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Pure Storage

Delivers all-flash storage hardware and services

CX Director - Customer Experience Strategic Leadership

Customer SuccessPosted on Nov 11
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in business, information technology, computer science, or an equivalent field.
  • At least 10 years of experience managing global enterprise accounts, large multinational service engagements, or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated executive-level, customer-facing account leadership with Japanese enterprise customers and understanding of Japanese business practices and customer expectations.
  • Native-level Japanese proficiency.
  • Business-proficiency English, spoken and written, including the ability to present to executives and write professionally in both Japanese and English.
  • Ability to influence, persuade, negotiate, and build consensus across a matrix organization and with partners.
  • Strong business and financial acumen and deep understanding of value drivers in recurring revenue models.
  • Ability to lead and develop large, multifaceted teams.
  • Strong analytical skills and a process-oriented mindset, with composure during customer escalations.
  • Presentation skills and ability to share thought leadership with executives, customers, and partners.
  • Strong writing skills and competence with business tools for documents, financial analysis, and presentations.
  • Experience working in a matrix environment.
  • Willingness to travel within Japan and occasionally abroad to meet customers and partners.

Responsibilities

  • Own Japan's customer experience strategy and three-year plan, including the customer success motion, in partnership with global customer experience and portfolio leaders.
  • Partner with Sales to execute one-to-three-year integrated account plans, participate in top-customer and strategic-account planning, and serve as the single point of accountability for Japan's customer experience across the services portfolio.
  • Build deep, face-to-face relationships with named customers, key stakeholders, and executives.
  • Align customer-dedicated team members and channel partners across functions to deliver consistent, high-quality service to Japanese customers.
  • Partner with executive sponsors to achieve objectives and outcomes for Japan accounts.
  • Develop and implement customer retention strategies for the Japan market.
  • Represent Everpure during major Japanese customer escalations, coordinating with support teams and functional owners through critical care programs and ensuring proactive communication and executive involvement for swift resolution.
  • Bring Japanese customer requirements to Engineering, Quality, product roadmaps, and service development.
  • Influence Japan-specific processes and workflows so global services meet local expectations.
  • Advocate for Evergreen//One customers and services, applying financial acumen.
  • Sponsor continuous improvement and problem-management trends for Japan accounts, driving root-cause analysis and remediation.
  • Design and plan the service customer journey for Japan accounts.
  • Understand customers' business goals with Sales and identify opportunities for value co-creation, growth, and expansion.
  • Drive account-based innovation to improve customer perceptions of solution and service value, ease of doing business, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop customer relationship roadmaps with executive sponsors, Sales, and service team members to guide future service and technology investment.
  • Establish forward-looking service strategy sessions with Japan accounts.
  • Work with Sales on service cross-selling and upselling, focusing on retention, diversification, and growth.
  • Build referenceable customers across the services portfolio.
  • Coordinate AI-related initiatives and customer engagement for Japan.
  • Support readiness for new products and portfolio areas, including Portworx, through proactive end-to-end customer experience planning.
  • Oversee the Authorized Service Partner relationship in Japan at an executive-influence level, acting as a program manager rather than owning the partners' businesses.
  • Oversee the quality of outsourced service partners and Authorized Service Partners.
  • Support growth of the Japan Authorized Service Partner network, focusing on service and support partners.
  • Clarify and standardize the Authorized Service Partner model in Japan.
  • Lead participation in and ownership of Japan initiatives as needed.
  • Ensure key materials, reporting, and processes are translated and localized for Japan.
  • Ensure consistent communication and reporting across service functions for Japan Global Strategic Accounts, including adapting quarterly business review templates for Japanese customers.
  • Communicate Japan's service vision, strategy, and plan to executive, product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT, and customer experience leadership teams, and promote a company-wide customer-centric culture.
  • Own Global Strategic Account Program key performance indicators for Japan accounts, including loyalty, satisfaction, diversification of spend, and relationship equity.
  • Build and maintain a Japan scorecard and success index to measure role effectiveness.
  • Maintain world-class customer satisfaction and net promoter scores for assigned accounts.
  • Report critical success factors and performance to senior leadership and share best practices across Global Strategic Accounts.
  • Build a Japan Voice of the Customer program aligned with the Global Customer Advisory Board.
  • Promote new services to customers.

Desired Qualifications

  • ITIL Foundation certification or comparable certification.
  • A master's degree in business or a related field.
  • Three to five years of experience in the data storage industry.
  • Experience managing or overseeing service partners or channel/Authorized Service Partner programs.

About the Company

Pure Storage

Delivers all-flash storage hardware and services

Pure Storage provides data storage solutions including all-flash storage arrays, cloud storage, hybrid cloud, and data protection services. Its products work by using flash memory to deliver fast data access, with Evergreen One offering a subscription-based, continuous update and maintenance model that keeps hardware and software up to date without replacing hardware. The company differentiates itself from competitors through a focus on high-performance all-flash storage, scalable data management, and a subscription-based Evergreen model that sustains ongoing software/firmware updates. Its goal is to help businesses manage, protect, and access their data efficiently at scale with sustainable, environmentally friendly storage solutions.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Founded
2009

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