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With multilingual teams spanning key regions worldwide, we deliver end-to-end solutions driven by deep local insights and a global perspective.Client Partner (CP), Strategic Partnerships\nLanguage requirement: Japanese, English & Chinese\nBoundless Inc., part of Yahoo Inc. (headquartered in the U.S.), is a trusted marketing and advertising partner empowering global companies to succeed in the Japanese market. With multilingual teams spanning key regions worldwide, we deliver end-to-end solutions driven by deep local insights and a global perspective.\nPosition Mission\nThis position sits within Strategic Partnerships and is responsible for existing key clients.\nThe Client Partner (CP) engages directly with client stakeholders-from the point of contact (POC) through decision-makers such as the CMO, Director, and Manager-and leads the management of the entire account. By deeply understanding the assigned key accounts, building strong relationships of trust, and delivering optimal solutions, the CP proactively drives both the client's business growth and the company's revenue expansion.\nKey Roles & Responsibilities\nDevelop the strategy for your assigned accounts and lead the full process with ownership-from proposal through execution, performance review, and securing reinvestment-driving both the client's business growth and the company's revenue expansion.\nDeeply understand the client's business, organization, and challenges, and identify growth opportunities and white space.\nAddress client challenges by combining products such as Search and Display across the board, designing optimal solutions and growth strategies, and driving upsell and cross-sell.\nBuild deep relationships across multiple layers of the client organization (including decision-makers such as the CMO, Director, and Manager) and establish yourself as a Trusted Advisor.\nAnalyze performance, develop and prioritize actions for key KPIs, and lead MBRs and QBRs.\nMaximize the use of AI-starting with operational and routine tasks-to improve efficiency, and focus on the value that only humans can create (dialogue, relationship-building, strategy, and negotiation).\nQualifications\n[Required Skills & Experience]\nBusiness-level or higher proficiency in Japanese, English, and Chinese (speaking, reading, and writing), with the ability to conduct business discussions and negotiations in all three languages.\n6+ years of hands-on client-facing (account management) experience in digital marketing or online advertising.\nKnowledge or hands-on experience with LINE Yahoo Ads or Google Ads.\nA broad understanding of digital marketing, including best practices for campaign optimization and operation, and a willingness to continuously learn about the latest trends.\nThe ability to deeply understand and analyze clients' ROI/CPA goals and data, media buying cycles, marketing concepts, targets, and more.\nKPI design and an understanding of the marketing funnel (from Branding to Performance).\nProject management skills to appropriately prioritize multiple projects in parallel and drive them forward in collaboration with other teams.\n[Preferred Skills & Experience]\nAccount management skills and experience at an advertising agency or platform company.\nSkills and experience in both Search and Display proposals and operations.\nAccount management skills and experience spanning the full range from Branding to Performance.\nSkills and experience in analyzing complex challenges and creating optimal solutions by leveraging logical thinking and critical thinking.\n[Desired Persona]\nProactivity and flexibility: Someone who brings a startup mindset to a fast-changing environment and can think flexibly and act proactively.\nSolution-oriented: Someone who can dig deep into the essence of business challenges and propose effective measures to solve complex problems.\nStrategic thinking: Someone who looks beyond immediate tasks, thinks backward from the mid- to long-term goals of the business and the client, discerns the priority of actions even in complex situations, and can craft the optimal strategy.\nOwnership: Someone who takes responsibility for their area and follows through carefully down to the details.\nCross-cultural bridge: Someone who understands not only language but also differences in business culture, and can build trust through smooth and effective communication.\nBoundless is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call +1.866.772.3182. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.\nAt Boundless, we know that diversity makes us stronger. 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