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Red Hat

Enterprise open-source software subscriptions and services

AI Sales Specialist

Account ExecutiveConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in professional technical sales or solution architecture, specifically in AI, cloud, Kubernetes, and high-performance computing.
  • Demonstrated success managing long-term, complex sales cycles involving multiple technical and financial gatekeepers.
  • Deep understanding of the AI/ML lifecycle, from data preparation to distributed inference and model monitoring.
  • At least 15 years of technical solution-selling experience across Japan markets.
  • Fluency in English and Japanese.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the commercial success of the Red Hat AI portfolio in the Japan market and help enterprises move from AI experimentation to scalable, production-grade deployments.
  • Position Red Hat AI as the unified hybrid-cloud foundation for securely, transparently, and efficiently deploying and managing AI workloads.
  • Own the technical close and orchestrate sales strategy by aligning technical architecture resources, partner ecosystems, and account teams to lead high-stakes AI subscription and services wins.
  • Challenge proprietary vendor lock-in and lead discussions on digital sovereignty, demonstrating the flexibility to run any model on any accelerator across any cloud.
  • Translate complex AI infrastructure into business value by demonstrating reduced total cost of ownership, optimized inference hardware utilization, and faster time-to-market for AI-agent development and operations.
  • Define AI-specific strategy within global account plans and position Red Hat for customers' long-term predictive, generative, and agentic AI roadmaps.
  • Position Red Hat AI Enterprise for building, developing, and deploying AI-powered applications, and present unified lifecycle value to platform and AI engineers.
  • Demonstrate high-performance, cost-effective inference using vLLM and llm-d, including maximizing throughput and minimizing latency across accelerators such as NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Google TPU.
  • Promote the open hybrid-cloud operating model across bare metal, virtual machines, public clouds, and edge locations.
  • Position Red Hat as a foundation for autonomous, goal-oriented AI workflows integrated with existing enterprise APIs and data sources.
  • Generate pipeline and close deals while operating autonomously within the assigned territory.
  • Lead presentations and discussions with technical decision-makers and C-level executives, translating complex AI concepts into strategic business outcomes.
  • Lead cross-functional teams, including marketing, product engineering, and partners, to win in a competitive environment.
  • Influence go-to-market strategy by providing customer feedback to Product Management.
  • Hold internal account partners accountable for opportunity quality and provide subject-matter expertise to drive deal velocity.

Desired Qualifications

  • Communicate the benefits of open standards, community-driven innovation, and software transparency.

About the Company

Red Hat

Enterprise open-source software subscriptions and services

Red Hat sells enterprise open-source software with a subscription model that includes updates, security patches, and professional support. Its products—RHEL for hybrid cloud servers, OpenShift for containerized apps, and the Ansible Automation Platform for IT automation—are open-source at core but provided with guaranteed enterprise support. Red Hat differentiates itself by pairing open-source code with a deep services layer and an integrated stack designed for hybrid/multicloud environments, backed by IBM. Its goal is to help large organizations deploy, manage, and scale open-source software across complex IT landscapes with reliable software and predictable, ongoing support.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Raleigh, NC
Founded
1993

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