Product Marketing Manager

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the team behind Sakana Chat 🐟, Sakana Marlin 🐬, and Sakana Fugu 🐡 Own product launches from pre-launch to post-launch, and keep every product's naming and messaging consistent with the company narrative. Tokyo (Hybrid) Full-time Japanese (Business) & English At Sakana AI, we are advancing world-class R&D through unique generative AI techniques inspired by nature. Our research on collective intelligence, model orchestration and recursive self-improvement has been published in Nature, ICLR and NeurIPS, and ships directly into our products. Through Sakana Chat 🐟, Sakana Marlin 🐬, Sakana Fugu 🐡, Sakana Namazu and our API, we deliver this value to enterprises, developers and government agencies in Japan and globally. Our Marketing Team is newly formed and works alongside the Product and GTM teams. It owns the company narrative, product naming and messaging, the lead-to-opportunity infrastructure, the developer community, and enterprise demand. This position is the first dedicated Product Marketing member of

the team. Our products and research evolve continuously, and you will own how each new product, model and feature is named, described and launched, working directly with product managers, researchers, Design and Communications.

Responsibilities Own the product layer of our narrative architecture: for each product, define the one-line role, the primary promise it carries, and the clear separation between proven claims and hypotheses Design and execute launch plans for new products and features from pre-launch to post-launch; set success metrics with product, research and communications teams, and run the post-launch review Lead product and plan naming within our naming rules, including model display names and pricing tiers, in collaboration with product managers and research teams Produce product content: product pages, launch posts, one-pagers, and the product sections of customer cases; keep the website, sales decks and product introduction materials in sync with current names and pricing Maintain the product messaging source of truth and keep it aligned with brand kits (Design) and wording rules (Communications) Feed market and customer insights back to product and research teams Drive seamless collaboration across global teams and markets utilizing both Japanese and English

Qualifications 5+ years of experience in product marketing for developer platforms, B2B SaaS, or technical AI products, with launches you can describe from brief to results Ability to write clearly in both English and Japanese, and to edit drafts from researchers and engineers into customer language without changing what is true Enough technical curiosity to understand what our products do and to discuss capabilities with engineers and researchers. We expect you to use AI tools to read documentation, try sample code and check your understanding; what matters is that you take responsibility for the accuracy of what you publish Experience working across Product, Sales and Design in an environment where the product changes frequently Ability to autonomously drive initiatives in an unestablished, fast-paced startup environment Native or professional fluency in both Japanese and English Preferred: experience naming products, models or plans, including trademark and multilingual checks Notes CV and cover letter must be submitted in English Candidates will be asked to submit an assignment after passing the initial document screening Available for full-time, contract (24+ hours/week), or internship (2+ months, 24+ hours/week) Product Marketing Manager Sakana AIでは、自然界から発想を埗るナニヌクな生成AI技術により、䞖界に先駆ける研究開発を行っおいたす。集合知、モデルのオヌケストレヌション、再垰的自己改善に関する研究はNature、ICLR、NeurIPSに採択され、そのたたプロダクトに実装されおいたす。Sakana Chat 🐟・Sakana Marlin 🐬・Sakana Fugu 🐡・Sakana Namazu・APIを通じお、その䟡倀を日本および䞖界の䌁業、開発者、官公庁に届けおいたす。 マヌケティングチヌムは新蚭の組織で、プロダクトチヌムおよびGTMチヌムず䞊走したす。䌚瀟のナラティブ、プロダクトの呜名ずメッセヌゞング、リヌドから商談たでの基盀、開発者コミュニティ、゚ンタヌプラむズ需芁の創出を担いたす。本ポゞションはチヌム最初のプロダクトマヌケティング専任メンバヌです。プロダクトず研究は絶えず進化しおおり、新しいプロダクト、モデル、機胜の名前、説明、ロヌンチの進め方を、プロダクトマネヌゞャヌ、リサヌチャヌ、デザむン、広報ず盎接連携しながら担っおいただきたす。 圹割ず責任 ナラティブ構造のプロダクト局を担う。各プロダクトに぀いお、䞀文の圹割、担う玄束、蚌明枈みの䞻匵ず仮説の区別を定矩する 新プロダクト・新機胜のロヌンチ蚈画をプレロヌンチからポストロヌンチたで蚭蚈、実行する。プロダクト、研究、広報の各チヌムず成功指暙を策定し、ロヌンチ埌の振り返りを行う 呜名ルヌルに基づき、プロダクト名、モデルの衚瀺名、料金プラン名の決定を䞻導する。プロダクトマネヌゞャヌおよび研究チヌムず連携する プロダクトコンテンツ補品ペヌゞ、ロヌンチ蚘事、ワンペヌゞャヌ、導入事䟋の補品偎を制䜜し、Webサむト、営業資料、補品玹介資料を最新の名称ず䟡栌に揃える プロダクトメッセヌゞングの正本を維持し、ブランドキットデザむンおよびWording Rules広報ずの敎合を保぀ 垂堎や顧客から埗たむンサむトをプロダクトチヌムやリサヌチャヌに還元する 日本語ず英語䞡方を甚いるグロヌバルなチヌムおよび垂堎におけるコラボレヌション 応募資栌およびスキル 開発者向けプラットフォヌム、B2B SaaS、あるいは技術的なAIプロダクトにおけるプロダクトマヌケティングの実務経隓5幎以䞊。䌁画から成果たで説明できるロヌンチ経隓 日本語ず英語の䞡方で明快な文章を曞き、リサヌチャヌや゚ンゞニアの原皿を事実を倉えずに顧客の蚀葉に線集できる胜力 プロダクトが䜕をするかを理解し、゚ンゞニアやリサヌチャヌず機胜に぀いお議論できる技術ぞの奜奇心。ドキュメントを読む、サンプルコヌドを詊す、理解を確かめる、ずいった䜜業にAIツヌルを䜿うこずを前提ずしおいたす。重芁なのは、公開する内容の正確さに自ら責任を持おるこずです プロダクトが頻繁に倉わる環境で、プロダクト、営業、デザむンを暪断しお働いた経隓 確立された型のない環境で自埋的に立ち䞊げを掚進できる胜力 日本語ず英語を高いレベルで䜿いこなせるこず 歓迎: プロダクト、モデル、プランの呜名経隓商暙確認、倚蚀語での確認を含む 備考 CVずカバヌレタヌは英文で提出しおください 曞類遞考の通過埌に課題の提出を行っおいただきたす フルタむム契玄だけでなく、業務委蚗週24時間以䞊、むンタヌンシップ2ヶ月間以䞊・週24時間以䞊の圢態も可ずしたす How to Apply 1 Find a role Review the open positions and identify the one that fits your background. 2 Email [email protected] Send a brief introduction and indicate which role you are applying for. 3 Submit the form Complete the Google Form with your CV and cover letter (English). ← Back to all open positions © Sakana AI 株匏䌚瀟

About Sakana AI

Sakana AI develops research-oriented artificial intelligence systems that draw inspiration from natural processes like evolution and collective intelligence. The company designs methods such as evolutionary model merging, multi-agent orchestration, and autonomous research agents to create AI models capable of adaptation and collaboration across tasks. Its work includes systems that automate elements of scientific research and frameworks that combine multiple models to generate new, task-specialized AI learners. Sakana AI engages in partnerships with enterprise and research organizations to apply its technology in domain-specific workflows and innovation projects. The company contributes tools and models to the broader AI community and explores applications that extend beyond conventional AI pipelines.

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Job details

Location

Remote

Company

NameSakana AI
IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Team Size2

Funding

Total raised

$379M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

Lux Capital
Khosla Ventures
New Enterprise Associates
NVIDIA
MMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

Founders

DH

David Ha

Co-Founder & CEO

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Llion Jones

Llion Jones

Co-Founder & CTO

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RI

Ren Ito

Co-Founder & COO

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01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.