Japan Remote (Country) Full-time

Nearfield Instruments is hiring a Business Development Manager - Japan

Responsibilities

  • Advance the company's growth strategy execution within the Japanese market
  • Uncover and cultivate new business opportunities among semiconductor producers and ecosystem collaborators
  • Help establish and strengthen the company’s market presence in Japan
  • Develop and sustain relationships with key decision-makers across engineering, procurement, and management levels
  • Collaborate with global or senior team members to engage high-level stakeholders
  • Navigate Japan’s structured, consensus-based organizational decision processes
  • Convert customer requirements into compelling value propositions with technical team input
  • Engage in discussions around technical specifications, project timelines, and commercial conditions
  • Assist in managing complex, extended sales cycles typical in capital equipment markets
  • Support negotiation processes and drive deal progression
  • Advocate for customer perspectives internally
  • Foster long-term relationships with strategic accounts
  • Deliver insights on market trends and competitive dynamics
  • Contribute to expanding the commercial pipeline and revenue growth
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Applications, and Marketing teams
  • Help align customer feedback and demands with product roadmap planning
  • Bridge communication between Japanese clients and international teams

Benefits

  • High-impact position within a rapidly scaling deep-tech organization
  • Strategic role in expanding market reach in a key region
  • Close cooperation with global colleagues across functions
  • Professional growth through exposure to international commercial operations
  • Fast-paced, innovative, and entrepreneurial workplace culture

Work Arrangement

Remote (Country) — Japan

Other

  • Remote, Japan-based role
  • Regular customer engagement required
  • Fluent in Japanese and English (business level required)
About company
Nearfield Instruments
Nearfield Instruments (NFI) is a fast-growing high-tech scale-up that designs, develops, integrates, markets, and services advanced semiconductor metrology solutions. Our instruments enable the world’s leading chipmakers to improve production yield and device performance—powering smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics. Founded in 2016, Nearfield brings together top scientific and engineering talent to deliver a unique, high-throughput Scanning Probe Microscopy platform for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.
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