CareerPlan

Head of Advertising Product Management , Ad & Media Company (A&M)

Tokyo, JapanFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead the advertising and marketing product portfolio strategy, development, and monetization for Rakuten Marketing Platform, leveraging the Rakuten ecosystem assets (100M+ IDs, commerce, data, fintech) to redefine advertising business models.

Role type

Head of Advertising Product Management (Strategy & Portfolio Leadership)

Builds

Advertising and marketing products, product portfolio, and new business models for Rakuten Marketing Platform

Domain

Digital Advertising, AdTech, MarTech, Data-Driven Marketing

Required skills

Product strategy, portfolio management, Go-to-market strategy, cross-functional leadership, business transformation, P&L management, stakeholder consensus building

Preferred skills

Experience as Head of Business/Product/Sales, strategy development for executive teams, leading billion-yen scale business transformations, deep expertise in advertising/digital marketing, Build/Buy/Partner decision-making

Technologies

AI, machine learning, AdTech/MarTech platforms, data analytics tools

Responsibilities

Formulate mid- to long-term product vision and strategy; define portfolio strategy and roadmap; identify new product opportunities; launch new products from 0→1; enhance competitiveness and profitability of existing products; design investment priorities and resource allocation; build strategic alliances with AdTech/MarTech partners; lead cross-functional product development; mature the product management organization; participate in business operations and key decision-making as a management team member.

Seniority

Executive, hands-on IC with strategic leadership