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Barak Kaufman

Director of Business Operations at Rakuten Viber

Israel

Overview 

Barak Kaufman is the Director of Business Operations at Rakuten Viber, where he has demonstrated expertise in executive leadership and driving operational excellence. With a background in management consulting and a proven track record at companies like TikTok and Google, he excels in go-to-market strategy and business process improvement, making him a valuable asset in strategic planning and business analysis.

Work Experience 

  • Director of Business Operations

    2024 - Current

  • Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Global Gaming

    2022 - 2024

  • Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Israel and Central EU

    2021 - 2022

  • Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Israel

    2021 - 2021

  • Sales Operations & Planning Manager

    2020 - 2021

Mobile app and website (adTech)

Raised $1,000.00.

  • Strategy, Operations & Research Specialist

    2019 - 2020

    * Ads sales operations: Leading IL ads planning process from the ads products perspective in order to drive IL’s growth, setting product targets and BFMs and track plans’ progress. Supporting IL management with constant analysis in order to identify key insights and business opportunities * Specialists team (XFN team, supporting IL sales team) strategy & operations: Leading team’s strategy process (setting team’s mission, goals and objectives, crafting team’s narrative and presenting it to IL management and sales teams), owning specialists team operations (lead and optimize team’s projects prioritization process, orchestrate team programs and initiatives, responsible for team’s internal sync and communication, implementing project management tools, etc.) * Research support: Full responsibility on IL market research plan, while promoting high impact studies aiming to drive IL clients’ growth * Country manager support: Leading CM external and internal speaking opportunities

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Manager, Organization & Operations Practice

    2019 - 2019

  • Senior Organizational Consultant

    2018 - 2019

  • Organizational Consultant

    2017 - 2018

     Strategy Implementation: Helping management teams with strategy implementation, from translating strategic plans into operational tasks and performance indicators (KPI's) to setting facilitating mechanisms and tracking the work plan progress  Cultural Transformation: Supporting leadership teams to perform cultural transformations while focusing on measurable KPIs, reinforcing specific cultural changes and strengthening employee engagement to the process via behavioral incentives  Organizational Analysis and Design: Conducting organizational analysis while using combined diagnostic methods (qualitative and quantitative), mapping and analyzing organizational processes in order do craft recommendations for new organizational design, role definitions and needed reskilling efforts  Internal Communication: Developing organizational communication plans and supporting the organization leadership during change management

  • Organizational Consultant

    2015 - 2017

     Leadership Development: Developing leadership programs - identifying training needs, defining the program success indicators (KPI's) and development workshops in order to meet program goals, and delivering them  Management Consulting: Mentoring and coaching managers regarding managerial skills (1:1 management, team building, strategic planning, etc.) and organizational issues  Training: Training sales and service teams using combined methodologies (class training and OJT) in order to implement sales and service concepts

  • Information Systems Implementation Consultant, MS CRM Dynamics

    2014 - 2015

     IT System Implementation: Analyzing and designing organizational and business processes, training client teams using combined methodologies (class training and OJT) and maintaining ongoing communication to make sure client satisfaction throughout the project

  • Senior Trainer and Operations Coordinator

    2012 - 2013

     Training: Teaching and lecturing for a wide range of audiences: Business school students (BGU), Private Businesses, IDF, governmental offices, NGO's and High school students  Training Operations: Leading the company’s training operations (60 trainers in 200 schools)

  • Trainer

    2011 - 2012

     Training: Teaching and lecturing for a wide range of audiences: Business school students (BGU), Private Businesses, IDF, governmental offices, NGO's and High school students

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