Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Japan

Supports APAC B2B sales operations by managing hardware inventory, shipments, returns, reseller administration, inbound leads, software trials, quotes, orders, invoices, vendor registrations, and sales documentation. Provides general administrative support and coordinates with headquarters and regional teams. The role requires strong organizational, communication, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills, plus proficiency in English and Japanese, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and CRM systems.

Leads the design, configuration, implementation, and improvement of industrial process applications, advanced process control, plant-wide optimization, and simulation models. Uses chemical engineering expertise and tools such as UniSim Design, Aspen HYSYS, and Aspen Plus to improve plant performance, energy efficiency, safety, and profitability. Provides technical leadership, customer communication in Japanese, project execution support, risk mitigation, proposal assistance, and mentoring for complex refinery, petrochemical, and process-industry projects.

Lead the design, configuration, implementation, and improvement of industrial process applications for refineries, petrochemical plants, and other process industries. Provide technical leadership for APC, MPC, optimization, process simulation, digital twin, and plant performance initiatives. Conduct engineering analysis, commissioning, customer presentations in Japanese, technical scoping, risk mitigation, and mentoring while collaborating with global teams.

Oversee backcountry department operations, safety procedures, staff training, guest logistics, equipment rentals, trip planning, and guide coordination. Manage gear inventory, maintenance, rental setup, bookings, meetings, reports, and guest communications. Lead avalanche and rescue training, monitor weather and snow conditions, resolve guest issues, maintain vehicles and workspaces, and occasionally guide snowshoe tours or transport guests in the Hakuba/Nagano area.

Leads the end-to-end testing lifecycle for a global SAP S/4HANA rollout, including strategy, planning, execution, automation, defect management, risk mitigation, and quality assurance. Coordinates multinational teams and stakeholders across business and technical functions, manages testing resources and schedules, and communicates progress in Japanese and English. Oversees functional, integration, regression, UAT, performance, and non-functional testing while mentoring global testers.

Develop sales opportunities, grow and penetrate the Japan customer base, and exceed gross profit and revenue targets. Hire and manage the sales team, prepare management reports and presentations, and collaborate with department heads to resolve customer issues. The role requires at least five years of inside sales or account management experience, ideally in electronic components, strong communication and interpersonal skills, sales achievement, organization, and CRM proficiency.

Develop and grow Southeast Asia’s defense and security sales territory by identifying opportunities, building pipelines, forecasting revenue, creating capture strategies, managing strategic partnerships, and exceeding quotas. The role requires executive-level customer engagement, competitive assessments, product demonstrations, relationship management through renewals, and collaboration with defense integrators and resellers. Travel up to 50% is required.

Develops and grows Japanese and surrounding-market accounts for custom automation and test solutions. Identifies customer needs, creates account strategies, manages Salesforce pipelines and forecasts, develops proposals with technical teams, and delivers consultative solutions to manufacturing OEMs. The role requires strong engineering knowledge, capital equipment sales experience, bilingual Japanese and English communication, and travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.

Own technical relationships with enterprise accounts across Japan and APAC, lead discovery and innovation workshops, demonstrate the analytics platform, and translate customer needs into product and engineering requirements. Build AI-powered workflows for data integration, quality checking, anomaly detection, and insight generation using cloud and data pipeline technologies. Contribute customer insights to product strategy, support sales efforts, and collaborate with distributed engineering and product teams.

Lead government-funded R&D programs in Japan from initiation through audits, managing milestones, budgets, KPIs, risks, scope changes, reporting, consortium partners, and cross-functional teams. Serve as the primary contact for government agencies and evaluators, protect intellectual property, ensure funder compliance, and establish scalable project management practices. The role requires formal Japanese documentation and agency communication, business-level English, and coordination with global stakeholders.