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the team behind Sakana Marlin ð¬, Sakana Fugu ð¡ and Sakana Namazu Scale enterprise delivery through system integrators and consulting firms, so that Sakana reaches more enterprises than our own teams can serve directly. Tokyo (Hybrid) Full-time Japanese (Business) & English (Business) 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 ð, Sakana Marlin ð¬, Sakana Fugu ð¡, Sakana Namazu and our API, we deliver this value to enterprises, developers and government agencies in Japan and globally. This role covers Sakana Marlin ð¬ for enterprise agents, Sakana Fugu ð¡ and Sakana Namazu through our API, and the enterprise deployments built on them. System integrators and consulting firms are how Sakana scales across enterprises: they own customer relationships, transformation programs and delivery capacity that no single vendor can match. This position is the first dedicated SI partnership member of the GTM team. You will decide which partners we build with, in what roles, and how they become able to sell and deploy Sakana confidently, working with GTM leadership, Sales, Customer Success and Enterprise Marketing. You will work with partners and their customers in Japan and globally from day one (product availability varies by region).
Responsibilities Define the SI partnership strategy: segment partners (large Japanese SIs, global SIs and consulting firms, specialist AI firms) across Japan and global markets, assign each a role (sell, refer, deliver, co-build) and secure executive sponsorship on both sides Recruit and sign SI and consulting partners, and negotiate partner agreements with Legal Build partner-sourced and partner-influenced pipeline through joint account planning with partner industry and sales teams; define deal registration and rules of engagement with the sales team to prevent channel conflict Own partner enablement and certification: sales and technical training, delivery playbooks, reference architectures and sandbox access, together with the API Platform team and Customer Success; track certified practitioners and partner-delivered deployments Develop joint solutions and offerings for priority industries (finance, manufacturing and the public sector first), working with product managers and the API Platform team Run regular partner business reviews with a scorecard covering pipeline, win rate, deployments and customer satisfaction Run joint marketing, events and research publications with partners together with Enterprise Marketing Feed partner and customer insights back to product and GTM teams Drive seamless collaboration across global teams and partners utilizing both Japanese and English
Qualifications 6+ years of experience in channel, alliances or partnerships selling through system integrators or consulting firms in enterprise technology (AI, cloud, data or SaaS), with partner-sourced revenue you can tie to results Ability to build relationships with senior leaders of Japanese and global SI and consulting firms, and to write and present at executive level in both Japanese and English Experience designing partner programs: tiers, certification, rules of engagement and incentives Enough technical understanding of enterprise AI deployment (security, data handling, integration) to discuss delivery with partner architects and to take responsibility for the accuracy of what you commit to partners Comfortable working within confidentiality limits: using what is public, and building new proof with customer consent Ability to autonomously drive initiatives in an unestablished, fast-paced startup environment Native or professional fluency in both Japanese and English Preferred: experience in the partner organization of an AI, cloud or enterprise software vendor; experience with public-sector SIs; experience running partner programs across multiple regions 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 or contract (24+ hours/week) ããŒãããŒã¢ã©ã€ã¢ã³ã¹ãããŒãžã£ãŒSI (GTM) Sakana AIã§ã¯ãèªç¶çããçºæ³ãåŸããŠããŒã¯ãªçæAIæè¡ã«ãããäžçã«å é§ããç ç©¶éçºãè¡ã£ãŠããŸããéåç¥ãã¢ãã«ã®ãªãŒã±ã¹ãã¬ãŒã·ã§ã³ãååž°çèªå·±æ¹åã«é¢ããç ç©¶ã¯NatureãICLRãNeurIPSã«æ¡æããããã®ãŸãŸãããã¯ãã«å®è£ ãããŠããŸããSakana Chat ðã»Sakana Marlin ð¬ã»Sakana Fugu ð¡ã»Sakana Namazuã»APIãéããŠããã®äŸ¡å€ãæ¥æ¬ããã³äžçã®äŒæ¥ãéçºè ãå®å ¬åºã«å±ããŠããŸãã æ¬ããžã·ã§ã³ã®å¯Ÿè±¡ã¯ããšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºåããšãŒãžã§ã³ãã®Sakana Marlin ð¬ãAPIããå©çšããSakana Fugu ð¡ããã³Sakana NamazuããããŠãããã®äžã«æ§ç¯ããããšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºå°å ¥ã§ããSakana AIããšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºå šäœã«åºããéµãšãªãã®ããã·ã¹ãã ã€ã³ãã°ã¬ãŒã¿ãŒãã³ã³ãµã«ãã£ã³ã°ãã¡ãŒã ã§ãã圌ãã¯ãäžç€Ÿã®ãã³ããŒã§ã¯æã¡åŸãªã顧客é¢ä¿ãå€é©ããã°ã©ã ãããªããªãŒã®äœå¶ãæã£ãŠããŸããæ¬ããžã·ã§ã³ã¯GTMããŒã æåã®SIããŒãããŒå°ä»»ã¡ã³ããŒã§ããã©ã®ããŒãããŒãšãã©ã®åœ¹å²ã§çµãã®ãããããŠããŒãããŒãèªä¿¡ãæã£ãŠè²©å£²ãå°å ¥ã§ããããã«ãªããŸã§ã®éçãæ±ºããŠããã ããŸããGTMãªãŒããŒã·ãããå¶æ¥ãCustomer SuccessãEnterprise Marketingãšé£æºããŸãã忥ããæ¥æ¬ããã³ã°ããŒãã«ã®ããŒãããŒãšãã®é¡§å®¢ã察象ãšããŸãïŒãããã¯ãã®æäŸå°åã¯è£œåããšã«ç°ãªããŸãïŒã 圹å²ãšè²¬ä»» SIããŒãããŒã·ããã®æŠç¥ãå®çŸ©ãããæ¥æ¬ããã³ã°ããŒãã«åžå Žã§ããŒãããŒãåºåïŒæ¥æ¬ã®å€§æSIãã°ããŒãã«SIããã³ã³ã³ãµã«ãã£ã³ã°ãã¡ãŒã ãAIå°éäŒæ¥ïŒããããããã®åœ¹å²ïŒè²©å£²ã玹ä»ãå°å ¥ãå ±åéçºïŒãå®ããåæ¹ã®çµå¶å±€ã®ã¹ãã³ãµãŒã·ãããåŸã SIã»ã³ã³ãµã«ãã£ã³ã°ããŒãããŒãéæãå¥çŽããæ³åãšé£æºããŠããŒãããŒå¥çŽã亀æžãã ããŒãããŒã®æ¥çã»å¶æ¥ããŒã ãšã®å ±åã¢ã«ãŠã³ããã©ã³ãã³ã°ãéããŠãããŒãããŒèµ·ç¹ã»ããŒãããŒé¢äžã®ãã€ãã©ã€ã³ãæ§ç¯ãããå¶æ¥ããŒã ãšãã£ãŒã«ç»é²ããã³åœ¹å²åæ ã®ã«ãŒã«ãå®ãããã£ãã«ã³ã³ããªã¯ããé²ã ããŒãããŒã®ã€ããŒãã«ã¡ã³ããšèªå®ãæ ããå¶æ¥ã»æè¡ãã¬ãŒãã³ã°ãå°å ¥ãã¬ã€ããã¯ããªãã¡ã¬ã³ã¹ã¢ãŒããã¯ãã£ããµã³ãããã¯ã¹ç°å¢ããAPI PlatformããŒã ããã³Customer Successãšé£æºããŠæŽåããèªå®ãããæ åœè æ°ãšããŒãããŒã«ããå°å ¥ä»¶æ°ã远跡ãã éç¹æ¥çïŒãŸãéèãè£œé æ¥ãå ¬å ±ïŒã«åããå ±åãœãªã¥ãŒã·ã§ã³ãšãªãã¡ãªã³ã°ãããããã¯ããããŒãžã£ãŒããã³API PlatformããŒã ãšé£æºããŠéçºãã ãã€ãã©ã€ã³ãåæ³šçãå°å ¥ä»¶æ°ã顧客æºè¶³åºŠãå«ãã¹ã³ã¢ã«ãŒããçšããŠãããŒãããŒãšã®å®äŸããžãã¹ã¬ãã¥ãŒãéå¶ãã Enterprise Marketingãšé£æºããããŒãããŒãšã®å ±åããŒã±ãã£ã³ã°ãã€ãã³ããå ±åãªãµãŒãåºçãéå¶ãã ããŒãããŒãšé¡§å®¢ã®ã€ã³ãµã€ãããããã¯ãããã³GTMããŒã ã«éå ãã æ¥æ¬èªãšè±èªäž¡æ¹ãçšããã°ããŒãã«ãªããŒã ããã³ããŒãããŒãšã®ã³ã©ãã¬ãŒã·ã§ã³ å¿åè³æ Œããã³ã¹ãã« ãšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºæè¡ïŒAIãã¯ã©ãŠããããŒã¿ãSaaSïŒã«ãããŠãSIãã³ã³ãµã«ãã£ã³ã°ãã¡ãŒã ãéããè²©å£²ãæ ããã£ãã«ãã¢ã©ã€ã¢ã³ã¹ãããŒãããŒã·ããã®å®åçµéš6幎以äžãææãšçµã³ã€ããŠèª¬æã§ããããŒãããŒèµ·ç¹ã®å£²äžå®çžŸ æ¥æ¬ããã³ã°ããŒãã«ã®SIã»ã³ã³ãµã«ãã£ã³ã°ãã¡ãŒã ã®äžçŽå¹¹éšãšé¢ä¿ãç¯ããæ¥æ¬èªãšè±èªã®äž¡æ¹ã§çµå¶å±€åãã«æžãã説æã§ããèœå ããŒãããŒããã°ã©ã ïŒåºåãèªå®ã圹å²åæ ã®ã«ãŒã«ãã€ã³ã»ã³ãã£ãïŒã®èšèšçµéš ããŒãããŒã®ã¢ãŒããã¯ããšå°å ¥ã«ã€ããŠè°è«ã§ããããšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºAIå°å ¥ïŒã»ãã¥ãªãã£ãããŒã¿ã®åãæ±ããã·ã¹ãã 飿ºïŒãžã®æè¡çãªçè§£ãããŒãããŒã«çŽæããå å®¹ã®æ£ç¢ºãã«èªã責任ãæãŠãããš ç§å¿æ§ã®å¶çŽã®äžã§åããå§¿å¢ãå ¬éæ å ±ãæŽ»ããã顧客ã®åæãåŸãŠæ°ãã蚌æ ãäœã 確ç«ãããåã®ãªãç°å¢ã§èªåŸçã«ç«ã¡äžããæšé²ã§ããèœå æ¥æ¬èªãšè±èªãé«ãã¬ãã«ã§äœ¿ãããªããããš æè¿: AIãã¯ã©ãŠãããšã³ã¿ãŒãã©ã€ãºãœãããŠã§ã¢ãã³ããŒã®ããŒãããŒçµç¹ã§ã®çµéšãå ¬å ±åéã®SIãšã®åãçµã¿çµéšãè€æ°å°åã«ãŸãããããŒãããŒããã°ã©ã ã®éå¶çµéš åè CVãšã«ããŒã¬ã¿ãŒã¯è±æã§æåºããŠãã ãã æžé¡éžèã®ééåŸã«èª²é¡ã®æåºãè¡ã£ãŠããã ããŸã ãã«ã¿ã€ã å¥çŽã®ã»ããæ¥åå§èšïŒé±24æé以äžïŒãå¯ãšããŸã 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). â Back to all open positions © Sakana AI æ ªåŒäŒç€Ÿ
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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Location
Remote
Funding
Total raised
$379M
Last stage
Series B
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