Healthcare Business Consultant

This full-time role is based in Tokyo and focuses on consulting sales for major food and beverage companies. The position covers both new-business development and support for existing clients, with responsibility for proposing business strategies, initiatives, and solutions in the healthcare field.

The work extends from proposal to implementation. The consultant is expected to engage with senior executives and other decision-makers, use current health evidence to develop business strategies, and support clients through product development, marketing activities, and clinical research. The role also includes building evidence in cooperation with research institutions and designing solutions with registered dietitians, data scientists, and engineers inside the company.

Required experience includes corporate sales for clients in the food, beverage, or healthcare industries; a record of independently developing new accounts and completing negotiations through closing; proposal-based sales to executives or decision-makers; experience involving multiple stakeholders and advancing projects with a self-directed schedule; and the ability to prepare proposals and presentations based on data analysis.

Preferred qualifications include marketing or business development experience at a food or beverage company, sales experience as a pharmaceutical medical representative or in health foods with evidence-based proposals, basic knowledge of clinical research or evidence building, knowledge of or interest in nutrition and food science, and hands-on support experience at a consulting firm.

The business operates in the food and healthcare technology domain. Its services include an AI meal-planning and nutrition-management application for patients and consumers and the Kakaris dietary guidance solution for medical institutions. The company also develops solutions for health insurance associations, conducts joint clinical research with medical institutions, and works with food, beverage, and pharmaceutical companies. The sales team uses this accumulated food and health knowledge to support healthcare-oriented product and business development.

The company states that remote work and core-time flextime are used, and online interviews are available. New employees receive onboarding during their first six months, including monthly one-on-one lunches with a mentor and regular meetings with the CEO. Welcome lunches and quarterly internal events are also held.