Senior Project Manager - Core Platform

About the role

Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd., the regional headquarters for Asia, is hiring a Senior Project Manager for its Core Platform Section within the Global Ad Technology Department. The role covers web application development, a core part of the digital marketing platform, and calls for someone who takes technical ownership, solves business problems and bridges the business and tech teams.

Key responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers, the Business Unit and other stakeholders to understand needs and business direction, and follow the product roadmap.
• Lead application development projects from requirement definition, specification design, development and testing to release, keeping the team aligned on quality.
• Deliver projects on scope, time and budget using project management techniques, and work with cross-border tech teams.
• Ensure clear communication among all stakeholders, including the QA team and DevOps team.
• Identify improvement points based on KPIs and run improvement plans.
• Mentor and support junior and new members.

Required profile

• Minimum of 7 to 10 years of experience as a project manager in a similar industry.
• Experience with several project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, rapid development, pair programming).
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, able to build strong relationships between technical and non-technical people.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to motivate and guide team members.
• Able to manage multiple projects at once and perform under pressure; proactive, self-motivated and a team player.