users and drive operational efficiency.Strong influence skills—able to lead and inspire cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.Desired Qualifications :
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.Experience with CCaaS, contact-center technologies, or enterprise SaaS platforms.Familiarity with Japanese-language LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, or voice / chat automation.What We Offer :
Competitive compensation and benefits package.High-visibility role with direct access to executive leadership.Opportunity to scale a flagship AI platform across a global, diversified ecosystem.Relocation support to Tokyo and hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technologies.Ready to drive Rakuten’s AI revolution—scaling from 1 to 100 and beyond? Apply today!
technologyservicediv
productmanager
Languages :
English (Overall - 4 - Fluent), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)