Manager, Analytics Engineer - Mercari

Location

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid/Full time)
Office: Roppongi

Description

As the manager of the BI Product Team (analytics engineers) at Mercari, you will be responsible for leading all aspects of the team's mission: from strategic planning and consensus-building with stakeholders, to strengthening organizational capabilities. This position maximizes the team's output by constructing a highly automated and intelligent data ecosystem.

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Work Responsibilities

• Formulating team strategies and roadmaps to achieve the Group mission, prioritizing tasks, and deciding how to allocate resources
• Building consensus with internal stakeholders, including leadership, as well as explaining the investment value of the data analysis environment and managing expectations
• Leading the development and operation of data products such as Socrates, Basic Tables, and the semantic layer, and taking responsibility for quality and delivery
• Managing goal-setting, performance evaluations, and talent development, while supporting strengths-based career growth for each team member
• Fostering a data-driven culture by communicating the team’s achievements and insights throughout the company
• Expanding the team’s capabilities and strengthening its organizational strength, such as by leading recruiting

Note: Job duties are not fixed and will change according to the scale of challenges the team faces and advancements in technology.

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Unique Challenges

• Strategy formulation and management in a new field with no precedents or established answers
  • Mercari leads the industry in the use of data and AI, offering LLM-powered internal applications such as Socrates.
  • Due to the pioneering nature of LLM applications, there are few precedents, giving you the unique opportunity to chart the team’s strategy and organizational direction.
• Building and transforming the data infrastructure that supports Mercari Group’s AI-Native transformation
  • The team’s impact reaches beyond product development, providing a trustworthy data foundation for both AI and humans, and leading cross-organizational transformation.
• High-leverage organizational scaling through systemization and role optimization
  • Meet rapidly expanding data utilization demands by scaling supply through automation and systemization, rather than increasing headcount.
  • Expected to increase the team’s value by deciding which tasks are best handled by humans, which by AI, and which not at all.

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Qualifications

Required Experience/Skills

• Shared belief in the mission and values of Mercari Group and its various companies
• At least 2 years of practical experience managing a team (including goal setting, evaluation, talent development, and involvement in recruiting)
• Experience leading the formulation and execution of strategies and roadmaps in areas such as data analysis infrastructure or data products
• Experience building consensus with diverse stakeholders, including leadership
• Practical experience designing, building, and operating data marts in data warehouses (BigQuery, etc.) or using BI tools in data governance and semantic layer design
• Strong interest or practical experience in leveraging AI/LLMs to improve data infrastructure and streamline operations

Preferred Experience/Skills

• Experience leading the launch or scaling of a specialized data team (analytics engineers, data engineers, etc.)
• Experience leading discussions with leadership to justify value and build consensus for investment decisions regarding company-wide infrastructure investments
• Independent drive to keep up with rapidly-changing technology trends (especially those related to AI/LLMs) and reflect them in team strategy and operations

Language

• Japanese: Independent (CEFR - B2) required
• English: Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred