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.
Uzabase was founded in 2008 and was once listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; it was delisted in February 2023 after a tender offer by the Carlyle group succeeded in December 2022. Its group companies include NewsPicks Studios and FirstLight Capital, and it had 1,119 employees including consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2025.
- Salary range
- ¥4.2M – ¥15M
- Median
- ¥5.7M – ¥8.8M
- Remote or hybrid
- 100%
- Most requested
- AWS 2
- Docker 2
- Google Cloud 2
- Java 2
- JavaScript 2
- Kotlin 2
- Native Japanese 3
- Japanese posting, level unstated 21
- Common areas
- Marketing 6
- Sales 6
- Consulting & strategy 5
- Operations 4
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open positions at Uzabase
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.
Leads Logmi’s IR Solutions sales organization, overseeing field sales and customer success, setting strategy and KPIs, improving retention and LTV, and developing new business opportunities.
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.
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.
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.
Plan and deliver corporate training and seminars as a presales coordinator, matching speakers and proposals to clients’ talent-development and organizational challenges.
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.
Work across Speeda, MIMIR, or corporate operations after graduation. Analyze industries and companies, plan new businesses, and support inside sales or customer success.
Manages NewsPicks-hosted event growth projects, coordinating schedules and stakeholders, overseeing event-day operations, budgets, revenue, and sponsorship pipelines through BDR and marketing.
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.