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RELX

Global information analytics and decision tools

Business Development Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Junior, Mid
Tokyo, Japan
HybridHybrid work: office two days per week, with additional attendance based on customer and team needs.
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Executive

About the job

Requirements
  • Native or fluent Japanese and business-level English proficiency.
  • Strong prospecting skills.
  • At least 2–4 years of B2B data sales or solution sales experience.
  • Experience managing full sales cycles while developing strong client relationships.
  • A proven record of high performance and achieving sales targets.
  • Analytical skills and technical aptitude.
  • Ability to travel for key prospect visits, conferences, and internal meetings.
  • Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate different time zones.
  • Basic Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Ability to independently develop by gathering and applying new information and acquiring business skills.
  • Ability to absorb industry knowledge and persistently negotiate and coordinate with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Identify new business opportunities and grow existing accounts in Japan.
  • Identify new problems the company can solve and work with internal resources to deliver complex solutions to new sections of a defined client base.
  • Adopt Cirium’s sales processes and 3C Selling principles across a defined sector.
  • Manage a book of business to achieve sales objectives and plan strategies that ensure a consistent flow of business.
  • Represent the business at major industry events, conferences, and trade shows as appropriate.
  • Record all customer and prospect activity in Salesforce.
  • Build long-term strategic account plans designed to maximize existing revenue streams while demonstrating return on investment to clients.
  • Manage a portfolio of customers to optimize client satisfaction, engagement, and retention.
  • Exceed personal targets.
  • Meet sales targets by identifying customer needs, solving customer problems through new and existing sales, planning sales activity, and tracking progress in Salesforce.
  • Maintain and expand relationships with key decision-makers to improve customer satisfaction and generate further revenue.
  • Propose global solutions tailored to customer needs.
  • Attend domestic and international conferences to expand customer networks.
Desired Qualifications
  • Two to four or more years of B2B sales or solution sales experience is described as advantageous in the Japanese-language section.

About the company

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professionals across scientific, technical, medical, legal, risk, business, and exhibitions industries. It operates in four segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk & Business Analytics; Legal; and Exhibitions. Its products combine large datasets, analytics, and decision-support tools to help researchers, healthcare professionals, lawyers, and business leaders make informed choices, improve productivity, and achieve better outcomes. Revenue mainly comes from subscriptions, with additional income from transactional sales and advertising. RELX differentiates itself through its deep data assets, specialized industry knowledge, and multi-segment offerings that span content, analytics, and decision-support services. The company pursues a goal of delivering trusted information and insights while supporting corporate responsibility and alignment with the UN SDGs through its products and partnerships.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

1894

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What believers are saying

  • H1 2026 revenue grew 7%; Legal grew 10%; Risk grew 8%.
  • February 24, 2026 Lexis+ with Protégé launched globally, expanding AI workflow adoption.
  • September 3, 2026 Doctrine closes, targeting one million European legal professionals.

What critics are saying

  • Anthropic and Thomson Reuters compressed legal AI pricing after February 2026 market shock.
  • Harvey and Legora court law schools in 2026, training future buyer cohorts elsewhere.
  • Exhibitions face Middle East event uncertainty through 2026, threatening margins and calendar-dependent cash flows.

What makes RELX unique

  • LexisNexis’ 200 billion-document corpus still beats generic legal AI models.
  • September 3, 2026 Doctrine acquisition deepens RELX’s European legal AI workflow moat.
  • H1 2026 subscriptions supplied 62% of revenue, stabilizing cash generation.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Wellness Program
  • Mental Health Support
  • Family Planning Benefits
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Flexible Work Hours

Company News

Yahoo Finance
Oct 23rd, 2026
RELX reports 7% underlying revenue growth as AI demand backs full-year outlook

RELX reported 7% underlying revenue growth for the first nine months of 2026, with its Legal, Risk, and STM divisions all contributing. Management reiterated its expectation of strong full year growth in revenue, adjusted operating profit, and constant currency adjusted earnings per share (EPS). AI-powered analytics tools, such as Lexis+ Protégé and LeapSpace, are becoming central to RELX's subscription model. The main risk is that competing or open source AI options could pressure its ability to charge a premium while it keeps investing heavily in new products. Analysts forecast revenue of £12.0bn and earnings of £2.9bn by 2029, implying 7.3% yearly revenue growth. Earnings are currently £2.3bn.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
RELX reaffirms 2026 outlook as nine-month underlying revenue grows 7%, led by Legal at 10%

RELX, the global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools, reported underlying revenue growth of 7% for the first nine months of 2026. It reaffirmed its full year outlook. Legal grew 10%, Risk 8%, and Scientific, Technical & Medical 6%. Exhibitions rose 4%, held back by disruption in the Middle East. Growth came from AI-enabled analytics and decision tools. RELX's research-grade AI workspace, LeapSpace, is seeing rapid usage growth. RELX expects another year of strong underlying growth in revenue and adjusted operating profit, as well as strong growth in adjusted earnings per share at constant currency.

Citybiz
Apr 28th, 2026
RELX to Acquire Legaltech Platform Doctrine in European AI Push

RELX Group has entered into an agreement to acquire French legal technology company Doctrine, a move that would expand its... Read More

Business Insider
Mar 1st, 2026
LexisNexis CEO dismisses AI threat as company reports 7% revenue growth

LexisNexis CEO Sean Fitzpatrick has dismissed investor concerns that AI threatens the legal software giant, saying proprietary data gives it a competitive advantage. Shares of parent company Relx fell 14% on 3 February following Anthropic's launch of an AI agent that drafts legal briefs, and are down 17% year-to-date. Fitzpatrick said LexisNexis's database of 200 billion legal documents, including content from Shepard's Citations dating to 1873, cannot be replicated by AI model makers. The company doesn't license its proprietary data to general-purpose AI providers. Relx reported 7% revenue growth for 2025 and 9% increase in adjusted operating profit, driven by customers adopting AI tools. LexisNexis is hiring and hasn't conducted AI-related redundancies.

Yahoo Finance
Feb 22nd, 2026
RELX's LexisNexis launches AI-powered identity management platform for healthcare

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of RELX, has launched a new identity management platform for the healthcare sector. Announced on 19 February, the tool combines identity verification, matching and enrichment capabilities with AI-powered authentication to enhance security throughout patients' healthcare journeys. The platform integrates LexisNexis IDVerse and offers enhanced identity verification, resolution and fraud protection. For healthcare professionals, it accelerates onboarding processes, automates processing and provides digital checks to prevent fraud. RELX is a global information and analytics company serving professional and business customers across scientific, technical, medical, legal and risk management markets.