Bilingual Japan Tech Partnerships Manager

Realta Fusion; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stock options

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Flexible PTO

Madison, WI living

Job summary

Realta Fusion in Madison, WI seeks a Japan Technical Partnerships Manager to bridge our U.S. engineering team with Japanese partners, suppliers, and investors. You will translate, coordinate, and manage multi-party initiatives at the system level without deep design work.

This role focuses on communication, project management, and relationship stewardship across time zones, with periodic travel to Japan to support meetings, reviews, and site visits.

Qualifications

• Fluent business-level Japanese and English.
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• PM skills tracking deliverables, schedules, and risks across time zones.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Serve as bilingual point of contact between Realta's engineers and Japanese partner organizations.
• Interpret and translate during meetings, design reviews, and negotiations; translate technical documents and correspondence.
• Track project milestones, action items, and deliverables across partner organizations; flag risks early.
• Support procurement conversations with Japanese suppliers and vendors, including RFQs and terms.
• Support meetings with Japanese investors, including translation and follow-up coordination.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with partner engineers, executives, and investors across cultures.
• Travel to Japan periodically to support in-person meetings, site visits, and design reviews.
• Coordinate logistics for partner visits to Realta's Madison facilities.

Skills

Bilingual Japanese/English

Cross-cultural communication

Project management

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Engineering background

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Realta Fusion in Madison, WI seeks a Japan Technical Partnerships Manager to bridge our U.S. engineering team with Japanese partners, suppliers, and investors. You will translate, coordinate, and manage multi-party initiatives at the system level without deep design work.

This role focuses on communication, project management, and relationship stewardship across time zones, with periodic travel to Japan to support meetings, reviews, and site visits.