Rakuten

Lead Product Manager

Rakuten

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Lexington • Massachusetts • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $132,083 - $226,820 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the end-to-end product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the RCLON platform, aligned to business objectives and revenue growth targets.
  • Serve as the single accountable product owner for a multi-partner, multi-publisher platform operating at significant scale and complexity.
  • Translate company and partner goals into clear product priorities, tradeoffs, and execution plans.
  • Act as the primary product liaison between RCLON and the broader Rakuten Rewards Product organization.
  • Partner closely with Engineering to define scope, sequencing, and delivery plans.
  • Build strong working relationships with Sales, Business Development, Operations, BI, and Compliance.
  • Drive the evolution of data integrations, reporting tools, and analytics capabilities.
  • Ensure the platform scales reliably as offer volume, partners, and transaction complexity grow.
  • Own product accountability for PCI, SOC 2, and related compliance requirements.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of product management experience
  • Deep domain knowledge of card-linked offers, payments, loyalty, financial institutions, or card networks
  • Proven experience partnering closely with engineering teams on data-heavy, API-driven, or transactional systems
  • Strong analytical mindset with hands-on experience working with data, reporting, and metrics
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and make clear prioritization decisions
  • Comfort presenting to senior leadership, executives, and external partners
  • Exceptional communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills
  • Product Management certification and/or BI tool experience a plus
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • Advanced degree or formal product certifications preferred but not required
  • Experience in high-scale partner platforms or multi-tenant B2B products
  • Familiarity with Agile product development and modern product discovery practices
  • Experience working in regulated or compliance-heavy environments
Benefits
  • discretionary bonus
  • health insurance
  • vision insurance
  • dental insurance
  • 401k matching
  • PTO
  • Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
  • other employee benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementdata integrationsreporting toolsanalytics capabilitiesAPI-driven systemstransactional systemsdata analysismetricsAgile product developmentproduct discovery practices
Soft Skills
analytical mindsetprioritizationpresentation skillscommunication skillsorganization skillsstakeholder managementrelationship buildingmulti-taskingexecution planningcollaboration
Certifications
Product Management certificationformal product certifications