Lead M&A strategy and the M&A team for a listed AI startup, covering sourcing, due diligence, PMI, group-company management, disclosure, and JV or subsidiary governance.
About this role
This full-time director role leads incubation and business development for JDSC clients, primarily in public administration, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and education. Customers range from companies entering the data business to organizations already using data and seeking to accelerate that work.
The role covers the full path from understanding or anticipating a client’s issues to forming and proposing hypotheses for data-based solutions and carrying them out. It works with data scientists and engineers to advance clients’ digital transformation, regardless of whether AI is introduced. The position also combines client-held data with JDSC technology to create new data-based businesses.
Through these activities, the director leads incubation intended to help JDSC enter new business domains while generating revenue from clients through Joint R&D. The position supports clients across their transformation, including changes to decision-making criteria, daily practices, workflows, and organizational structures.
Projects begin with a focused team of two or three experts from the relevant fields. While delivering the project, the team expands to approximately ten people. The position leads multiple projects at the same time, with five or more running concurrently.
The role is a regular full-time position based in Bunkyo, Tokyo. The posting does not specify particular educational credentials, years of experience, certifications, or language qualifications. It provides access to knowledge from the University of Tokyo and advanced technologies, with the opportunity to apply that learning in client transformation and new-business projects.
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