Business Intern (Product Team)
Sakana AI· Product/Business
TokyointernPosted 1mo ago
About the role
Internship position in Tokyo supporting product managers with end-to-end product lifecycle activities, user support, market research, data analysis, and GTM activities within a global, bilingual team.
Responsibilities
- PM Support: Support product managers across the product lifecycle, from organizing user feedback and drafting requirements to assisting feature launch operations.
- User Support Operations: Help run user support for our products: investigate inquiries, draft replies, maintain FAQs and help documentation, and channel user voices back into the product roadmap.
- Sales support: Assist enterprise sales activities by preparing presentation materials, taking meeting notes, and handling post-meeting follow-ups for domestic and global clients.
- Market Research: Conduct market and competitive research on LLM and Generative AI products and distill findings into actionable insights for the team.
- Data Analysis: Track key usage and support metrics, and prepare simple dashboards and regular reports.
- Go-to-Market Support: Support campaign operations, event preparation, and enterprise sales activities such as materials, meeting notes, and follow-ups.
- Global Collaboration: Collaborate effectively as part of a global team that operates in both Japanese and English.
Qualifications
- Enrollment: Currently enrolled in a university or graduate school, or equivalent early-career experience.
- AI Fluency: Strong interest in generative AI and its practical application in society; you use LLM products daily and keep up with the latest trends on your own.
- Language: Business-level Japanese and the ability to read and write English for internal and customer communication.
- Data Skills: Basic data-handling skills (spreadsheets); experience with SQL or BigQuery is a plus.
- Experience: Experience in customer support, community management, or startup operations is a plus.
- Ownership: A self-starter with high ownership, comfortable moving fast amid ambiguity.
- Drive: A history of pursuing ambitious goals with extraordinary passion and dedication, whether in studies, research, or personal projects.
Skills
Required:Product lifecycle supportUser support operationsMarket researchData analysisGo-to-Market supportCommunication (JP/EN)
Benefits
- Not explicitly listed in the description.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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