Enterprise Marketing Manager
Sakana AI· Marketing
Hybrid (Japan)Full-time, Contract (24+ hours/week), or Internship (2+ months, 24+ hours/week)Posted 1w ago
About the role
First dedicated Enterprise Marketing member responsible for generating enterprise demand and scaling it as the sales organization grows. Focused on global enterprises with initial emphasis on Japan, owning account-based marketing, enterprise events, sales enablement, and partner marketing, in collaboration with GTM leadership, the Applied Team, and product managers.
Responsibilities
- Build and run account-based marketing programs for target industries and accounts (finance, consulting, manufacturing and the public sector first), in partnership with the GTM team
- Own enterprise events: executive and industry events in Japan first, co-hosted events with partners, and selected global events as sales coverage expands
- Own sales enablement content: customer cases (customer side), industry one-pagers, security and data-handling explainers aligned with our trust materials, and the sales deck in Japanese and English
- Own partner marketing: joint content and events with consulting, system integrator and ISV partners, including research publications co-produced with partners
- Run enterprise nurturing programs with Marketing Operations and report pipeline contribution by program
- Feed enterprise customer insights back to product and GTM teams
- Drive seamless collaboration across global teams and markets utilizing both Japanese and English
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in B2B enterprise marketing, with demand generation programs you can tie to pipeline and revenue
- Experience marketing to large Japanese enterprises, including events and partner co-marketing, and the ability to write executive-level Japanese
- Experience selling or presenting proposals to corporate decision-makers such as corporate planning, business strategy, research, or IT teams
- Comfortable working within confidentiality limits: using what is public, and building new proof with customer consent
- Ability to autonomously drive initiatives in an unestablished, fast-paced startup environment
- Native or professional fluency in both Japanese and English
- Preferred: experience in financial services, consulting or public-sector marketing; experience expanding programs from Japan to other regions
Skills
Required:Account-based marketingEnterprise eventsSales enablement contentB2B marketing strategy
Nice to have:Partner marketing
Benefits
- Notes: CV and cover letter must be submitted in English
- Assignment after initial screening
- Flexible: full-time, contract (24+ hours/week), or internship (2 months+, 24+ hours/week)
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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