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You'll own the full lifecycle-from developing cutting-edge analytical products and tools to delivering customized, meaningful reporting that directly impacts client decisions. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll balance strategic oversight with direct involvement in delivery, managing Managers and senior practitioners while staying close to the work that matters.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead & Develop Teams: Build and mentor a team of analytics leaders and senior\npractitioners, fostering capability and driving performance\nOwn Analytics Products: Define, develop, and globally roll out analytical tools and\nsolutions.\nLead with an AI mindset: Empower your team with an AI-forward culture to continuously\nadvance the quality of analytics output.\nDrive Client Impact: Partner with Client Services and Sales to translate client needs into\ncustomized analytics and reporting that delivers real value\nSet Standards & Quality: Establish and enforce rigorous standards for analytical output,\nensuring consistency and excellence across all deliverables\nManage Capacity & Priorities: Forecast demand, allocate resources strategically, and\nbalance competing priorities across multiple workstreams\nBuild Cross-Functional Partnerships: Collaborate at senior levels across Client Services,\nSales, Product, and Engineering to position analytics capability and drive adoption\nRepresent Advanced Analytics in senior internal forums and in significant client\nengagements\nBridge Strategy & Execution: Translate leadership strategy into concrete delivery plans,\nmethodologies, and ways of working for your teams\nQualifications\n10+ years in analytics/reporting; 5+ years managing teams (including Managers or senior\nindividual contributors)\nProduct mindset: Experience developing and launching analytical tools or solutions\nthrough to adoption\nAI inquisitiveness: Knowledge of the current AI landscape and trends and an interest in\nleveraging AI in the continuous improvement of advanced analytics tools/methods used by\nyour team.\nTechnical depth: Proficiency in SQL, advanced Excel, and a major BI platform (Tableau,\nPower BI, Looker, etc.); Python/R and cloud data platforms a plus\nLeadership excellence: Proven ability to develop Managers, set meaningful objectives,\ndeliver feedback, and build high-performing teams\nClient-focused: Experience in agency, consulting, or client-facing environments; comfort\ntranslating complex needs into actionable analytics\nStrategic operator: Ability to balance day-to-day delivery with longer-term capability\nbuilding; strong judgment under pressure\nCommunicator: Writes and presents effectively to senior and cross-functional audiences\nBachelor's degree\nWhy This Role\nYou'll have real autonomy to shape how analytics drives client value, lead talented practitioners, and build products that scale globally-all while staying hands-on with the work that matters most.\nAbout Rakuten\nRakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo, California with more than 4,000 employees worldwide, the Rakuten International business portfolio includes market leaders in e-commerce, digital marketing, advertising, communications and entertainment. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.\nRakuten Advertising provides advertising technology and consumer insights to the world’s leading brands and retailers. Working with agencies and brands around the world, Rakuten Advertising unites technology, client strategy and consumer insights to deliver advertising experiences that drive increased brand awareness and marketing performance. 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