Sales Director, Japan (payments)

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Tokyo
In-Office
Senior level
Software
The Role
The Sales Director will lead the payments sales strategy in Japan, achieving revenue targets, building customer relationships, and collaborating with teams to dominate the blockchain payments landscape.
Summary Generated by Built In

The world of digital assets is accelerating in speed, magnitude, and complexity, opening the door to new ways for leveraging the blockchain. Fireblocks’ platform and network provide the simplest and most secure way for companies to work with digital assets and it trusted by some of the largest financial institutions, banks, globally-recognized brands, and Web3 companies in the world, including BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, ANZ Bank, Revolut, and thousands more. 

Looking for an industry-leading, secure digital asset platform, experiencing hypergrowth valued at $8 billion? Welcome to Fireblocks! 

Here’s the bit about us:

Fireblocks is an enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets & cryptocurrencies. Here at Fireblocks, we enable financial institutions to securely build, run and scale digital asset operations through the Fireblocks Network and MPC-based Wallet Infrastructure. Digital assets are protected from cyber-attacks, internal collusion, and human error using next-generation multi-layer technology. Fireblocks is the only platform that provides insurance for digital assets in storage, transfer, and E&O.

As of August 2025, we serve over 2000 institutional customers, have secured the transfer of over $10 trillion in digital assets, and are the world's highest-valued digital asset infrastructure company, with over $1 billion raised.

Our mission is simple: Enable every business to easily and securely support digital assets & cryptocurrencies. Come join us as we Secure. Simplify. Scale

Here’s the bit about the opportunity:

As part of the APAC Fireblocks sales team, you will own payments sales strategy across Japan, working to dominate the blockchain payments landscape and playing a meaningful role in scaling one of the fastest-growing companies in the Blockchain and Cybersecurity field. You’ll target businesses from the Payments space across Japan, working closely with the Regional sales teams, Sales Engineers and the Payments product team.

You’ll be:

  • Achieving monthly and quarterly revenue targets
  • Working closely with Fireblocks BDRs and GTM Team
  • Building and maintaining relationships with prospects and customers
  • Prospecting, territory, and account planning
  • Updating and maintaining the Fireblocks CRM

You’ll bring:

  • Deep knowledge and experience of the Payments space in APAC
  • Enterprise software (SaaS) sales experience, selling into Payments
  • Experience within financial services, cybersecurity, or cryptocurrency is preferred
  • Experience formalizing and supporting the co-sell motion in working with technology partners is preferred
  • An understanding of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency 
  • Track record of over-achievement in an enterprise sales position
  • Entrepreneurial and relentless hunting attitude
  • A willingness to prospect and qualify for new opportunities
  • Thrives in a team-selling environment
  • Fluent in English and Japanese

We have a comprehensive onboarding and training program for all new employees. We are looking for A players who want to work with the best.  Track record of success and closing complex deals within the financial services or fintech sectors.

Fireblocks' mission is to enable every business to easily and securely access digital assets and cryptocurrencies. In order to do that, we strongly believe our workforce should be as diverse as our clients, and this is why we embrace diversity and inclusion in all its forms. 

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Top Skills

Blockchain
Cryptocurrencies
Payments
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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
410 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

For institutions that need to store and move digital assets without the operational or security headache.

Fireblocks streamlines operations by bringing all your exchanges, OTCs, counterparties, hot wallets, and custodians into one platform. Wallets, deposit addresses, and API credentials are secured using patent-pending chip isolation technology and the newest breakthrough in cryptography (MPC). Institutions are using Fireblocks to move funds securely in seconds – instead of hours.

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