Japan Country Launcher at Pragmatike
Job Description
📋 Description
- Own the launch and day-to-day business operations in Japan
- Build the local presence from the ground up, including partners, vendors, and operational processes
- Identify and develop commercial opportunities and strategic partnerships
- Navigate the Japanese market, healthcare ecosystem, and relevant regulatory or operational
- Work closely with the global leadership team to adapt the business for Japan
- Represent the company with customers, partners, healthcare organizations, and other local
🎯 Requirements
- Proven experience building, launching, or operating a business, team, or new market in Japan
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a scrappy, hands-on approach
- Comfortable working with significant autonomy and ambiguity
- Strong business development, operations, and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent understanding of the Japanese business environment
- Fluent English is required
🎁 Benefits
- Be the first key operator on the ground in Japan for a YC-backed company
- Own the launch of a new country from the ground up
- Work directly with an international founding team and have significant decision-making autonomy
- Build partnerships and operations in one of the world's most important healthcare and technology
- Opportunity to shape the Japan business as an early, founder-like member of the team
