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Lead go-to-market strategies for YouTube commerce products, equip sales teams with data-backed video solutions, and connect Japan/APAC advertisers with global product teams.
This mid-level role is based in Tokyo and focuses on YouTube product and sales activation for the Japan and APAC markets. The role develops go-to-market strategies for YouTube commerce products, including video action and discovery products, and supports future product offerings.
Day-to-day work includes acting as a partner to Google Customer Solutions sales teams. The role provides technical expertise for customer pitches, helps accelerate business growth, and drives the performance of data-backed YouTube strategies across the YouTube ecosystem. It also monitors video trends, develops market intelligence, and identifies systemic obstacles in seller workflows.
The position serves as a feedback channel between advertisers in Japan and APAC and global product leads. It uses advertiser and market input to influence the global YouTube product roadmap and coordinates with regional Product and Sales Activation, Marketing, and gTech teams to support a unified APAC strategy.
Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience and four years of experience managing or advising on YouTube or video campaigns designed to deliver both performance and branding metrics. Fluency in Japanese and English is required to support the Japan market and APAC partnerships.
Preferred experience includes go-to-market, product management, or sales activation work; experience in technology or advertising; and execution and collaboration across the APAC region. Familiarity with e-commerce, consumer packaged goods, or omnisales environments is also preferred, including understanding how video affects the modern consumer journey. The posting also seeks experience influencing stakeholders and cross-functional partners, leading global initiatives across time zones and departments, and presenting technical concepts as clear narratives. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to use data, including data-driven attribution and incremental measurement, to identify market barriers and growth opportunities are preferred.
The role is part of Google Customer Solutions, whose sales teams support small and medium-sized businesses. The posting does not specify salary, working hours, employment duration, or remote-work arrangements. It states that equity grants, when provided, are discretionary and subject to applicable approval, plan, and grant-agreement terms.
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Google is a global search, advertising, and cloud company that operates a large engineering office in Shibuya, Tokyo, hiring software engineers in Japan.
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