Partner Sales Manager, Japan

About the role

Who We Are Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together . We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion. Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work. About The Role We're looking for a motivated Partner Sales Manager with an entrepreneurial and building spirit to join our founding sales team! The Japan region has been one of the most important market for us. As an early member of the team, you'll be instrumental in helping define our sales and customer success motion, meaningfully shape our future product, and drive business revenue all while having a blast doing it! What You'll Do Build and implement Japan Partner Sales strategy by working closely with global team. Recruit, enable and maintain resales partners relationship as primary owner. Work together with direct sales team to achieve the regional goals. Collaborate with internal team such as marketing, solutions engineer and customer success to maximize partner’s revenue growth Create the goals and strategic sales & marketing plan with each partners and conduct business reviews. Monitor the progress and adjust the strategy and process to continuously improve the results. Support partners on co-marketing such as product collateral, webinars and events. Maintain executive relationship with partners. Help grow Japan’s business through partner collaboration. Skills You'll Need to Bring You are inspired by our mission of helping people build beautiful tools for your life’s work You have 7+ years experience in direct and/or partner sales, preferably within a SaaS/IT organization Solid understanding of SaaS/IT partner ecosystem in Japan - experience and understanding in “PLG” SaaS business model would be a bonus You are comfortable with the ambiguity and pace of iteration of an early-stage startup You have a growth mindset and thrive in the building stage of a nascent team Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across all GTM teams You view setbacks as learning opportunities, not failures Native level Japanese, business level English Nice to Haves You've built partner sales playbooks or processes You've been an early hire at a fast growing start up before By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy. #LI-Onsite A Note on AI You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we'll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on. Equal Opportunity & Accommodations We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.