Marketing Specialist in Japan

Role Description You will act as the primary regional business partner for sales executives, supporting sales planning, territory and quota execution, forecast interpretation, operational improvements, and translation of strategic priorities into clear execution plans. You’ll drive process clarity, pipeline health, forecasting hygiene, and cross-functional governance, using AI and automation-enabled workflows to reduce manual reporting effort while maintaining strong human judgment over business recommendations. Drive operational excellence in account segmentation, territory planning, quota planning and execution, building the frameworks and analyses that guide how we assign and manage books of business . Act as the strategic business partner to Sales leadership, helping shape regional go-to-market strategy and execution across two distinct sales organizations. Drive operational excellence by improving forecasting, pipeline health, sales planning, and execution while balancing the unique commercial priorities, growth opportunities, and operating models of each region. As a member of the APJ Leadership Team, help define and execute the regional GTM strategy, driving operational excellence and sustainable growth across the APJ region. Drive forecasting accuracy, pipeline health, and business performance through executive-ready insights, standardized operating rhythms, and continuous improvement of data quality and reporting. Own and continuously improve the Run-the-Business (RTB) operating cadence - including forecast reviews, pipeline inspections, business reviews, and executive reporting - to improve operational rigor and decision-making. Lead cross-functional initiatives with teams, including Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Legal, HR and Product to drive alignment and support decision-making. Communicate complex business insights and recommendations to executive stakeholders through concise, data-driven presentations and business reviews. Responsibilities Ow

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Why Snowflake ? Snowflakeはデータ革命の最前線に立ち、世界最高のデータとアプリケーションのプラットフォームの構築に取り組んでいます。私たちのミッションはデータサイロ化を解消して、「世界中のデータをモビライズすること」を目指しております。急成長していくデータの未来を私たちと共に築いていきましょう！ —------------------------------------- Sales Development team’s Mission ? Sales Developmentチームは、営業組織の最前線で新たなビジネス機会を創出し、Snowflakeの成長を加速させる重要な役割を担っています。AEと密に連携しながら担当アカウントへの戦略的なアウトリーチを行い、質の高い商談機会の創出、新規パイプラインの構築、そしてマーケティング起点のリードフォローアップを通じて、営業活動の起点をつくるポジションです。 Senior Sales Development Representativeには、単なる初期接点の創出にとどまらず、ターゲット企業や意思決定者の理解を深め、アカウント戦略に基づいたアプローチを自律的に実行し、AEや関係部門と連携しながら成果につなげていくことが期待されます。変化の速い市場環境の中で、Snowflakeの価値を的確に届け、顧客との新しい対話を生み出すことが求められます。 The Impact You will Make 担当アカウントに対して戦略的なアウトリーチを行い、新規商談機会の創出をリードする。 見込み顧客のビジネス課題や組織構造を理解し、適切なペルソナにアプローチして質の高いミーティングを設定する。 AEと連携し、Cap1 SQOやCapN Use Caseに繋がる新規パイプライン創出を推進する。 Marketingから引き継がれるMQLに対して迅速かつ効果的にフォローアップし、商談化につなげる。 Salesforce、Sales Engagementツール、各種データソースを活用し、継続的にアクティビティの質と生産性を改善する。 ターゲットアカウントごとの仮説立て、優先順位付け、メッセージングの最適化を行い、再現性のある成果創出モデルを構築する。 AE、Marketing、Partner、Solution Engineeringを含むクロスファンクショナルな連携を通じて、One Teamで顧客接点を拡大する。 チーム内でのベストプラクティス共有や後輩メンバーへのナレッジ展開を通じて、Sales Development組織全体のレベルアップに貢献する。 Who You Are SaaSまたはエンタープライズソフトウェア業界において、Sales Development、Inside Sales、Business Development、またはそれに準ずる顧客開拓業務の経験をお持ちの方。 複数のステークホルダーが関与する法人営業環境において、新規案件創出やパイプライン構築に携わった実績をお持ちの方。 ター

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . As the Sales Manager for CPG and Growth verticals in Japan, you will define, launch and drive strategic outcomes and operationalize the vision for the sales team. We’re looking for a high-performing candidate with experience building advertising / media sales teams from the ground up, passion for solving ambiguous problems, excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functionally and globally. Our advertising business is thriving, our user base continues to grow, and we believe the impact of this role can fuel our company to grow in unprecedented ways. What you’ll do: Drive and grow revenue with top existing and potential partners Partner with the world’s top marketers to build integrated marketing programs and engage partners in content growth opportunities Shape the future of our Sales organization by building, trai