Lead HR and labor-relations projects for overseas offices, designing people systems and governance, coordinating stakeholders, and supporting M&A/PMI integration. Remote work is available.
Uzabase is a Tokyo-based business-information company whose two core services are Speeda and NewsPicks. Speeda combines global company and industry data, analyst reports, expert knowledge and AI tools for corporate research, strategy, sales and investment decisions. NewsPicks delivers original articles and video alongside news from more than 100 media outlets, with commentary from experts and users.
Speeda is sold to businesses on annual plans priced by user count. NewsPicks generates revenue from paid subscriptions, advertising and related content and events. Uzabase was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in February 2023 after Carlyle’s tender offer, so it no longer publishes comparable annual revenue in public investor results.
- Salary range
- ¥4.2M – ¥15M
- Median
- ¥5.7M – ¥8.8M
- Remote or hybrid
- 100%
- Most requested
- AWS 2
- Docker 2
- Generative AI / LLM 2
- Google Cloud 2
- Java 2
- JavaScript 2
- JLPT N1 1
- Native Japanese 3
- Japanese posting, level unstated 23
- Common areas
- Marketing 7
- Consulting & strategy 4
- Operations 4
- Finance & accounting 3
Measured from the 27 listings Ranked has live for Uzabase. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.
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open positions at Uzabase
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Lead customer projects for major Japanese companies from scope and architecture through data pipelines, implementation, rollout and operations, coordinating departments. Remote work is available.
Lead customer-specific software projects for major Japanese companies, covering requirements, architecture, data pipelines, implementation, deployment, and operations. Remote work is available.
Lead company-wide security strategy, architecture, governance, incident response, and team management. Work with executives, product, SRE, corporate IT, and business teams to assess risk and improve security.
Develop machine-learning products for Speeda, covering NLP models, LLM-based information extraction, training and CI/CD pipelines, inference APIs, and ongoing improvement of existing products.
Design company-wide security architecture, standardize security products, define IT security requirements, and lead CSIRT monitoring, vulnerability response, and incident handling.
Plan sponsored video and article content for NewsPicks Studios, turning client needs into proposals and coordinating production with sales, directors, engineers, and designers.
Lead advertising proposals for NewsPicks Brand Design, from client sales and campaign planning through content production, delivery and reporting, working with editors, video producers, event planners and designers.
Advise major companies on purpose, organizational and talent development, and culture change; design proposals, deliver projects, and develop new services. Remote work is available in Japan.
Lead planning and production for NewsPicks Studios video content, directing recordings and live productions, filming, editing, and guiding new economic and business programs.
Plans and directs sponsored economic programs for NewsPicks Studios, working with planning and sales teams on client needs, casting guests, scripts, recording, editing, thumbnails, and budgets.
Manage NewsPicks’ media-platform business through profit analysis, KPI visualization, budgeting, cohort and churn analysis, executive reporting, and cross-functional workflow improvement.
Manage monthly and annual closing, tax work, and accounting issues for domestic and overseas group companies. Improve processes, apply IFRS, and join automation projects.
Design and lead expert-research content for Speeda by identifying market topics, selecting experts, conducting interviews, and turning insights into reusable business content.
Plan and execute digital marketing campaigns to attract viewers and generate leads for NewsPicks B2B webinar programs. Manage email, web advertising, landing-page and creative initiatives while coordinating with clients, marketers, engineers and creators.
Handles lead outreach for NewsPicks Brand Design through calls and email, researches client challenges, proposes solutions, books meetings, and improves conversion with marketing and sales teams.
Coordinate FLASH Opinion research delivery: refine client questions, identify and contact experts, manage 24-hour projects, and improve operations. Remote-centered in Japan.
Support MIMIR’s expert-research business through research, expert exploration and arrangement, or FLASH Opinion service operations. The role is based in Tokyo, with remote work available.
Frames client questions, finds relevant experts, arranges interviews and surveys, delivers findings, and proposes follow-up solutions. Primarily remote full-time role.
Clarify professional-firm clients’ research needs, find and propose suitable experts, arrange interviews or surveys, deliver collected insights, and improve team workflows in a remote-centered role.
Plans NewsPicks Studios video advertising from client-needs discovery through proposals and execution, coordinating with sales and production teams. Full remote work is available.
Support NewsPicks advertising projects through event preparation, research, client and speaker coordination, progress tracking, data management, reporting, and new-service planning.
Work across Speeda, MIMIR, or corporate operations after graduation. Analyze industries and companies, plan new businesses, and support inside sales or customer success.
Assist NewsPicks editorial production by translating and editing articles, creating video subtitles, researching, interviewing, writing, and supporting original article and video production.
Support NewsPicks article production through editorial assistance, interview note-taking, official X operations, and workflow improvements with AI tools in a part-time hybrid internship.
Curate domestic and international business news for NewsPicks users, select stories for app and web placement and push alerts, and create trend roundups with related articles.
Select and organize timely news for the NewsPicks app and website, help choose push and breaking-news alerts, and add article comments within the content curation team.
