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That’s real impact.\n\nOur high-performance culture is driven by our values. We move with speed, passion and purpose — as one team. We are bold in our ideas, accountable in our actions, and committed to doing the right things right. \n\nNAVEX is a leader in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software, helping organizations manage ethics and risk programs. With over 50 blue-chip customers in Japan served by our London team, we are now establishing a local presence to drive growth.\n\nIn this role, you’ll proactively partner with existing customers to identify opportunities for cross-sell and seek out brand new customers with your prospecting prowess in your territory. You’ll identify and engage with the decision makers within an organization to uncover their needs, demonstrate the value of our products, win deals and assist them through the implementation process. And don’t worry, you’re not alone in this! Our team offers a collaborative work environment where you’ll partner with Marketing, Solutions Engineers, Product Specialists and your sales leader to ensure you have the resources you need to be successful. The ideal candidate will be relationship driven, a go-getter, energetic and passionate about selling new business in a team environment. A competitive edge with a drive to make money will certainly influence your success with us as well!\n\nYou’ll thrive in this hybrid role surrounded by an engaged, collaborative team deeply committed to your success. You will be working with colleagues in our local hub on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week. Join us and help shape what’s next!\n\nWhat you’ll get: \nMeaningful Purpose. Your work helps organizations operate with integrity and protect their people—at a scale few companies can match.\nHigh-Performance Environment. We move with urgency, set ambitious goals, and expect excellence. You’ll be trusted with real ownership and supported to do the best work of your career.\nCandid, Supportive Culture. We communicate openly, challenge ideas—not people—and value teammates who embrace bold thinking and continuous improvement.\nGrowth That Matters. You can count on authentic feedback, strong accountability, and leaders invested in your success so you can achieve real growth.\nRewards for Results. We provide clear, competitive compensation designed to recognize measurable outcomes and real impact.\nWhat you’ll do:\nHeavy prospecting of potential customers, leveraging your prospecting techniques to effectively continue your approach on engaging customers while nurturing relationships to drive interest and advance our sales goals\nProactively identify, establish, and maintain relationships with prospective and existing NAVEX customers to generate new business opportunities. Promote cross-sell and upsell initiatives by presenting the value of NAVEX’s integrated risk and compliance management platform and solutions in a clear, consultative manner\nDeliver persuasive presentations and SaaS technology demonstrations by storytelling actual business scenarios in an engaging and compelling manner to key decision makers to impress prospects and customers with your industry and product knowledge\nIdentify and meet customer needs with strong discovery and consultative value selling\nEffectively develop and prioritize a pipeline of opportunity beyond what is needed to achieve your sales goals, accurately forecasting sales\nAttend initial in-person 1-week intensive training and on-going virtual weekly product trainings to stay well informed on industry trends and up to date on NAVEX’s always evolving solutions \nConsistently meet or exceed your sales quota by effectively negotiating and closing opportunities with professionalism and integrity\nWhat you’ll need:\n8+ years of a successful B2B sales career track and experience targeting Enterprise customers (6,000+ company headcount)\nFluent in business-level Japanese, with the ability to communicate effectively with local Japanese customers, both verbally and in writing\nStrong business-level English communication skills, to collaborate effectively with global teams across the broader organization\nDeep understanding of Japanese culture, etiquette, and communication styles\nExperience selling SaaS based solution\nFamiliarity with value selling, strategic selling, formal training or understanding of best practice models such as Miller Heiman, Solution Selling, SPIN or Challenger\nA passion for learning – the risk and compliance space are rapidly evolving\nStrong presentation skills, having a persuasive and patient, yet compelling and compassionate approach. You’ll be forging strong relationships with customers and must be able to earn their trust\nStrong prospecting, planning, organizational and time management skills. We have a dynamic environment that requires self-motivation and initiative, and comfort working with ambiguity\nTechnical ability to be proficient with Salesforce and MS Office products\nAbility to approach, recognize and anticipate process and operational problems and effectively identify areas for improvement\nAbility to drive results through your job competencies of persuasive sales engagement, sales strategy and process, and product and industry knowledge (sales) while leveraging NAVEX’s core values\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification recognized by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT)\nOur side of the deal: \nWe’ll be clear, we’ll move fast, and we’ll invest in your success. You deserve to be supported, challenged, and rewarded for the impact you make—and we commit to doing that every step of the way.\nOn-Target Earnings of 2,170,100 JPY per year. The starting pay for this role is 12,765,000 JPY annually, and the target variable pay for this role is $8,936,000 JPY. *Target variable pay is based on individual achievement factors and is not guaranteed Discover how you can grow, lead, and make an impact by visiting our career page to learn more. 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