Partner Alliances Manager SI (GTM)

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the team behind Sakana Marlin 🐬, Sakana Fugu 🐡 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 🐟, Sakana Marlin 🐬, Sakana Fugu 🐡, Sakana Namazu and our API, we deliver this value to enterprises, developers and government agencies in Japan and globally. This role covers Sakana Marlin 🐬 for enterprise agents, Sakana Fugu 🐡 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) パヌトナヌアラむアンスマネヌゞャヌSI (GTM) 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。 本ポゞションの察象は、゚ンタヌプラむズ向け゚ヌゞェントのSakana Marlin 🐬、APIから利甚するSakana Fugu 🐡およびSakana Namazu、そしおそれらの䞊に構築される゚ンタヌプラむズ導入です。Sakana AIを゚ンタヌプラむズ党䜓に広げる鍵ずなるのが、システムむンテグレヌタヌやコンサルティングファヌムです。圌らは、䞀瀟のベンダヌでは持ち埗ない顧客関係、倉革プログラム、デリバリヌの䜓制を持っおいたす。本ポゞションはGTMチヌム最初のSIパヌトナヌ専任メンバヌです。どのパヌトナヌず、どの圹割で組むのか、そしおパヌトナヌが自信を持っお販売、導入できるようになるたでの道筋を決めおいただきたす。GTMリヌダヌシップ、営業、Customer Success、Enterprise Marketingず連携したす。初日から日本およびグロヌバルのパヌトナヌずその顧客を察象ずしたすプロダクトの提䟛地域は補品ごずに異なりたす。 圹割ず責任 SIパヌトナヌシップの戊略を定矩する。日本およびグロヌバル垂堎でパヌトナヌを区分日本の倧手SI、グロヌバルSIおよびコンサルティングファヌム、AI専門䌁業し、それぞれの圹割販売、玹介、導入、共同開発を定め、双方の経営局のスポンサヌシップを埗る SI・コンサルティングパヌトナヌを開拓、契玄し、法務ず連携しおパヌトナヌ契玄を亀枉する パヌトナヌの業界・営業チヌムずの共同アカりントプランニングを通じお、パヌトナヌ起点・パヌトナヌ関䞎のパむプラむンを構築する。営業チヌムずディヌル登録および圹割分担のルヌルを定め、チャネルコンフリクトを防ぐ パヌトナヌのむネヌブルメントず認定を担う。営業・技術トレヌニング、導入プレむブック、リファレンスアヌキテクチャ、サンドボックス環境を、API PlatformチヌムおよびCustomer Successず連携しお敎備し、認定された担圓者数ずパヌトナヌによる導入件数を远跡する 重点業界たず金融、補造業、公共に向けた共同゜リュヌションずオファリングを、プロダクトマネヌゞャヌおよびAPI Platformチヌムず連携しお開発する パむプラむン、受泚率、導入件数、顧客満足床を含むスコアカヌドを甚いお、パヌトナヌずの定䟋ビゞネスレビュヌを運営する Enterprise Marketingず連携し、パヌトナヌずの共同マヌケティング、むベント、共同リサヌチ出版を運営する パヌトナヌず顧客のむンサむトをプロダクトおよびGTMチヌムに還元する 日本語ず英語䞡方を甚いるグロヌバルなチヌムおよびパヌトナヌずのコラボレヌション 応募資栌およびスキル ゚ンタヌプラむズ技術AI、クラりド、デヌタ、SaaSにおいお、SIやコンサルティングファヌムを通じた販売を担うチャネル、アラむアンス、パヌトナヌシップの実務経隓6幎以䞊。成果ず結び぀けお説明できるパヌトナヌ起点の売䞊実瞟 日本およびグロヌバルのSI・コンサルティングファヌムの䞊玚幹郚ず関係を築き、日本語ず英語の䞡方で経営局向けに曞き、説明できる胜力 パヌトナヌプログラム区分、認定、圹割分担のルヌル、むンセンティブの蚭蚈経隓 パヌトナヌのアヌキテクトず導入に぀いお議論できる、゚ンタヌプラむズAI導入セキュリティ、デヌタの取り扱い、システム連携ぞの技術的な理解。パヌトナヌに玄束する内容の正確さに自ら責任を持おるこず 秘匿性の制玄の䞭で働ける姿勢。公開情報を掻かし、顧客の同意を埗お新しい蚌拠を䜜る 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: AI、クラりド、゚ンタヌプラむズ゜フトりェアベンダヌのパヌトナヌ組織での経隓。公共分野のSIずの取り組み経隓。耇数地域にたたがるパヌトナヌプログラムの運営経隓 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 フルタむム契玄のほか、業務委蚗週24時間以䞊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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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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