Executive Search For
Japan’s IT Market
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Success Rate on Retained Searches
Completed Country Manager Searches
Completed Searches
Average Recruitment Experience
of Our Consultants
Companies SoftSource Helped Enter
the Japan Market
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- Our Expertise
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SoftSource takes pride in having introduced the initial hires for 50+ technology companies entering the Japan market. We partner with venture capital firms in Silicon Valley to identify and support companies in areas including DevOps, cloud, marketing technology, cybersecurity, analytics/ AI as they expand into the Japan market. The searches we perform cover the following positions (staff / management levels):
- - Japan Country Manager:Retained-basis only
- - Sales:Direct, Partner, Hi-Touch, Alliance, Business Development, etc.
- - Engineering:Pre-Sales, Delivery, Development, Customer Success, Support, etc.
- - Marketing:Field, Digital, Events, Product, PR, Evangelism, Demand Generation, etc.
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Our Clients:
New Entrants to
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Although some still call them ‘start-ups’, many companies entering Japan are already global leaders in their category, and sometimes have valuations of $1 billion or more. These companies have typically done their due diligence and recognize the importance of a localized product and local business strategy. Because of this new entrants to the Japan market are experiencing faster growth and higher rates of success than we saw from new entrants to the market in years past.
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What this means
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Most SoftSource members come from enterprise IT and have backgrounds in areas such as business applications, marketing technology, and infrastructure. Our consultants also average more than 12 years of Japan recruitment expertise. This experience not only enables us to better identify potential opportunities for you, but also to advise, educate, and prepare you to challenge opportunities. At SoftSource 1 out of every 6 interviews results in a successful hire – This is more than 3x better than Japan’s industry average of 1 out of 20.
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- Who We Help
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SoftSource helps innovative technology companies as they look to enter the Japan market, and a majority of companies we support are from the San Francisco Bay Area/ Silicon Valley. We have helped more than 50 companies to enter the Japan market successfully in areas including DevOps, cloud, marketing technology, cybersecurity, analytics/ AI.
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The Searches
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We perform searches for full-time mid-career hires in the following core functional areas (staff / management levels):
- - Japan Country Manager:Retained-basis only
- - Sales:Direct, Partner, Hi-Touch, Alliance, Business Development, etc.
- - Engineering:Pre-Sales, Delivery, Development, Customer Success, Support, etc.
- - Marketing:Field, Digital, Events, Product, PR, Evangelism, Demand Generation, etc.
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Engagement
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We perform searches on both retained and contingency bases. Japan Country Manager and 1st Japan employee searches are performed on a retained basis only, and other roles are performed on a contingency basis unless there is heightened sense of urgency or need for confidentiality.
- Quality
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At SoftSource we pride ourselves on achieving a significantly higher level of quality than the rest of the market. Overall we succeed in making 1 successful introduction for every 6 candidates we bring forward for an interview, and that ratio is roughly 3x better than the industry average. This means you spend less time interviewing, and more time driving your business.