# Ads Marketing Manager, Japan

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: Tokyo
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Category**: Marketing
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

OpenAI is building the next generation of advertising for an AI-powered world. As Ads Marketing Manager, Japan, you will help build OpenAI's advertising business in Japan, focusing on growing small and medium-sized advertisers.

You will own the market's SMB growth strategy and revenue outcomes across acquisition, activation, retention, and expansion. You will translate a deep understanding of Japanese businesses into programs that help advertisers succeed.

Key responsibilities:

- Own SMB revenue and growth goals in Japan, developing strategies and measurable marketing programs.

- Build acquisition, onboarding, activation, and lifecycle programs for SMBs.

- Identify priority customer segments, verticals, and growth opportunities through customer insight and market analysis.

- Recruit, engage, and grow SMB-focused agencies and partners.

- Develop locally relevant case studies, webinars, events, and educational content.

- Partner with Sales to connect marketing programs with customer opportunities.

- Adapt global campaigns and programs for Japan, balancing local customer needs with shared resources.

- Measure commercial impact, test new approaches, and scale successful programs.

Requirements:

- Experience in digital advertising, growth marketing, or advertiser marketing with a track record of delivering measurable business growth.

- Deep understanding of Japan's advertising market, including SMB needs and agency relationships.

- Experience building programs from scratch and setting priorities in ambiguity.

- Strong knowledge of self-serve advertising and performance marketing.

- Experience working with agencies and partners to reach and grow advertisers.

- Strong analytical judgment and ability to connect customer insight to revenue outcomes.

- Strong communication skills in Japanese and English.

## Skills

### Required
- digital advertising
- growth marketing
- advertiser marketing
- self-serve advertising
- performance marketing
- analytical judgment
- Japanese
- English

### Nice to have
- experience at an advertising technology platform
- taking global programs into Japan
- delivering advertiser events

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