This role serves as the focal point for Enablement and Program Landing in Japan, driving change and execution of strategic priorities in partnership with the Japan SE&O Lead, the Japan SLT, and the Asia regional SE&O team. The role ensures that global and regional programs are effectively landed in-market and that Japan-specific enablement priorities are surfaced, aligned, and delivered successfully.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with the Japan SE&O Lead to drive enablement and change-management initiatives aligned to Japan’s business priorities.
• Collaborate with the Asia Regional SE&O team and area stakeholders to ensure consistent landing of horizontal (region-wide) programs and locally relevant vertical priorities.
• Act as the bridge between Corp, Region, and Japan, ensuring change programs are contextualized, landed effectively, and adoption is tracked.
• Drive programmatic execution of enablement initiatives — managing timelines, milestones, and success metrics end-to-end.
• Support the Japan SLT by identifying capability gaps, surfacing feedback, and ensuring enablement aligns with business rhythm and market priorities.
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across MCAPS (ATU, STU, CSU, ISD, GPS) to drive unified execution and adoption.
• Measure and report the effectiveness and impact of enablement programs and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work closely with regional and local teams to prioritize initiatives, balance top-down and bottom-up programs, and manage bandwidth effectively.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across multiple teams and levels.
• Solid experience in Program Management, with a track record of landing initiatives in complex matrix environments.
• Understanding of the MCAPS ecosystem and interlock between ATU, STU, CSU, ISD, and GPS.
• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline and ability to drive measurable outcomes.
• Fluent in Japanese and English.
• Experience in SE&O, Go-to-Market, Operations, or other MCAPS roles is highly desirable.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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