Lead Operation Producer - Service Operation Department, Product Development Division, Rakuten Payment, Inc.

📍 Location
Japan, Tokyo
⏰ Job Type
Full time
📅 Posted
January 10, 2026
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Job Description

Description

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You will be responsible for the quick resolution of incidents occurring in systems and services, as well as efficiently handling system-related inquiries from stakeholders as a team.

The ideal candidate is expected to lead team members in the swift resolution of system incidents and handling of system-related inquiries, collaborate with external stakeholders, and continuously improve these processes.

Job Details:

- Play as the point of contact role for system-related inquiries, responding quickly and accurately to improve customer satisfaction.
- Engage in continuous work process improvement activities to maintain the service level of the system.

- Lead the incident management process, involving necessary members such as engineers, to progress in handling issues.

- Manage, record, track, and report the progress of incident and inquiry responses.


What you can experience:

- Operation experience in operating large-scale, high-traffic systems especially in trouble shooting

- Influence the cashless society in Japan through the operation of systems that are becoming part of the social infrastructure.

- Improve your English/Japanese communication skills through working in a multinational team.

Stakeholders:

- Backend and mobile development teams

- Development and operations members at overseas locations (India)

- Maintenance and operations staff of other services

- Internal department (Customer support, Planning department, Operations department, Sales department)

- External stakeholders

Usage scenarios for English:

- Communication with international team members

- Reading and writing technical documents

Work Environment

- Team Size: Approximately 50 members in total

- Average Age: Mid-30s

- Employment Type Ratio: Full-time employees to contractors/temporary staff = 1:2

- Mid-career Hires: Over 90% of the team members joined mid-career

- Diversity: Members from 6 different nationalities

- Global Collaboration: Collaborate closely with a team of several members based in India

Mandatory Qualifications:

- Experience in the maintenance and operation of smartphone applications or web applications.

- Excellent negotiation and communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders

- Facilitation skills in meetings in order to resolve technical issues.

- Experience in team leadership or a similar role (including sub-leader roles) with a team of 5 or more members.

- Native-level proficiency in Japanese.

- Business-level proficiency in English.

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience in the maintenance and operation of mission-critical services.

- Experience in the upstream processes of smartphone or web application development (requirements definition and design).

- Knowledge of ITIL, particularly in the area of service operations.

-_Experience in work process analysis and work process design in development projects (especially existing service’s improvement development).

- Experience in the development/Operation of payment or financial-related services.

- Ability to independently gather and catch up on information from internal and external documents and team members.

- Experience using Atlassian collaboration tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).

Others Information:

Additional information on Location

NBF Shinagawa Tower

Additional information on Secondment

You will be transferred from Rakuten Group, Inc. to Rakuten Payment, Inc.

Additional information on Transfer

- Availability outside of standard working hours, including nights and weekends, to manage major incidents

- Occasional travel may be required for team meetings, training sessions, or industry conferences related to payment technologies.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 4 - Fluent)

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