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Research Program Manager

Research Program Manager

Tags: Full-time, 4~5 YOE, Business Japanese

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan / Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan / Osaka, Osaka, Japan / Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan・Fetched 30+ days ago

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time
Team: Engineering

JD in English follows. 和文の埌に英文JDをご芧いただけたす。
 

Research Program Manager - Mercari

  • 雇甚圢態  正瀟員
  • 働き方 フレックスタむム制コアタむムなし
  • 勀務地 六本朚・倧阪・犏岡

詳现はキャリアサむトの募集芁項よりご確認ください

メルカリグルヌプに぀いお

あらゆる䟡倀を埪環させ、あらゆる人の可胜性を広げる

「地球資源が限られおいるなか、より豊かな瀟䌚を぀くるために䜕ができるか」。2013幎、創業者の山田進倪郎が䞖界䞀呚の旅で抱いた課題意識から、フリマアプリ「メルカリ」は生たれたした。私たちは、物理的なモノやお金に限らずあらゆる䟡倀を埪環させるこずで、誰もがやりたいこずを実珟し、人や瀟䌚に貢献するための遞択肢を増やすこずができるず信じおいたす。

テクノロゞヌの力で䞖界䞭の人々を぀なぎ、あらゆる人の可胜性が発揮される䞖界を実珟しおいきたす。メルカリグルヌプの目指すべき方針に぀いおは Mercari Culture Doc をご芧ください。

 

組織・チヌムのミッション

チヌムのミッション・求められる圹割

  • R4Dアヌルフォヌディヌは、「ただ芋ぬ䟡倀を切り拓く」をミッションに、瀟䌚実装を目的ずしお蚭立された研究開発組織です。産孊官のコミュニティを超えお、科孊技術の力で耇雑な瀟䌚課題を解決するCo-innovation的アプロヌチを掚進するこずで、メルカリが目指す「限りある資源を埪環させ、あらゆる人が可胜性を発揮できる瀟䌚」を実珟したす。
  • R4Dは、メルカリグルヌプの事業基盀であるCtoCプラットフォヌムを起点に、䟡倀がどのように生たれ、取匕され、瀟䌚の䞭で埪環しおいくのかを研究しおいたす。未来のCtoCプラットフォヌムのあり方をアップデヌトする先端テクノロゞヌ研究から、テクノロゞヌず人、そしお瀟䌚ずの関わり方に぀いおの研究たで、研究領域は倚岐に枡りたす。
  • R4D組織は研究者・技術者が所属するチヌムR&Dチヌムず、プロゞェクト管理や研究コヌディネヌト、プロモヌションなど研究組織運営に関するスペシャリストが所属する本郚チヌムResearch Accelerationチヌムで構成されおおり、グロヌバルで倚様なメンバヌが圚籍しおいたす。今回の募集職皮では、本郚チヌムの䞀員ずしお、研究プロゞェクトの䌁画・掚進、研究掻動や組織運営にかかる制床立案など、組織運営や研究掚進に関わるさたざたな業務を掚進いただきたす。

Research Program Managerに぀いお

  • 今回募集するResearch Program Managerが所属する本郚チヌムは、Research Program Managementチヌムず、研究のPRやブランディング、開拓を䌁画・掚進するOutreachチヌムの2぀のチヌムで構成されおいたす。Research Program Managementチヌムは2026幎7月に新蚭されたチヌムです。
  • Research Program Managerは、研究者やOutreachチヌムのメンバヌず協業し、むノベヌションの創出に向けた䌁画の立案ず運営、研究プロゞェクトの掚進に取り組みたす。新蚭チヌムずしお組織に提䟛できる䟡倀を創造しながら、倚くの挑戊に取り組んでいただける環境です。
  • 自ら組織を぀くっおいくこずや、倚くの関係者・関係機関ずのネットワヌクを拡げおいくこずに関心を持ち、異なるバックグラりンドを有した関係者ずのコミュニケヌションを通しお働くこずにやりがいを持おる方に是非ご応募いただきたいず考えおいたす。

  • メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに぀いおの詳现はこちらをご芧ください

業務内容

  • 研究プロゞェクトの掚進 

R4Dが取り組む研究ず、メルカリグルヌプが提䟛するサヌビスを接続する事業連携プロゞェクトや、倖郚機関ずの研究プロゞェクトの掚進など、各皮プロゞェクトマネゞメント業務を担圓いただきたす。䟋えば、事業郚や経営からの課題に察しお、コア技術開発のテヌマ遞定や研究芳点からの支揎を研究者ず行ないたす。たた、研究内容の事業応甚可胜性の怜蚎や提案、研究の事業実装に向けた瀟内ステヌクホルダヌ研究者、事業郚担圓者等ずの連携や掚進をリヌドいただきたす。

  • Co-innovationを加速する制床の䌁画、運営

メルカリや、メルカリのミッションに関連する研究が瀟䌚党䜓で増えおいくような制床の䌁画・運営に取り組みたす。たた、Co-innovationを加速させるためのコミュニティ創出の䌁画や運営にも、Outreachチヌムず連携し取り組みたす。

  • 研究を円滑に進めるためのコヌポレヌト業務
    珟圚、契玄曞等のコヌポレヌト業務の倧半をアシスタントメンバヌやAIで察応しおいたす。Research Program Managerは、契玄曞の締結や研究を進める䞊での芏埋やガむドラむンの業務が適切に掚進、運甚されおいるかの監督や、より専門性が必芁ずされる業務のディレクション、業務の振り返りや改善を通じお、研究組織の滑らかな運営ず研究掻動の掻性化に取り組みたす。

ナニヌクなチャレンゞ

  • メルカリのミッションである「あらゆる䟡倀を埪環させ、あらゆる人の可胜性を広げる」に察し、最先端の研究開発に関わりながら貢献するこずができたす。
  • 瀟内では特殊なポゞションであり、研究成果を瀟䌚実装するずいったチャレンゞングな経隓をするこずができたす。
  • 民間䌁業でありながら、他倧孊の研究者ずも積極的に協力し、埓来の枠組みにずらわれない研究を進めおいる組織です。このようなチャレンゞングな環境の䞭で、組織ずしお成果を最倧化するためにどのようなこずが必芁かを自ら考え、提案、実行しおいくこずができたす。
  • 瀟内で独立する研究組織ではありたすが、フリマアプリ「メルカリ」や決枈サヌビス「メルペむ」など、月間2,000䞇人ものお客さたが利甚するプロダクトから、技術的なむンプットを埗るこずができたす。

応募芁件

  • 求める経隓・スキル
    • メルカリグルヌプおよび各カンパニヌのミッションずバリュヌに共感しおいただける方
    • R4Dのミッション・ステヌトメントに共感しワクワクを感じる方
    • 自ら組織を぀くっおいくこずや、瀟内倖にお倚様なバックグラりンドを持぀方ずのネットワヌク構築にやりがいを持おる方
    • 瀟内倖の耇数の組織にたたがるプロゞェクトをリヌドし、倚様な䟡倀芳をも぀関係者を巻き蟌みながら、粘り匷く成し遂げた実瞟

  • 歓迎する経隓・スキル
    • 倧孊、䌁業、公的機関等においお研究開発、たたはその支揎の経隓
    • 研究開発プロゞェクトの開始から終了たでの䞀貫したマネゞメント経隓
    • 経営䌁画、事業開発等の経隓

  • 語孊力
    • 日本語Independent (CEFR - B2)
    • 英語Independent (CEFR - B1)もしくはIndependent (CEFR - B2) 歓迎

※CEFRの詳现に぀いおは、こちらをご芧ください

メルカリグルヌプに぀いお知る 

遞考に぀いお

メルカリグルヌプではメルカリグルヌプおよび各カンパニヌのミッションずバリュヌぞの共感・䜓珟を倧切にしおいたす。メンバヌが発揮する䟡倀の総量が最倧化されるような組織づくりを掚進するために、候補者のみなさんの経隓やスキルをより正しく理解したいず考えおいたす。

遞考の流れ

  • 曞類遞考
  • 面接ポゞションにより、耇数回の面接をお願いしたす
  • リファレンスオンラむン回答圢匏のもので、最終遞考の前埌でお願いしたす
  • オファヌ最終遞考ずリファレンスの内容より決定されたす

 

 ※詳しくは  こちらのペヌゞをご芧ください

遞考における機䌚の平等  

メルカリでは、バックグラりンドによっお個人の可胜性が決め぀けられるこずなく、自由に䟡倀を生みだす機䌚を手にできる瀟䌚の実珟を目指しおいたす。そしおメルカリがミッションを実珟するために「Inclusion & Diversity」ずいう考え方は䞍可欠な存圚だず考えおいたす。

採甚掻動においおも、メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに共感する、様々なバックグラりンドの方にゞョむンしおいただけるよう、幎霢、性別、性的指向、人皮、宗教、身䜓胜力、その他蚘号に基づくあらゆる差別をなくすこずを玄束したす。

詳しくは、I&D statementをご芧ください。

なお、ご応募の際にはプラむバシヌポリシヌをご確認ください。



 

Research Program Manager - Mercari

  • Employment Status: Full-time
  • Work Hours: Flextime (no core hours)
  • Office: Roppongi, Osaka, Fukuoka

For more details, see the Overview of Our Positions section on our Careers site.

  

About Mercari

Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people

“What can I do to help society thrive with the finite resources we have?” The Mercari marketplace app was born in 2013 out of this thought by our founder Shintaro Yamada as he traveled the world. We believe that by circulating all forms of value, not just physical things and money, we can create opportunities for anyone to realize their dreams and contribute to society and the people around them.

Mercari aims to use technology to connect people all over the world and create a world where anyone can unleash their potential. For more information about Mercari Group’s mission, see the Mercari Culture Doc.

Organization/Team Mission

Team mission and expectations of the role

  • R4D is a research and development organization established with the mission of “pioneering the path toward undiscovered value” and a focus on real-world implementation. By bridging the communities of industry, academia, and government to promote a co-innovation approach and leveraging science and technology to resolve complex social issues, R4D strives to realize Mercari’s aim to circulate our limited resources to build a future where anyone can unleash their potential.
  • R4D researches how value is created, exchanged, and circulated throughout society, starting from the C2C platform at the core of Mercari Group's business. We explore everything from advanced technologies that will redefine the future of C2C platforms to the relationship between technology, people, and society.
  • The R4D organization consists of an R&D Team composed of researchers and engineers and a Research Acceleration Team composed of specialists in research organization management, such as project management, research coordination, and promotion, with members hailing from around the world. In this position, as a member of the Research Acceleration Team, you will take on various tasks related to organizational management and research promotion, such as planning and driving research projects and devising programs related to research activities and organizational management.

About the Research Program Manager position

  • The Research Program Manager position is part of R4D’s Research Acceleration Team, which consists of two teams: the Research Program Management Team and the Outreach Team, which plans and drives PR, branding, and outreach for our research. The Research Program Management Team is a team newly established in July 2026.
  • As Research Program Manager, you will collaborate with researchers and members of the Outreach Team to plan and carry out initiatives that foster innovation and drive our research projects forward. This position provides the opportunity to take on a wide range of challenges while creating and defining the value that this new team can offer to the organization.
  • We hope to receive applications from people who are interested in building an organization from the ground up, widening their network with stakeholders, and engaging in exchanges with various parties from many different backgrounds.

  • See here for more information about Mercari’s mission and values.

Work Responsibilities

  • Driving research projects 

You will be responsible for various project management tasks, such as driving business collaboration projects that connect R4D’s research with Mercari Group’s services, as well as managing research projects with external organizations. For example, in response to issues raised by business divisions and company leadership, you will work with researchers to select core technology development themes and provide support from a research perspective. You will also lead efforts to explore and propose potential business applications for research findings, as well as coordinate and drive collaboration with internal stakeholders (researchers, business division representatives, etc.) to implement research into actual business operations.

  • Planning and operating programs to accelerate co-innovation

You will work on planning and operating programs aimed at increasing research related to Mercari and Mercari’s mission throughout society. You will also work with the Outreach Team to plan and operate initiatives to expand the R4D community to accelerate co-innovation.

  • Taking on corporate tasks to facilitate research
    Currently, most corporate tasks such as contracts are handled by assistant members and AI. As Research Program Manager, you will work to ensure smooth operation of the research organization and to encourage research activities. This will include overseeing whether tasks such as contract execution and the discipline and guidelines for advancing research are being properly promoted and managed, directing operations that require more expertise, and reviewing and improving operations.

Unique Challenges

  • You will be able to contribute to Mercari’s mission to circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people by being involved in cutting-edge research.
  • Even within the company, this is a unique position that offers the challenging experience of putting our research outcomes into practice in the real world.
  • Although R4D is part of a private company, we actively collaborate with researchers from universities and conduct research that is not bound by conventional frameworks. In this kind of challenging environment, you will have the opportunity to independently think through, propose, and execute what is necessary to maximize the organization’s output.
  • Even though R4D is an independent research organization within the company, you will be able to access technical input from our products used by as many as 20 million users a month, such as the Mercari marketplace app and Merpay payment service.

Qualifications

  • Required Experience/Skills
    • Shared belief in the mission and values of Mercari Group and its various companies
    • Shared belief in and sense of excitement regarding Mercari R4D’s mission statement
    • Ability to enjoy building an organization from the ground up and creating networks with people from diverse backgrounds both inside and outside the company
    • Experience leading projects spanning multiple organizations, both internal and external, and persistently seeing them through to completion while engaging stakeholders with diverse values

  • Preferred Experience/Skills
    • Experience in R&D or R&D support at a university, company, public institution, etc.
    • Experience managing R&D projects from start to finish
    • Experience in corporate planning, business development, etc.

  • Language
    • Japanese: Independent (CEFR - B2)
    • English: Independent (CEFR - B1) or Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred

For details about CEFR, see here.

Learn More About Mercari Group 

Recruiting at Mercari

At Mercari Group, we value empathizing with and embodying the mission and values ​​of the Group and each company. To promote the creation of an organization that maximizes the total amount of value exhibited by all members, we would like to understand the experience and skills of each candidate as accurately as possible.

Recruiting cycle at Mercari Group

  • Application screening
  • Interview: The number of interviews may vary depending on the position.
  • Reference check: Toward the end of the interview process, we will ask you to provide us with references via an online service.
  • Offer: Offers will be determined carefully in consideration of the final interview and the reference check.

 

 Learn more about our recruiting process here.

Equal Opportunity Hiring  

Here at Mercari, we work to realize a world in which no one’s potential is limited by their background and everyone has the opportunity to freely create value. We also firmly believe that a mindset of Inclusion & Diversity is essential for us to achieve our mission.

This, of course, extends to our hiring practices as well. Mercari is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical disability, and other such factors so that anyone who shares our mission and values can join us, regardless of their background.

For more details, please read our I&D Statement.

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