Business Development Lead [Insurtech | APJ]

Company ProfileOur client is a global leader in geospatial intelligence, used by the largest governments, defense/intelligence agencies, and have a growing commercial segment across insurance and banking. Japan is one of the company's most strategic markets - a long-standing, anchor customer relationship already exists here in the insurance sector, and the business is now investing further in local go-to-market leadership. The Role This is a strategic, high-ownership sales leadership role covering the insurance (and subsequently the banking) sectors across Japan - not a standard account executive position.<ul><li>Lead all sales efforts into Japan's insurance and banking sectors: originate new logos and expand usage within the existing customer base.</li><li>Take full ownership of a designated strategic anchor account in the Japanese insurance market - a long-standing customer relationship - with end-to-end accountability for growth and partnership success.</li><li>Build and execute a multi-year (2026-2028) opportunity pipeline, establishing a durable foundation for recurring, expanding revenue across the sector.</li><li>Own and evolve the end-to-end Go-to-Market strategy for Japan, shaping how the company approaches insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and banks.</li><li>Build trust-based relationships at C-suite level across major Japanese financial institutions, positioning the company as a mission-critical partner rather than a vendor.</li><li>Act as the bridge between global product/solutions teams and local customers, translating business needs into technical and commercial solutions.</li><li>Identify opportunities where their solutions can address disaster-resilience and catastrophe-related use cases specific to Japan's risk landscape.</li><li>Selectively contribute to broader go-to-market initiatives across APAC, with Japan serving as the reference market for regional expansion.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>10+ years of sales experience, ideally within insurance.</li><li>Strong track record selling to insurers/reinsurers and/or banks in Japan.</li><li>Demonstrated success in complex, consultative, strategic enterprise sales - including ownership of large strategic accounts.</li><li>Deep fluency in the Japanese enterprise sales cycle: trust-building, consensus-driven decision-making, long-horizon account development.</li><li>Experience working with or selling into large Japanese corporations, preferably with an existing network within the Japanese P&C insurance ecosystem (insurers, reinsurers, brokers, industry bodies); a banking-sector network is a strong plus.</li><li>Native-level Japanese and business-fluent English required.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Own one of their global key accounts from day one, whilst using existing use cases to further build out the P&C insurance business in Japan and APAC</li><li>They have the first-mover advantage in a niche technology field with limited direct competition in Japan</li><li>Regional platform - Japan is positioned as a hub for broader APAC expansion, offering a path to regional scope over time.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary20 - 30 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013490405 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/b3NrYXIudGFrZW5ha2EuNjI5NjAuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
20.0M - 30.0M JPY / Yearly
Company ProfileOur client is a global leader in geospatial intelligence, used by the largest governments, defense/intelligence agencies, and have a growing commercial segment across insurance and banking. Japan is one of the company's most strategic markets - a long-standing, anchor customer relationship already exists here in the insurance sector, and the business is now investing further in local go-to-market leadership. The Role This is a strategic, high-ownership sales leadership role covering the insurance (and subsequently the banking) sectors across Japan - not a standard account executive position.<ul><li>Lead all sales efforts into Japan's insurance and banking sectors: originate new logos and expand usage within the existing customer base.</li><li>Take full ownership of a designated strategic anchor account in the Japanese insurance market - a long-standing customer relationship - with end-to-end accountability for growth and partnership success.</li><li>Build and execute a multi-year (2026-2028) opportunity pipeline, establishing a durable foundation for recurring, expanding revenue across the sector.</li><li>Own and evolve the end-to-end Go-to-Market strategy for Japan, shaping how the company approaches insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and banks.</li><li>Build trust-based relationships at C-suite level across major Japanese financial institutions, positioning the company as a mission-critical partner rather than a vendor.</li><li>Act as the bridge between global product/solutions teams and local customers, translating business needs into technical and commercial solutions.</li><li>Identify opportunities where their solutions can address disaster-resilience and catastrophe-related use cases specific to Japan's risk landscape.</li><li>Selectively contribute to broader go-to-market initiatives across APAC, with Japan serving as the reference market for regional expansion.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>10+ years of sales experience, ideally within insurance.</li><li>Strong track record selling to insurers/reinsurers and/or banks in Japan.</li><li>Demonstrated success in complex, consultative, strategic enterprise sales - including ownership of large strategic accounts.</li><li>Deep fluency in the Japanese enterprise sales cycle: trust-building, consensus-driven decision-making, long-horizon account development.</li><li>Experience working with or selling into large Japanese corporations, preferably with an existing network within the Japanese P&C insurance ecosystem (insurers, reinsurers, brokers, industry bodies); a banking-sector network is a strong plus.</li><li>Native-level Japanese and business-fluent English required.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Own one of their global key accounts from day one, whilst using existing use cases to further build out the P&C insurance business in Japan and APAC</li><li>They have the first-mover advantage in a niche technology field with limited direct competition in Japan</li><li>Regional platform - Japan is positioned as a hub for broader APAC expansion, offering a path to regional scope over time.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary20 - 30 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013490405 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/b3NrYXIudGFrZW5ha2EuNjI5NjAuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
2026-08-31T06:19:12Z