Strategy & Operations Lead - Japan

OpenAI; United States; Hybride; USD 165 000 - 241 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work in Tokyo

Open collaboration across APAC

Résumé du poste

OpenAI in Tokyo is seeking a Strategy & Operations Lead to scale operational excellence across Japan. The role translates global strategy into regional execution, ensures discipline across markets, and builds scalable operating systems to meet ambitious business goals while considering the long-term opportunity.

The position is based in Tokyo with a hybrid model of 3 days in office, collaborating with global leadership and regional teams for strong execution and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Defining and implementing the Japan operating strategy in alignment with APAC & global objectives.
• Driving execution across key markets, ensuring consistency while adapting to local needs, regulations, and market dynamics.
• Partnering with global leadership to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and ensure strong execution in-region.
• Establishing KPIs, reporting frameworks, and operating cadences to track performance and inform decision-making.
• Building and optimizing scalable processes across business lines, including consumer, product, partnerships, and other key functions.
• Identifying operational gaps and inefficiencies, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsabilités

• Defining and implementing the Japan operating strategy in alignment with APAC & global objectives and regional priorities.
• Driving execution across key markets, ensuring consistency while adapting to local needs, regulations, and market dynamics.
• Partnering with global leadership to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and ensure strong execution in-region.
• Establishing KPIs, reporting frameworks, and operating cadences to track performance and inform decision-making.
• Building and optimizing scalable processes across business lines, including consumer, product, partnerships, and other key functions.
• Identifying operational gaps and inefficiencies, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.

Description du poste

About the Team

The APAC team is responsible for bringing OpenAI’s mission, products, and partnerships to life across one of the company’s most strategically important regions. As we scale our presence across Asia-Pacific, we are building a regional operating model that enables strong local execution, consistent global alignment, and long-term impact across businesses, products, markets, and functions.

About the Role

We are looking for a Strategy & Operations Lead to lead and scale operational excellence across Japan. This leader will translate global strategy into regional execution, ensure operating discipline across markets and functions, and help the business scale with consistency, speed, and rigor. This person will act as a key bridge between global leadership and regional teams, bringing clarity to priorities, building scalable operating systems, and ensuring the region is set up to deliver against ambitious business goals while keeping the long-term opportunity in mind. This role is based in Tokyo, Japan and we use a hybrid model of 3 days in office.

In this role, you will:

• Defining and implementing the Japan operating strategy in alignment with APAC & global objectives and regional priorities.
• Driving execution across key markets, ensuring consistency while adapting to local needs, regulations, and market dynamics.
• Partnering with global leadership to prioritize initiatives, allocate resources, and ensure strong execution in-region.
• Establishing KPIs, reporting frameworks, and operating cadences to track performance and inform decision-making.
• Building and optimizing scalable processes across business lines, including consumer, product, partnerships, and other key functions.
• Identifying operational gaps and inefficiencies, and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting market entry strategies and operational readiness for Japan Enabling strategic partnerships through strong operational frameworks and close partnership with relevant teams. He