Director Of Brand Strategy And Ai Innovation in Japan

As a Director, Commercial Sales you will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for Commercial Sales Managers and their direct reports, ultimately furthering the growth of our organization. This role impacts one of the largest lines of business in the company, ultimately bringing a proven product to a multi-billion dollar market. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Forecast performance based on team productivity Hire, oversee, and train a team of Commercial Sales Managers Facilitate the ramp up for all new team members, coaching them to success Develop and monitor effective outbound prospecting strategies to increase customer acquisition Evaluate trends to identify areas for improvement and surface best-practices Provide regular and accurate revenue forecasting to your leadership team Cross-collaborate with stakeholder departments to actualize on go-to-market strategies, develop training curriculum, and meet hiring goals Who You Are: Experienced in 6+ years of hi-tech, cycle direct sales Able to accurately forecast team performance Passionate about coaching, mentorship, and team management Proven in overseeing first-line managers in all areas of the sales cycle Customer-centric with a strong track record of developing satisfied customers Successful in working cross-functionally, leveraging strong organizational and time management expertise Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your experience, we encourage you to apply. Benefits and Growth: High income earning opportunities based on performance Opportunity for Presidents Club New hire stock equity (RSU) and employee stock purchase

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one organization. In pursuit of this mission, our Go-To-Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team includes Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnerships professionals who work together to create valuable solutions that help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role OpenAI is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Account Director to join our Startup Go-To-Market team. You will play a critical role in owning relationships with top startup customers and supporting them in successfully building on the OpenAI platform. Many of the most disruptive and category-defining AI applications are being created by startups. The Startup Go-To-Market team's mission is to help startups harness the power of OpenAI’s technology to drive these advances. You will support startups in building effectively with OpenAI’s APIs, SDKs, and applications while providing access to OpenAI’s technical expertise and networks to help accelerate their progress. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and strategy. You’ll be responsible for serving as the primary relationship owner for a range of strategically important startup customers. You’ll also work cross-functionally with product, research, engineering, support, and technical solutions teams to help customers get the most out of our models. This role will be based in Tokyo . In this role, you'll: Manage a portfolio of startup accounts, developing and executing strategies for comprehensive account management. Partner with AI Deployment Engineers to drive successful technical engagements with startups. Own consumption and contracted revenue targets while managing revenue fo

About the Team The GTM Partnerships team is responsible for building a global, best in class, partner ecosystem that makes our customers successful, supports the company's mission of reaching AGI, and impacts the revenue growth of the company. About the Role We are hiring a partner director to operationalize, activate, and scale strategic partner relationships in Japan. This role will focus on driving enablement, coordinating joint solution development, and ensuring commercial activation across the partner lifecycle to accelerate and scale existing signed partnerships. You will be the connective tissue between OpenAI and the partner’s delivery, technical, and sales organizations to ensure the partnership delivers results. This role will report to the Japan Partnerships Lead and be based in Japan. In this role you will: Own the day-to-day relationship with one or more signed partners in Japan, acting as the single point of contact across enablement, solutioning, and GTM execution. Drive and manage onboarding across workstreams including sales training, technical enablement, security and provisioning, and support operations. Ensure partner readiness to deploy and resell OpenAI solutions, through shared project plans, milestone tracking, and joint QBRs. Orchestrate co-developed solutions by collaborating with partners to define use cases, create demo assets, and localize technical documentation. Monitor partner performance , flag risks early, and drive structured remediation or acceleration plans as needed. Coordinate across OpenAI teams including Sales, Solution Engineering, Enablement, Operations, Customer Success, and Marketing to ensure partner needs are met and internal alignment is maintained. Establish operational rhythms such as roadmap briefings, asset distribution, and sales enablement refreshes. Ensure compliance with partnership agreements , including commercial terms, dedicated personnel commitments, and reporting cadences. You might thrive in this role if

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Based in Tokyo, we are seeking a Director to lead our high-growth Japan Sales Development team. As the leader of Sales Development, you will be responsible for owning the management of overall inbound business development and outbound prospecting pipeline strategy and execution. You will lead & motivate a team of highly driven SDRs and implement efficient processes & tools that optimize for scale in a fast-paced innovative and collaborative environment. This role reports to the Senior Director, Sales Development (APJ). This is a high visibility role that is responsible for hiring, on-boarding, and coaching a group of high performing sales professionals while collaborating with many other departments within our Go To Market Function (Marketing, Operations and Sales etc.). You will own Japan xDR Go to Market strategy, with a goal of improving the existing teams productivity, efficiency and outbound quality to build and progress pipeline to revenue. At Okta, our mission is to maintain a people-first, diverse, and inclusive culture. You will be responsible for building the Japan xDR team culture with a focus on coaching and mentoring. You will need to be an expert in prospecting and account planning strategies with a high growth company and must be able to educate others effectively in these areas. You will also focus on enabling continued growth of their reps in preparation for their prog

About the Team OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic global partner ecosystem designed to accelerate customer success, support secure AI adoption, and drive growth in support of OpenAI’s mission. We collaborate closely across Sales, Technical Success, Product, Marketing, Operations, and leadership teams to turn strategic partnerships into durable commercial outcomes. Within that ecosystem, AWS is one of OpenAI’s most strategic partners. Our opportunity extends beyond the direct alliance relationship: we aim to enable AWS teams and the surrounding services-partner ecosystem to build, deliver, and scale OpenAI-powered solutions on AWS infrastructure. Success requires close collaboration across AWS Japan alliance and field teams, AWS-focused SI practices, cloud architects, field sellers, delivery leaders, OpenAI’s Japan Partner Director, and OpenAI GTM teams. It requires strong operating discipline, scalable co-sell execution, and the ability to translate a strategic alliance into measurable customer outcomes. About the Role We are hiring a Partner Director to shape and execute OpenAI’s AWS alliance partnership in Japan. This person will own the direct relationship with AWS Japan while mobilizing AWS Japan field teams and the broader services-partner ecosystem around high-value customer opportunities. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role operating through influence in Japan. You will work alongside OpenAI’s Japan Partner Director to develop Japan GTM strategies, drive joint account planning, coordinate AWS-related opportunities, and operationally manage selected cross-functional initiatives. You will build and own the Japan GTM strategy with AWS, translating the alliance into repeatable OpenAI and AWS solutions, field playbooks, governance structures, and co-sell motions that can be adopted across Japan’s customer segments and GTM teams. The right candidate combines alliance leadership with a builder’s mindset and the ability to move comfortably b

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the Role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. You’ll also collaborate with business partners to support customers’ business transformation and growth. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Manage key accounts, developing and executing strategies for a comprehensive account plan based on customers’ business priorities and growth opportunities. Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to successful deployment. Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects. Collaborate with business partners to generate opportunities, develop joint proposals, and support deployment, expanding customer value and business opportunities. Own a consumption revenue target. Manage consumption revenue forecasts. Analyze key account

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you'll: Manage ~dozen key accounts, developing and executing strategies for a comprehensive account plan Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to succesful deployment Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects Own a consumption revenue target Manage consumption revenue forecasts Analyze key account metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal and external stakeholders Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies Collaborate with solutions, marketing, communications, business operations, people operations, finance, prod

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you'll: Manage ~dozen key accounts, developing and executing strategies for a comprehensive account plan. Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to succesfull deployment. Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects. Own a consumption revenue target. Manage consumption revenue forecasts. Analyze key account metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal and external stakeholders. Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies. Collaborate with solutions, marketing, communications, business operations, people operations, finan

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the Role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Manage ~dozen key accounts in the Financial Services Industry, developing and executing strategies for a comprehensive account plan. Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to successful deployment. Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects. Own a consumption revenue target. Manage consumption revenue forecasts. Analyze key account metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal and external stakeholders. Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies. Collaborate with solutions, marketing, communications, business

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of new business opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help customers evolve their industry with AI. This role is based in Tokyo. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you'll: Build and manage a pipeline of new business opportunities Lead our enterprise prospects’ journeys from consideration to successful deployment Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects Own a consumption revenue target Analyze opportunity metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal stakeholders Closely monitor the industry landscape (people, competitors, partners, etc.) to contribute to product roadmap and other corporate strategies Collaborate with solutions, marketing, communications, business operations, people operations, finance, product management, and engineering Support the recruitment and onboarding of other te

About Sayari: Sayari is the judgment infrastructure for trustworthy AI in economic security and commercial risk. The Sayari Commercial World Model resolves 11.7B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions forming the ground truth of global commerce. A Judgment Ontology, encoding over a decade of investigative tradecraft, and Superconductor, an agentic orchestration platform, deliver AI that reasons like an expert analyst, shows its work, and traces every finding to its source. Trusted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HM Revenue & Customs, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv. POSITION SUMMARY We are looking for a seasoned sales and business development professional with a proven history of managing enterprise commercial relationships. This position will own a diverse book of business comprising major commercial accounts, with a mandate to drive product adoption, account renewals, and revenue expansion within the Japan territory. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Account Planning: Develop a deep understanding of client mission sets, map account whitespace, and develop strategic account plans to grow revenue through upsell and cross-sale activities. Pipeline & Forecast Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date Salesforce data for your territory and provide reliable forecast information to upper management. Customer Advocacy: Drive referral sales and customer references to support net-new sales activities. Market Intelligence: Stay abreast of competitive intelligence and provide actionable feedback to management. Ad-hoc Duties: Perform other related duties as assigned. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE Required: Fluency in Japanese: Must be a native or fluent Japanese speaker with superior business-level written and verbal communication skills. 8+ years

Position Summary : Undertaking all aspects of Transactional Accounting Matters, focusing on 1)Procurement to Payment, 2)Direct Goods Receipts to IC Payment, and 3)Order to Cash Collection process cycles, under the supervision of Accounting/Treasury Director. Responsible for daily related work in line with internal control policies and procedures, and develop good working relationship with Japan Finance members as well as operational departments. Optimize accounting systems and procedures while enhancing compliance with the local/global regulations. This position leads and conducts the day-to-day operations as well as drives continued process improvement in scope. . Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities: Lead and conduct day-to-day operations of indirect vendor invoice to pay as well as employee expense claim to pay, including 1) review of appropriate internal pre-approval, 2) judge timely goods receipts and the related accrued accounting, 3) perform proper accounting and tax treatment, and 4) prepare periodical payment proposals Manage timely and accurate customer invoice issuance, review and revaluate receivable registers to validate receipts of payments, monitor account aging reports, identify delinquent accounts and refer to collection agencies. Verifies customer credit limits and applicable payment terms. Lead and conduct monthly accounting closing processes, including sales/revenue cutoff reviews as well as inventory/cost accounting recognitions. Review direct purchasing invoices, verify related party transactions, and monitor overdue IC Payable/Receivable balances. Supervise and mentor Accounting team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment Act as the primary contact for all transactional accounting in scope, and lead resolution of inquiries from internal departments Support for external / internal audit requirements <

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. The xDR Team Reporting into the Japan Sales Development Director, the Japan xDR team supports the Enterprise, Commercial and Emerging sales segments. The team is part of the wider APJ xDR Organization (ANZ/Asia/JP) and shares the team mission of securing the future of APJ by cultivating high-calibre talent and revenue generating pipeline. The Sales Development Representative Opportunity Reporting to the Japan SDR Director, this role will prospect target accounts to set opportunities that generate demand for our sales organization. The Sales Development Representative role is a great opportunity to kick-start your sales and marketing career here at Okta and help drive demand for our market-leading cloud adoption and management solution. We are looking for an individual who is curious and motivated. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and communication skills. A strong candidate is flexible with change, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and eager to begin a career in Sales and Marketing. Many of our SDRs move internally to become an Account Executive in our Sales teams. What you’ll be doing Prospecting for new business opportunities via outbounding initiatives. Qualifying, nurturing and developing a volume of inbound leads on set target accounts. Generating sales-ready meetings and opportunities for the Account Executives. Researching contacts and generating demand through call and email campaigns. Utiliz

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Join Our Talent Community – Sales Development Representative Opportunity at Okta The xDR Team Reporting into the Japan Sales Development Director, the Japan xDR team supports the Enterprise, Commercial and Emerging sales segments. The team is part of the wider APJ xDR Organization (ANZ/Asia/JP) and shares the team mission of securing the future of APJ by cultivating high-calibre talent and revenue generating pipeline. The Sales Development Representative Opportunity Reporting to the Japan SDR Director, this role will prospect target accounts to set opportunities that generate demand for our sales organization. The Sales Development Representative role is a great opportunity to kick-start your sales and marketing career here at Okta and help drive demand for our market-leading cloud adoption and management solution. We are looking for an individual who is curious and motivated. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and communication skills. A strong candidate is flexible with change, comfortable in a fast-paced environment, and eager to begin a career in Sales and Marketing. Many of our SDRs move internally to become an Account Executive in our Sales teams. What you’ll be doing Prospecting for new business opportunities via outbounding initiatives. Qualifying, nurturing and developing a volume of inbound leads on set target accounts. Generating sales-ready meetings and opportunities for the Account Executives. Re

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role As a strategic Territory Sales Manager for Japan, you will own and grow your Digital Native and Retail territory with GitLab’s enterprise relationships in the Japan market. You’ll help Enterprise organizations realize the full value of GitLab’s AI-powered DevSecOps platform by leading the entire sales cycle, from prospecting and qualification through rollout and long-term adoption. Reporting to an Area Sales Manager or Regional Director, you’ll use a consultative approach to understand complex customer needs, guide them through evaluation, and coordinate pre- and post-sales resources to ensure succe