Legal Staff - Operation Management Department, Operations Supervisory Department (C&M)

Job Description:

• Business Overview
• Rakuten provides a variety of services that make daily life more enjoyable and convenient, such as Internet services related to shopping, daily life, and leisure, content media services, and advertising businesses. Among those, Rakuten Ichiba is one of the largest e-commerce market in Japan, with over 50,000 stores and over 100 million user accounts.

• Department Overview
• Operation Management Department mission is to promote sustainable growth and value of our organization by enhancing defense functions, such as governance, risk management, compliance, legal affairs, public relation, and so forth.
• Commerce Legal Section is responsible for establishing and revising the terms and conditions and guidelines for Rakuten Ichiba, as well as providing document management services, troubleshooting, and other legal-related support services for each business in Commerce & Marketing Company.

• ・You can acquire knowledge about various products.
• As Rakuten Ichiba has more than 300 million products in variety of genres, you can acquire a wide range of knowledge, for example about the licenses or other requirement for the sales of each product.
• ・You may create or change the sales rules for Rakuten Ichiba, one of the biggest marketplace.

• Position:
• Why We Hire
• Business expansion.

• Position Details
• Our legal work is characterized by its direct connection to user safety and security, as well as risk management for the company, and is very rewarding and fulfilling.
• ・Establishment and revision of Rakuten Ichiba guidelines (related to the Act against Specified Commercial Transactions and Trademarks and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act, etc.)
• ・External investigation of various laws and industry rule changes and feedback to business divisions
• ・Responding in cooperation with government agencies, relevant ministries and agencies, and external organizations

• Work Environment
• ・ 10 members (includes 4 outsourced members)
• ・2 of which are managers (Senior manager, manager)
• ・Lawyer
• ・Court Clerk
• ・Experienced in legal affairs in business sector
• ・New graduate

• Mandatory Qualifications:
• ・3 years or more legal work experience
• ・Strong communication skills with stakeholders
• ・Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• ・Writing skills

・PC skills

• ・ Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook
• ・Native level Japanese language ability

• Desired Qualifications:
• ・Legal work experience in an internet business or law firm
• ・Practical experience in policy negotiations
• ・Practical experience in compliance-related work
• ・Ability to adapt flexibly to changes in the environment
• ・Practical experience using legal tech
• ・Legal work experience related to the Travel Industry Act

• Other Information:
• Additional information on Location
• Rakuten Crimson House
• 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

• Additional information on English Qualification
• TOEIC Score exceeding 800 (or similar level of English ability) or a University Degree earned in an English-speaking country
• Proof of eligibility is required by the timing of the offer letter.
• If no evidence is available to prove the qualifications denoted above, taking an IP test, organized by Rakuten, during selection process is required.

• Rakuten Group, Inc. Homepage Link
• ・Benefits: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/careers/benefit/
• ・Recruitment Information: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/careers/information/ * Employment type is detailed
• ・Rakuten Culture: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/careers/culture/

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