Senior Project Manager - Search Department (SED)
Core
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programs evolving the Rakuten Ichiba search engine, serving over a billion active users across 20+ businesses.
Role type
Senior Project Manager (Search Department)
Builds
High-performance, fault-tolerant distributed search platform for Rakuten Ichiba
Domain
E-commerce / Search Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Strategic planning, team leadership, execution & delivery, stakeholder communication, budget & resource management, quality assurance, launch coordination, process improvement, SDLC Waterfall methodology, large-scale software project management
Preferred skills
Organization management, software development experience, product management knowledge, internet service production operations, mentoring junior PMs, Agile management, search engine/recommendation systems knowledge, e-commerce platform experience
Technologies
Distributed search platforms, modern software development technologies
Responsibilities
Define project goals and scope with executives and technical teams; Lead and mentor a team of project managers; Oversee project execution to ensure schedule, budget, and quality adherence; Manage project budgets and optimize resource use; Coordinate successful launches of new features and platform enhancements; Identify and implement process improvements for project management methods
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic planning and team leadership
