Regional Marketing Manager, Head of Japan

Job Description

Help define and amplify the Stripe story across Japan.

Stripe’s infrastructure and suite of APIs powers millions of businesses—from startups to Fortune 500s—in almost every country around the world. From developers and product managers to founders and CFOs, a broad audience interacts with Stripe’s products and uses them to start, run, and scale their companies. Removing the barriers to online commerce helps more new businesses get started, expedites growth for existing companies, and increases economic output and trade globally.

We operate at a significant scale, but we’re still tiny relative to the opportunity ahead, so there is still much to do. Join us and help put the global economy within everyone’s reach. We’re looking for a curious, creative, and thoughtful marketing executive to lead our efforts in Japan and accelerate Stripe’s growth. Someone who geeks out about both product features and brand storytelling. Someone who gets as excited about the tiny, minute details as they do about the craziest, biggest ideas. As the ideal candidate, you’re a leader and a doer - someone who can function as a big picture thinker, as well as roll up your sleeves to execute. You take a creative approach to challenges and initiatives and never settle for good enough. You’re thoughtful and team-oriented with a strong bias to action and you care about doing what’s best for our users, for Stripe, and your team.

You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Stripe, we welcome diverse perspectives and people who think rigorously and aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us.

You will:

• Lead programs that include but are not limited to email/direct mail campaigns, partner activities, content marketing, account-based marketing, roundtables, and Stripe/third-party events
• Work closely with Sales to understand our users and audiences in order to develop Marketing priorities and effective partner marketing programs
• Create compelling messaging and content resources that help prospective users and decision-makers better understand Stripe’s offerings and benefits. This may include research and reports, guides, and presentations.
• Plan and execute marketing programs to drive awareness among target audiences, generate leads, and accelerate pipeline
• Track, measure and communicate program results, and seek to generate new global best practices through experimental efforts.
  
• Partner with global product and growth marketing teams, including on product launches, user and market research, and digital strategies.
• Be a local steward of the Stripe brand in Japan.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• 15+ years of B2B marketing experience, including specific experience with enterprise marketing, content creation and content marketing, event management, partnership marketing, localisation, and multi-touch campaigns to generate demand.
• A demonstrated track record of generating innovative content and campaigns that exceed target goals, especially within Japan.
• Remarkable written and verbal communication skills, including being able to craft powerful user stories, and to convey complex topics with simplicity.
• Ability to work and adapt in a changing and technical industry and work environment.
• Superb organisation and project management skills and the capacity to manage multiple complex projects at once.
• Proven leadership capability and effectiveness working collaboratively and cross functionally.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to craft actionable insights from complex data.
• Exceptional team management abilities with a genuine love of developing others.

It’s not expected that any single candidate would have expertise across all of these areas—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others.