Product Analyst - Intern (1019946)

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.

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Business Unit Introduction:

Rakuten Advertising is the global leader in integrated marketing solutions. With 16 offices around the world, our integrated marketing solutions span affiliate, display and search. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA, we have offices throughout the United States and in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. Rakuten Advertising empowers marketers to transcend the conventional and achieve the full potential of digital marketing. We deliver data-driven personalized ad experiences that engage consumers – across screens, platforms and traditional publishers – and influence them to purchase. Our commitment to transparency provides consumer journey insights that allow us to continually optimize for performance.

We are a growing, super fast-moving team of Product People looking for some hands-on help in crafting, developing and presenting quantitative analysis that will help our product managers make better decisions using numbers. You will be crafting stories with meaningful insights based on data analysis.

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

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

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

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Degree in progress in business, statistics, computer science, applied analytics or any other relevant field

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