【日本マイクロソフト株式会社】Director of Japan Creator Partnerships
仕事内容
As Team Xbox, we are on a mission to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We deliver on that vision by putting players at the center, enabling you to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want. The Gaming Ecosystem Organization supports Xbox through our mission to empower game creators to realize their dreams. As the Director of Japan Game Creator Partnerships, you are responsible for leading a team of strategic partner managers located in Japan. This team is chartered to partner with Japan based game publishers and developers to create games for the Xbox ecosystem, including Xbox Game Pass (Console, PC, and Streaming), and empower Creators to grow, engage, and monetize their community of players. You will empower the Game Creators to focus on their games and communities by introducing them to Microsoft products and services for building and operating their games and their business.
In this role, you will develop strong professional relationships with key executive partners across the Japan gaming ecosystem. You will identify opportunities and create strategic growth plans for partnerships with some of the world’s largest Game Creators. For Game Creators to realize their dreams, they need to grow their business. Your team will partner with them to identify programs and strategies to deliver that growth for the partners and Microsoft. This will include historical analysis of the partners business, recent investments, deals and partnerships, and leverage internal and external data and benchmarks to inform the strategy for Creator Partnerships – collectively and individually. You will partner with Game Creators to deliver the games necessary to achieve Gaming’s growth agenda. This will include building new partnerships to introduce diverse game types, styles, genres, and narratives to increase representation and ensure all Gamers feel seen and included. You will also be responsible for identifying, developing, and executing inorganic growth opportunities to accelerate business success. As the Director of Japan Game Creator Partnerships, you will need to recruit, develop, and retain a team of high-performing Strategic Partner Managers to achieve these business goals.
応募資格(必須経験など)
BS/BA degree or equivalent experience is required
Demonstrated experience in a consumer, tech and/or interactive media & entertainment business focused on growing a partners business.
8+ years of experience in partner management, business development, people management, content publishing/launch operations. Experience within the video game industry is a plus.
Possesses a network of relationships with partners, potential partners, competitors to aid in opportunity identification
Ability to lead, influence and drive results at all levels (from senior executives to individual contributors) and all functions (such as engineering, marketing, sales, services, finance and legal) in a complex technical and evolving business environment and under conditions of fast pace and ambiguity
Experience in developing long-term, strategic partnership growth plans and executing against those plan
Experience working with global teams across time zones and geographies preferred
Demonstrated exceptional people management and leadership capabilities
Inclusive and collaborative – driving teamwork and cross-team alignment
Strong partner relationship management and solution development skills
Strong executive presence including communication and presentation skills
Problem solving mentality leveraging internal and/or external resources, conflict resolution, and follow through with partners
Ability to travel globally to visit partners and teams up to 25% of time.
Japanese and English language abilities is a plus.
Playing video games, of any type, is a plus.