Head of Marketing - Japan
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will be the country marketing leader and strategic partner to the Japan leadership team. You will define and execute an integrated marketing strategy across brand, demand generation, executive engagement, customer marketing, communications and events, localize global and APJ campaigns, develop partner marketing, champion AI-enabled practices and build a high-performing team.
Requirements
- 15+ years of progressive marketing leadership in enterprise technology or high-growth software
- Experience leading country or regional marketing organizations in Japan
- Ability to partner with senior sales and country executives
- Experience across field marketing, demand generation, executive engagement, partner marketing, communications and events
- Understanding of enterprise go-to-market and B2B buying journeys
- Commercial acumen with pipeline, funnel and revenue metrics
- Experience building high-performing teams
- Understanding of AI's impact on marketing
- Native/fluent Japanese and business-level English
Responsibilities
- Serve as senior marketing leader and advisor to the Japan leadership team
- Own country marketing strategy across reputation, demand, customer engagement and ecosystem
- Partner with sales leadership to align marketing investments with growth priorities
- Execute end-to-end marketing strategy across brand, demand generation, events and communications
- Localize global and APJ campaigns
- Develop partner marketing strategy and joint go-to-market motions
- Champion AI-enabled marketing practices
- Coach and mentor talent