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Cohere

Partner Development Manager - Japan

Tokyo · Remote · GTM · Sales · BD

Company
Builds large language models for enterprises and offers them through an API and platform.
Role
Finds partners in Japan's enterprise market and leads AI adoption.

What you will do

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Responsibilities

  • Build and execute the partner go to market plan for the Japan market.
  • Identify and recruit high impact partners across SIs, distributors, resellers, and cloud providers.
  • Lead partner onboarding, certification, and training so partners can sell and deploy well.
  • Create co-sell approaches that grow pipeline together with partners.
  • Run quarterly business reviews with partners and track results against targets.
  • Act as the partner's voice to product, engineering, and legal teams.

What you need

  • 8+ years in partner development, channel sales, or alliance management with enterprise revenue impact.
  • Deep understanding of the Japan enterprise market and its key industries.
  • Strong at relationship building and negotiation with a record of partner success.
  • Working understanding of AI including large language models, retrieval augmented generation, and agents.
  • Native level Japanese and business level English.

Good to have

  • Existing relationship with Fujitsu.
  • Experience co-selling with large SIs, global consultancies, or hyperscalers.
  • Experience navigating complex regulation such as AI ethics or government policy.
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