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EDB

Director Sales

Tokyo · GTM · Sales · BD

Company
Supports the open source Postgres database for enterprise environments.
Role
Oversees sales for the Japan market, expands the partner network and closes large deals.
Language
Japanese and English

What you will do

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Responsibilities

  • Own revenue goals and the sales strategy for EDB's Japan business.
  • Personally lead major opportunities with enterprises and public organizations.
  • Recruit sales and technical presales staff, then manage their performance.
  • Grow local alliances with integrators, resellers, and cloud providers.
  • Tailor pricing and sales messages to Japanese procurement practices and regulation.
  • Manage the opportunity pipeline and provide dependable forecasts to leadership.

What you need

  • Have at least 15 years in enterprise software or technology sales.
  • Bring three to five or more years of sales management experience.
  • Show repeated success against large sales targets in Japan.
  • Understand how major Japanese companies or public agencies buy technology.
  • Speak Japanese fluently and conduct business in English.
  • Be able to travel domestically and occasionally outside Japan.

Good to have

  • Sales experience with databases, cloud, or data management products is valued.
  • Relationships with Japanese integrators and technology decision makers are helpful.
  • Knowledge of open source commercial models or PostgreSQL is beneficial.
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