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Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
DatadogDatadog is the global leader in observability and security for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, log management, digital experience monitoring, cloud security, and AI-powered observability to help organizations accelerate digital transformation and operate at scale. As organizations across Japan continue to modernize their technology stacks and embrace cloud-native architectures, Datadog is uniquely positioned to help customers achieve greater visibility, reliability, security, and business performance. **The Opportunity** Following significant investment in Japan by Datadog, we’re now seeking a senior executive to lead the next phase of growth and scale the business rapidly. This executive will be responsible for defining and executing Datadog's strategy in Japan, driving sustainable, predictable revenue growth, strengthening customer and partner relationships, developing high-performing teams, and firmly establishing Datadog as the market leader for Japan. Reporting to senior APJ leadership, the Country Leader will serve as the executive face of Datadog in Japan and will work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, Partnerships, Solutions Engineering, Product, and Corporate functions to accelerate market penetration and customer success. At Datadog, we work hard to maintain an excellent culture of trust, high standards, and great outcomes for customers, partners and employees. **About the Role** Datadog is seeking an experienced and respected country executive to serve as Country Manager, Japan. As the most senior leader in the market, you will be responsible for owning Japan’s overall business health across acquisition, usage, retention, ecosystem, culture, and cross-functional execution. The Country Manager owns the country plan and operating cadence, ensuring effective direct management of all three sales segments (Enterprise, Mid Market, Commercial); and cross-functional influence across our broader GTM functions including Marketing, Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Sales Development, and Channel & Alliances. This role is an opportunity to shape Datadog’s next chapter in one of the most important and exciting technology markets in the world, with the investment, infrastructure, and executive commitment to match this ambition. **What You’ll Do:** - Own the Japan Country Plan: Setting priorities, defining the operating model, and aligning all GTM functions across shared country-level outcomes across customer acquisition, usage, retention, and ecosystem growth. - Formalize GTM operating cadence across Sales, Customer Success, Sales Development, Marketing, Sales Engineering, and Channel & Alliances, ensuring cross-functional work has clear ownership, roles & responsibilities, and escalation paths. - Direct and lead quarterly country business reviews to present a comprehensive view of Japan business health. - Act as primary decision-maker on country plan priorities, which includes local hiring inputs, customer escalations, partner strategy, and business performance reviews. **Who You Are:** - A senior Enterprise Technology leader who has successfully sold solutions at the C-level and experience leading first and second line leaders. - Proven general manager or country-level executive with a track record of owning full business outcomes. - Deeply respected in the Japanese technology market, with an established executive network across enterprise customers, partners, and ecosystem stakeholders. - Experienced in leading distributed, cross-functional teams with the ability to influence without direct authority, particularly across post-sales, marketing, and technical functions. - A strong people leader who has built and retained high-performing teams; known for developing talent, maintaining high employee engagement, and being a trusted cultural anchor. - Commercially sharp with a command of SaaS revenue metrics and the ability to hold segment leaders accountable to rigorous forecasting and operating standards. - Executive presence and communication skills to credibly represent Datadog at the highest levels, both within Japan and to Datadog's global leadership team. - Comfortable bridging Japanese business culture and Datadog's global GTM strategy: able to translate global direction into locally relevant execution, and to advocate effectively for Japan's needs globally. - Fluent in Japanese; professional fluency in English required for engagement with Datadog's global leadership. **Benefits & Growth:** - Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space. - Continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility. - Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking. - An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds. - New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP). - Free global mental health benefit through Spring Health. - Generous global benefits.
A senior Enterprise Technology leader who has successfully sold solutions at the C-level.
Deeply respected in the Japanese technology market, with an established executive network across enterprise customers, partners, and ecosystem stakeholders.
Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space, continuous career development and pathing opportunities for internal mobility, intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking, an inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds, new hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), free global mental health benefit through Spring Health, generous global benefits.
