Product Analyst Intern
Job Description:
Rakuten 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.
Rakuten 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. With access to Rakuten’s diverse media properties and audiences, combined with an award-winning performance network and proprietary consumer research, Rakuten Advertising creates the right conditions to reach new customers and sustain long-lasting loyalty.
The Intern Experience: At Rakuten, we pride ourselves on giving interns a genuine, immersive experience that has a direct impact on company objectives. You will do meaningful work, and with us, you'll be a true member of the team. We are also invested in your growth as an individual and professional. That's why you can expect curated events such as professional development workshops, interactions with Rakuten leadership, and relationship building opportunities with other interns and professionals at the company. You can visit our company website and our Muse profile, to learn more about Rakuten's culture and values, as well as hear from previous interns.
Job Summary:
You will get hands-on experience with Agile Development processes, best practices on quantifying and presenting impactful data, a sneak-peek behind the scenes of the Software Development Life Cycle, and you’ll learn about the ins and outs of new product development by working side-by-side with a talented team of Product Managers and Product Analysts.
This role is heavy on basic statistics, web analytics, and writing, so you must possess confidence in quantifying numbers and presenting them back in written and summarized format. You must also be comfortable deriving and defending your hypotheses based on the analysis you have produced to convince your fellow Product members of your findings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct data-driven analysis to make recommendations (cost-benefit, invest-divest, forecasting, impact analysis, and more)
- Create visualized displays of quantitative information
- Derive summaries and validate hypotheses based on data and business needs
- Deliver effective presentations of findings and recommendations Perform product research
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Hands-on statistics experience
- Relational databases creation or management experience
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills
- Strong Excel skills and an analytical mindset
- Strong problem-solving ability and drive
Minimum Requirements:
- Degree in progress in business, statistics, computer science, applied analytics or any other relevant fields
- Strong background in SQL preferred
- Web Analytics experience preferred
- Experience articulating product questions, pulling data from various data sources and using statistics to arrive at an answer preferred
- Experience working with Business Intelligence tools preferred
At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the hourly rate for this role will be between $30 - $35 per hour. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location.
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.
Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.