Customer Success Manager (GTM)

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the team behind Sakana Marlin 🐬, Sakana Fugu 🐡 and Sakana Namazu Turn every deployment into lasting value: guide enterprise and government customers from go-live to adoption, expansion and renewal. 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. Once a deployment goes live, the customer needs someone accountable for what happens next: whether people actually use it, whether the promised outcome is reached, and whether the relationship grows. This position is the first dedicated Customer Success member of the GTM team. You will build how Sakana supports customers after deployment, from go-live to renewal, working with Sales, Support, the API Platform team, product managers and researchers. You will serve enterprise and government customers in Japan and globally from day one, across time zones and business cultures.

Responsibilities Own the post-deployment relationship for assigned enterprise and government accounts: agree success plans around outcomes the customer defines, engage executive sponsors, and run regular business reviews Drive adoption: onboarding, user enablement and expansion of use cases across departments; monitor usage, maintain account health scores and spot underuse early Manage renewal and expansion together with Sales: renewal forecasts, risk and expansion opportunities, with clear rules for who leads what Define the standard handover from deployment to Customer Success, including success criteria, documentation and who leads what after go-live Be the customer’s counterpart for how the product behaves: guide best practices for use, orchestration and evaluation, coordinate with Support on incidents with clear customer communication, and escalate issues to product and research teams Build the Customer Success foundation in Japanese and English: playbooks, health metrics and onboarding templates, with Marketing Operations, using the CRM as the system of record Work with SI partners so that customers deployed by partners receive the same success experience With customer consent and within confidentiality limits, identify customers for cases and references together with Enterprise Marketing Feed structured customer feedback back to product and research teams Drive seamless collaboration across global teams and markets utilizing both Japanese and English

Qualifications 6+ years of experience in customer success, consulting, solutions architecture or similar customer-facing roles for enterprise B2B software, ideally AI, data or developer platforms Experience owning retention and expansion outcomes for subscription or consumption-based products Experience working with security- and compliance-conscious customers such as financial institutions or government agencies in Japan and globally, and the ability to write and present at executive level in both Japanese and English Enough technical understanding of AI products to guide customers on how to use them and to discuss behavior with engineers and researchers. We expect you to use AI tools to learn; what matters is that you take responsibility for the accuracy of what you tell customers Ability to use usage data to define health scores and decide where to act Ability to autonomously drive initiatives and create playbooks in an unestablished, fast-paced startup environment Native or professional fluency in both Japanese and English Preferred: experience supporting LLM or generative AI deployments; experience supporting customers whose deployments were delivered by SI partners; experience building a Customer Success function from its first hire; experience managing accounts 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) カスタマヌサクセス マネヌゞャヌ(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。導入が本番皌働に入った埌、お客さたには、その先に責任を持぀存圚が必芁です。実際に䜿われおいるか、玄束した成果に届いおいるか、関係が広がっおいるか。本ポゞションはGTMチヌム最初のカスタマヌサクセス専任メンバヌです。本番皌働から曎新たで、導入埌にSakanaがお客さたをどう支えるかの仕組みを、営業、サポヌト、API Platformチヌム、プロダクトマネヌゞャヌ、リサヌチャヌず連携しながら構築しおいただきたす。初日から日本およびグロヌバルの䌁業・官公庁のお客さたを、時差やビゞネス文化の違いを越えお担圓したす。 圹割ず責任 担圓する䌁業・官公庁アカりントの導入埌の関係を担う。お客さたが定める成果に基づくサクセスプランを合意し、経営局のスポンサヌず関係を築き、定䟋のビゞネスレビュヌを運営する 掻甚定着を掚進する。オンボヌディング、ナヌザヌのむネヌブルメント、郚門暪断でのナヌスケヌス拡倧を行い、利甚状況の監芖ずアカりントのヘルススコアの管理で、利甚の停滞を早期に芋぀ける 営業ず連携しお曎新ず拡倧を管理する。曎新芋通し、リスク、拡倧機䌚を扱い、誰が䜕を䞻導するかのルヌルを明確にする 導入からCustomer Successぞの暙準的な匕き継ぎ成功基準、ドキュメント、導入埌に誰が䜕を䞻導するかを定矩する プロダクトの挙動に぀いおお客さたの窓口ずなる。利甚、オヌケストレヌション、評䟡のベストプラクティスを案内し、むンシデントではサポヌトず連携しお明確にお客さたぞ䌝え、課題はプロダクトおよび研究チヌムに゚スカレヌションする マヌケティングオペレヌションず連携し、CRMを正本ずしお、日英のプレむブック、ヘルス指暙、オンボヌディングのテンプレヌトなど、Customer Successの基盀を構築する SIパヌトナヌず連携し、パヌトナヌが導入したお客さたにも同じ氎準のサクセス䜓隓を提䟛する 顧客の同意を埗お、秘匿性の制玄の範囲内で、Enterprise Marketingず連携しお導入事䟋や参照可胜な顧客を特定する 構造化した顧客のフィヌドバックをプロダクトおよび研究チヌムに還元する 日本語ず英語䞡方を甚いるグロヌバルなチヌムおよび垂堎におけるコラボレヌション 応募資栌およびスキル ゚ンタヌプラむズB2B゜フトりェアAI、デヌタ、開発者向けプラットフォヌムが望たしいにおけるカスタマヌサクセス、コンサルティング、゜リュヌションアヌキテクト等の顧客察応業務の実務経隓6幎以䞊 サブスクリプション型たたは埓量課金型のプロダクトで、継続ず拡倧の成果に責任を持った経隓 日本およびグロヌバルの金融機関や官公庁など、セキュリティ・コンプラむアンス芁件の厳しいお客さたずの業務経隓、および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 お客さたに掻甚方法を案内し、゚ンゞニアやリサヌチャヌず挙動に぀いお議論できる、AIプロダクトぞの技術的な理解。AIツヌルを䜿っお孊ぶこずを前提ずしおいたす。重芁なのは、お客さたに䌝える内容の正確さに自ら責任を持おるこずです 利甚デヌタからヘルススコアを定矩し、どこで動くべきかを刀断できる胜力 確立された型のない環境で自埋的に立ち䞊げを掚進し、プレむブックを䜜れる胜力 日本語ず英語を高いレベルで䜿いこなせるこず 歓迎: LLM・生成AIの導入支揎の経隓。SIパヌトナヌが導入したお客さたの支揎経隓。Customer Success組織を最初のメンバヌずしお立ち䞊げた経隓。耇数地域にたたがるアカりントの管理経隓 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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