Public Affairs Staff

Rakuten

Biz Dev

About this role

Public Affairs Staff (External Affairs Strategy Office, Policy Group) at Rakuten Mobile (RMI External Affairs Department). The department fulfils telecom-carrier obligations ("defense") while negotiating with stakeholders to advance policy aligned with Rakuten Mobile's business strategy ("offense"): it interfaces with government agencies, Diet members, experts, external organisations and interconnection carriers - handling policy proposals and lobbying (e.g. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications mobile-policy expert meetings) and access-charge (AC) calculation and negotiations. The External Affairs Strategy Office supports cross-cutting policy-making.

Requires the ability to understand legal documents, strong coordination/communication with government and internal stakeholders, TOEIC 600+ or equivalent English, and 1+ year experience in a telecom/SIer company, a regulated infrastructure industry, or consulting. Small team (under 20 people). Tokyo.

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