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SmartNews

AI-powered news aggregation and curation app

Business Development - New Era

Business Development & PartnershipsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least approximately 2–3 years of experience in business development, business planning, or strategic partnerships.
  • Ability to create decision-driving documents, spreadsheets, and presentations; structure ambiguous information and turn it into written recommendations.
  • Ability to use current AI technologies and tools, including generative AI, in daily research, planning, and project execution, while understanding their limitations and verifying outputs.
  • Business-level Japanese proficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Research and analyze markets, competitors, and potential partners for the assigned business.
  • Work with managers to support the development of business models for assigned initiatives, including pricing, packaging, and revenue logic.
  • Identify, negotiate, and support the execution of specific partnerships, including content or intellectual property, stores and partner companies, distribution, and technology vendors, from initial contact through contract and launch.
  • Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including partners and Product, Engineering, Legal, and Sales, to advance assigned projects.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience launching a new business.
  • Experience delivering projects in collaboration with engineers or designers.
  • Experience in consumer marketplaces, local commerce, or content platforms.
  • Strong interest in building and scaling new consumer businesses in the AI era.
  • Business-level English proficiency or higher.

About the Company

SmartNews

AI-powered news aggregation and curation app

SmartNews operates a news aggregation app that pulls stories from a network of over 3,000 publishers. The app uses machine learning to analyze millions of articles, social signals, and user interactions to select trending and relevant news, with features like SmartView and offline reading. It earns mainly from ads and publisher revenue-sharing, and offers SmartNews+ for premium content, plus SmartView First licensing for publishers. The goal is to provide a broad, newspaper-like reading experience that helps users discover trustworthy news and reduce information overload while sustaining its business through ads and partnerships.

Company size
201-500
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$486.5M
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2012

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