Technical Product Manager, Booking Services Search Group - Search Department (SED)

We are seeking a Technical Product Manager with an analytical mindset to spearhead the ongoing enhancement of our search user experience and functionality for services of Rakuten Group. This role involves developing and executing a product roadmap aimed at optimizing search functionalities, ensuring that our users can quickly find relevant products and information. A successful Product Manager in this position must be able to wear different hats and think like a customer, business owner, designer and enabler to deliver the best possible solution for a given problem and iterate. Willingness to challenge the status quo and abundant passion to get things done would be a must have for this position.

Own the Search platform roadmap and prioritization, balancing client needs, business impact, and technical risk

Define Search feature strategy aligned with business goals and user needs

Define and track success metrics and KPIs

Serve as the primary product and technical contact for clients

Lead client onboarding, integrations, migrations, and platform adoption

Translate business needs into PRDs, technical specifications, and acceptance criteria

Own end-to-end delivery from requirement definition to launch

Orchestrate execution across Business, Engineering, Data, and Operations

Manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and timelines

Ensure delivery meets SLAs and quality standards

Drive A/B testing and experimentation for search relevance and performance

Analyze data to improve relevance, performance, scalability, and reliability

Own launch planning, rollout, and post-launch monitoring

Lead incident follow-ups and root-cause analysis when required

Communicate product direction, progress, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership

Partner with engineering on design decisions and trade-offs