Senior Industry Manager in Tokyo

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Senior Planner About the Role: We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Planner to join our team working on a key global client. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the development and execution of impactful, locally relevant campaigns that drive business growth and enhance the client’s brand presence in the Japanese market. You will work closely with the Planning Director, the broader team, and external agency partners to translate client briefs into actionable plans, leveraging data-driven insights, your understanding of Japanese consumers, media channels and cultural nuances. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape a major brand’s presence in one of the world’s most sophisticated and unique markets, working within a global network. Some things we’d like you to do: Strategic Media Planning: Translate client objectives and strategies into actionable, highly effective, and integrated local media plans for the Japanese market, covering digital, traditional, and emerging media channels. Client Relationship Management: Act as a primary planning contact for local client stakeholders,

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WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. About the Role We’re looking for a Strategy Director to lead building brand platform, creative strategy, and integrated communications design for some of the most ambitious brands in the market — primarily across the FMCG category, working with both multinational clients and Japan-headquartered global brands. This role sits at the intersection of business problem-solving, human insight, cultural relevance, and creative excellence. You’ll be expected to turn messy business challenges into sharp strategic opportunities, unlock human truths that inspire standout creative work, and architect brand ecosystems that travel across channels, touchpoints, and markets. You won’t just write decks. You’ll shape brands, influence clients, sharpen the work, raise the bar for the agency, and help build ideas that can genuinely move culture, shift perception, and drive growth. What You’ll Do Lead Brand Strategy Develop brand strategies that create meaningful differentiation and unlock growth. Define or refine brand positioning, value proposition, brand architecture, an

We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime. At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our extremely popular TCG in Japan - Duel Masters - and our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in! This Senior Game Editor position draws on your mastery of the Japanese language, drive for thoroughness and consistency, and love of collaboration. Our team of outstanding editors collaborates to ensure that all text elements of Duel Masters card sets and related materials meet our quality standards for gameplay, player experience, rules accuracy, grammar, punctuation, and clarity. At Wizards, we believe diversity of experience is fundamental to creating accessible and fun gaming experiences for all of our players. We encourage everyone to consider being a part of our team. *Please submit any work portfolio as cover letter attachment* What You'll Do: Craft the language of Duel Masters. Lead the team of internal and external editors plus the rules manager, owning the presentation and technical implementation of each new card's wording in Japanese. Ensure all cards and mechanics in upcoming releases adhere to the team’s current philosophies, balancing historical precedents with innovation and player understanding. Make the final call on all text for cards and packaging. Support creative text development. Collaborate with the teams providing creative and gameplay goals of each

CSQ127R187 Location: Tokyo, Japan As a Senior Technical Solutions Engineer, you will provide technical support for Databricks Platform related issues and resolve any challenges involving the Databricks unified analytics platform. You will assist customers in their Databricks journey and provide them with the guidance and knowledge that they need to accomplish value and achieve their strategic goals using our products. They will look to you for answers to everything from basic technical questions to complex architectural scenarios spanning across the entire Big Data ecosystem. You will report to the Senior Manager of Technical Solutions. The Impact You Will Have Troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues related to Databricks platform Provide best practices support for custom-built solutions developed by Databricks customers Deliver suggestions for improving performance in customer-specific environments Assist with issues around third-party integrations with Databricks environment Demonstrate and coordinate with engineering and escalation teams to achieve resolution of customer issues and requests Participate in the creation and maintenance of company documentation and knowledge articles Be a true proponent of customer advocacy Strengthen your AWS/Azure and Databricks platform expertise through learning and internal training programs Participate in weekend and weekday on call rotation What We Look For 4+ years experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining Python/Java/Scala based applications. Expert level knowledge in python is desired . Strong experience with SQL-based database is required. Linux/Unix administration skills. Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or GCP. Experience with "Distributed Big Data Computing" environment. Technical degree or the equivalent experience. Written and spoken proficiency in both Japanese and English About Databricks Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — includ

Customer Success Engineer/ Sr Customer Success Engineer Location: Tokyo, Japan Role Overview As a Senior Customer Success Engineer focused on technical support, you will provide enterprise-level post-deployment support to Rubrik customers across Japan. You will troubleshoot complex data protection and cyber-resilience issues, drive rapid resolution of support cases, and ensure our customers can rely on Rubrik Security Cloud to protect and recover their critical data and workloads. This role is part of Rubrik's Global Customer Support and Success Organization and is Japan-remote. About Rubrik Rubrik is on a mission to secure the world’s data. With Zero Trust Data Security™, Rubrik helps organizations achieve business resilience against cyberattacks, malicious insiders, and operational disruptions. Rubrik Security Cloud, powered by machine learning, secures data across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS applications. Rubrik helps organizations uphold data integrity, deliver data availability that withstands adverse conditions, continuously monitor data risks and threats, and restore businesses with their data when infrastructure is attacked. Rubrik.com About the Team Rubrik’s Global Customer Support and Success Organization is a team of professionals committed to providing a world-class post‑purchase experience. The team delivers post‑deployment technical support to customers and partners across a wide range of technologies and cloud deployments and ensures timely activation and adoption of Rubrik’s SaaS products and technologies. The Customer Support Team is composed of seasoned experts in data management and security who possess an in‑depth knowledge of Rubrik’s solutions, data protection, and recovery strategies. They are skilled at swiftly diagnosing and solving complex issues while keeping the overall customer experience at the forefront. What You Will Do Provide expert‑level technical support to enterprise customers across Japan via phone, web, email, and other support

About the Team The Applied AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move from early exploration into sustained production adoption. The team brings together technical strategy, customer partnership, and practical deployment expertise, working closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and specialist delivery teams. About the Role As the Manager of Applied AI Architects in Tokyo, you will lead a team of senior technical leaders responsible for the technical strategy, customer journey, and path to production value for OpenAI's largest and most complex customers across Japan. Your team will act as the “CTO of the book of business,” partnering with customer executives and technical teams from pre-sales discovery and solution evaluation through deployment, adoption, and measurable business impact. You will set the operating model for how Applied AI Architects own technical account plans across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions. In close partnership with Sales leadership and Account Directors, you will help prioritize customer portfolios, allocate technical resources, and ensure business priorities translate into focused use cases, credible architectures, actionable adoption roadmaps, and durable customer value and growth. You will remain accountable for the team's technical outcomes while developing its people and bringing in the right specialists across deployment, implementation, enablement, security, product, research, and partners. You will serve as an executive technical sponsor for critical engagements, a senior voice of the customer inside OpenAI, and a cross-functional leader who can move confidently between Japan strategy, executive decision-making, architectural depth, and hands-on coaching. In t

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role As an Enterprise Account Executive, Retail based in Tokyo, you'll drive the adoption of safe, frontier AI technology across Japan's retail, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and general trading companies. You'll own the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing, working with senior leaders to help them optimize operations, strengthen supply chains, personalize customer experiences at scale, and sharpen their competitive position with Anthropic's AI solutions. Key responsibilities Own and exceed revenue targets by winning new major accounts and expanding existing relationships across Japan's domestic retailers, CPG manufacturers, and general trading companies Build and execute territory plans, identifying high-value opportunities across supermarket and convenience store groups, specialty retailers, food & beverage and consumer goods manufacturers, and sogo shosha and their group companies Lead consultative sales processes with senior executives — including CIOs, CDOs, CMOs, and heads of supply chain, merchandising, and DX — positioning AI as a driver for demand forecasting, personalization, inventory optimization, trade and supply chain operations, and enhanced customer experience Orchestrate internal teams (Product, Engineering, Applied AI, Partnerships) to deliver solutions that integrate with existing retail and enterprise technology stacks while meeting Japan's data privacy requirements under the APPI framework Minimum qualifications Enterprise sales experience in Japan with significant exposure to retail, CPG, and/or trading company accounts, driving adoption of emerging technologies with a consultative, solutio

SLSQ127R32 At Databricks, we empower organizations to make better decisions with data and AI. As an Commercial (Mid-Market) Account Executive, you'll partner with some of Japan's most innovative and fast-growing companies - helping them unlock the full potential of their data to scale faster and smarter. You will own an Emerging territory, a portfolio of high‑potential, under‑penetrated accounts (often SMBs and Mid-market) that are not yet covered by a dedicated account owner. You are a strategic, growth-minded sales professional who thrives in dynamic environments. You understand how to engage with senior stakeholders, navigate complex organizations, and drive meaningful outcomes. You're comfortable managing both short-term opportunities and multi-threaded, strategic initiatives that expand our footprint and customer impact. You will report to Sr Manager, Sales in Japan. The impact you will have: Develop and execute a territory plan targeting Japan’s emerging market segment - growth-stage organizations with significant data and AI ambitions. Effectively manage a mix of rapid, transactional deals and complex, strategic engagements. Consistently meet and exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue goals through active prospecting and account development. Maintain high standards of operational excellence in Salesforce and Clari, including accurate forecasting, opportunity tracking (MEDDPICC), and detailed account notes. Lead with a customer-first mindset and focus on delivering measurable business value. What we look for: 3+ years of closing experience in SaaS, Cloud, Big Data or AI sales. Proven success exceeding sales KPIs and quotas. Demonstrated ability to acquire new customers and expand existing relationships. (Nice to have) Experience collaborating with partners or engaging in co-selling or partner-led motions within the technology ecosystem. Ability to quickly learn new technical concepts and confidently communicate value propositions. Fluency in Japanese and busin

Req: CSQ327R249 Location: Tokyo, Japan At Databricks, we are on a mission to empower our customers to solve the world's toughest data and AI problems by utilizing the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. As a Sr. Delivery Solutions Architect, you will partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Field Engineering to accelerate the adoption, growth, and strategic impact of Databricks with our most complex customers. You will serve as a senior technical advisor, helping customers design, implement, scale, and optimize complex data and AI solutions across business units, geographies, and product areas. This is a highly technical and strategic customer-facing role. You will define technical execution strategies for high-value accounts, drive architectural alignment across complex use cases, and orchestrate Databricks, customer, and partner teams to deliver measurable outcomes. You will build trusted relationships with senior technical and executive stakeholders while contributing expertise, frameworks, and best practices that scale beyond individual customer engagements. The Impact You Will Have Define technical execution strategy across high-value, complex customer accounts spanning multiple use cases, business units, geographies, or product areas Serve as a senior technical advisor to customer architects, technical leaders, and Director/VP-level stakeholders Design and influence secure, governed, scalable architectures while balancing performance, cost, reliability, and long-term platform strategy Orchestrate Databricks, customer, and implementation partner teams to align technical execution and accelerate strategic outcomes Anticipate platform maturity and scaling needs and establish technical standards for security, governance, developer experience, and operational excellence Drive adoption, consumption, and measurable business outcomes through technical strategy and execution Lead complex technical escalations spanning multiple systems, teams, or workloads Bui

About the Team OpenAI’s Enterprise Go-To-Market organization helps the world’s largest companies adopt and scale our AI platform across their business, from ChatGPT Enterprise to our developer and APIs. We partner with organizations across Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Retail to build new AI-powered customer experiences, transform operations, and reimagine how work gets done in highly regulated and technically complex environments. As adoption accelerates through pilots, experimentation, and develop-led use cases, the GTM team turns that momentum into durable, enterprise-wide deployments. About the Role We are looking for a senior, high-agency Account Associate to help build and scale our Japan Strategic & Large Enterprise, DNB and Startup motion. This person should be able to create pipeline through thoughtful outbound, strong discovery, disciplined follow-up, and clear stakeholder mapping. This is not a junior execution role. It is a front-line role for someone who can help shape the motion while working closely with Account Directors, technical teams, and HQ. At the same time, this role is designed as a launchpad for future sellers at OpenAI. It’s a highly strategic position with meaningful exposure to enterprise sales, product, and customer strategy. You’ll build core skills in discovery, stakeholder mapping, deal shaping, and executive communication, while developing a deep understanding of how leading companies adopt AI. Recommended Seniority 7-10 years of total work experience 3-5+ years of relevant experience in SDR, BDR, inside sales, startup sales, enterprise/commercial AE, or similar GTM roles Some closing or full-cycle sales experience is strongly preferred We’re looking for individuals with 6+ years of total work experience who are motivated to grow into world-class enterprise sellers over time. Many people in this role go on to become Account Directors or take on broader GTM roles, but progression is based on performance and business needs

Datadog is the global leader in observability and security for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, cloud security, and AI-powered observability to help organisations accelerate digital transformation and operate at scale. As organizations across Japan continue to modernize their technology stacks and embrace cloud-native architectures, Datadog is uniquely positioned to help customers achieve greater visibility, reliability, security, and business performance. The Opportunity Following significant investment in Japan by Datadog, we’re now seeking a senior executive to lead the next phase of growth and scale the business rapidly. This executive will be responsible for defining and executing Datadog's strategy in Japan, driving sustainable, predictable revenue growth, strengthening customer and partner relationships, developing high-performing teams, and firmly establishing Datadog as the market leader for Japan. Reporting to senior APJ leadership, the Country Leader will serve as the executive face of Datadog in Japan and will work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Partnerships, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Corporate functions to accelerate market penetration and customer success. At Datadog, we work hard to maintain an excellent culture of trust, high standards, and great outcomes for customers, partners and employees About the Role Datadog is seeking an experienced and respected country executive to serve as Country Manager, Japan. As the most senior leader in the market, you will be responsible for owning Japan’s overall business health across acquisition, usage, retention, ecosystem, culture, and cross-functional execution. The Country Manager owns the country plan and operating cadence, ensuring effective direct management of all three sales segments (Enterprise, Mid Market, Commercial); and cross-

Req: FEQ427R187 Location: Tokyo, Japan We are looking for a Director, Field Engineering in Japan to join our world-class, hyper‑growth organization. In this role, you will lead first-line Managers and teams of pre-sales Solutions Architects , focusing on complex, strategic accounts and driving our expansion in Japan across manufacturing and automotive . You will partner closely with Sales to grow product consumption, while coaching sales and pre‑sales teams to operate as a single, high-performing unit. You are adept at articulating complex, business value‑focused solutions, supporting sophisticated enterprise sales cycles, and building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders in large Japanese corporations. This role reports to the Technical GM – Japan . The impact you will have Hire and manage first-line Managers and a growing team of technical pre‑sales Solutions Architects . Build a highly collaborative culture within a rapid‑growth team, embodying and promoting Databricks’ customer‑obsessed , team‑oriented , and diverse culture. Increase the return on investment of SA involvement in sales cycles by ensuring the right technical coverage and engagement model. Build long-term, trust-based relationships with customers; understand the local market landscape and trends, and report on forces that shape the strategic direction of accounts. Champion a solution- and value-based selling motion across Field Engineering. Demonstrate a strong understanding of business needs and revenue potential across your territory. Build the Databricks brand in Japan in partnership with the Marketing and Sales teams. What we look for Second-line leadership experience (manager of managers) leading teams of 20+ individuals. Demonstrated success in high‑growth enterprise software pre‑sales, with senior‑level tenure at a reputable software company and deep experience in the Japan market . Proven ability to elevate customer engagement, with a track record of closing large, complex transac

Req ID : FEQ427R279 Location : Tokyo, Japan At Databricks, our core values are at the heart of everything we do; a culture of proactiveness and customer‑centricity guides us to build a unified platform that makes data and AI accessible to everyone. In Japan Public Sector , we help central ministries, agencies, local governments, and public institutions use data and AI to deliver better, more trusted services to citizens. You will be the senior technical leader for a set of strategic public sector accounts in Japan, using your executive‑level technical credibility and government expertise to shape and execute their data and AI strategy. Reporting to: Director, Field Engineering, Japan The impact you will have Own technical strategy for key Japan public sector customers, defining the target architecture and roadmap for their Databricks‑based data and AI platform. Lead solution design for priority government use cases (e.g., citizen 360 and eligibility, program analytics, smart infrastructure, cybersecurity, fraud/waste/abuse). Design for security and compliance , ensuring architectures meet public sector expectations on data residency, access control, governance, and auditability. Turn pilots into platforms , linking Databricks to visible mission outcomes and using those wins to drive expansion across bureaus, departments, and levels of government. Influence the ecosystem , collaborating with SIs, cloud providers, and public sector partners to deliver integrated, production‑grade solutions on Databricks. Mentor others , coaching Solutions Architects and partners on how to work effectively with Japan public sector stakeholders and patterns on the Databricks platform. What we look for 5+ years in data platforms, analytics, or cloud architecture, including significant experience with public sector organizations in Japan . Proven ability to build trust with senior government stakeholders (CIO, CDO, chief architect, bureau/department leaders) and lead high‑stakes technical

SLSQ127R32 At Databricks, we empower organizations to make better decisions with data and AI. As an Emerging Account Executive, you'll partner with some of Japan's most innovative and fast-growing companies - helping them unlock the full potential of their data to scale faster and smarter. You will own an Emerging territory, a portfolio of high‑potential, under‑penetrated accounts (often SMBs and Mid-market) that are not yet covered by a dedicated account owner. You are a strategic, growth-minded sales professional who thrives in dynamic environments. You understand how to engage with senior stakeholders, navigate complex organizations, and drive meaningful outcomes. You're comfortable managing both short-term opportunities and multi-threaded, strategic initiatives that expand our footprint and customer impact. You will report to Sr Manager, Sales in Japan. The impact you will have: Develop and execute a territory plan targeting Japan’s emerging market segment - growth-stage organizations with significant data and AI ambitions. Effectively manage a mix of rapid, transactional deals and complex, strategic engagements. Consistently meet and exceed activity, pipeline, and revenue goals through active prospecting and account development. Maintain high standards of operational excellence in Salesforce and Clari, including accurate forecasting, opportunity tracking (MEDDPICC), and detailed account notes. Lead with a customer-first mindset and focus on delivering measurable business value. What we look for: 3+ years of closing experience in SaaS, Cloud, Big Data or AI sales. Proven success exceeding sales KPIs and quotas. Demonstrated ability to acquire new customers and expand existing relationships. (Nice to have) Experience collaborating with partners or engaging in co-selling or partner-led motions within the technology ecosystem. Ability to quickly learn new technical concepts and confidently communicate value propositions. Fluency in Japanese and business-level Engli