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National Centre for Social ResearchAI and Innovation Project Officer, 6 month FTC
Project Officer supporting NatCen’s AI transformation and innovative research practices. Involves desk research, project coordination, and guiding researchers.
About the role
- Lead business communication with clients who wish to introduce products and services
- Drive business development through collaboration with business partners
- Identify client needs and issues and propose solutions to resolve them accurately in the context of Japanese business environment
- Build high-trust relationships and respond quickly via face-to-face collaboration such as client visits and business trips
- Perform tasks related to business development initiatives, such as developing business partnerships, reviewing and expanding business areas
- Lead initial communication with potential customers who wish to introduce Upstage's products and services
- Identify the current status, issues, and improvement goals of potential customers
- Communicate and mediate between potential customers and internal related teams
- Define requirements/requests from potential customers, such as reporting and issue handling, and resolve them in a timely manner
- Understand issues and improvement points that arise from the customer's perspective after introducing products and services and communicate them internally
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years of relevant business development experience (応募書類作成時に経験期間を別途記載してください)
- Ability to communicate smoothly and collaborate particularly with clients and internal related teams
- Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing technological environment and work in a dynamic environment
- Ability to analyze, structure, and present solutions to customer needs and issues
- Knowledge and understanding of business applications and solution sales
- Native-level Japanese and business-level English proficiency
- Someone who can have offline meetings with customers in Japan
- Preferred: Experience in tech-based consulting, business development, or sales
- Preferred: Direct/indirect experience with AI/ML-based products and services or possess AI-related knowledge
- Preferred: Experience with B2B tech products and services
- Preferred: Experience in cross-collaboration initiatives with various stakeholders (clients, internal development, UX/UI, research teams, etc.)
Benefits
- Work from anywhere on earth, but together – we are a global team that values trust and autonomy
- Selected as one of CB Insights' Global AI 100 Startups for 2025
- Collaborate daily with top researchers and engineers, including PhDs and leaders from global tech companies
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