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Job ID : 1617205 Date Updated : October 15th, 2026

Senior Manager Customer Solution

Hiring Company Pharmaceutical Company
Location Tokyo - 23 Wards
Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary Negotiable, based on experience

Job Description

1. Service Strategy and Operating Framework
- Develop and execute a customer service and solutions strategy aligned with organizational priorities and broader business objectives.
- Translate customer, commercial, and operational requirements into scalable service models, process frameworks, capability initiatives, and investment plans.
- Oversee governance of the service portfolio, including prioritization, decision-making processes, milestones, risk management, benefit realization, and stakeholder engagement.
- Establish service principles and operating practices that balance customer satisfaction, efficiency, compliance, cost management, and business resilience.

2. Technology Enablement and Process Development
- Lead the implementation and adoption of enterprise customer-facing technologies and supporting workflows.
- Serve as the primary business owner for local requirements, process assessments, solution design, testing readiness, data preparation, user adoption, deployment activities, and post-launch stabilization.
- Collaborate with technology, product, and business teams to align business needs with standardized solutions and best practices.
- Design, document, and maintain end-to-end processes, roles, controls, escalation procedures, and service expectations across interconnected functions.
- Ensure successful deployment through structured change management, training, communications, performance measurement, and continuous improvement activities.

3. Customer Operations and Performance Management
- Provide leadership for customer operations, including transaction processing, inquiry management, issue resolution, communications, and escalation handling.
- Establish and monitor performance metrics, dashboards, and operational reviews covering service quality, responsiveness, productivity, customer experience, workload management, adoption, and recurring issues.
- Leverage data analysis, customer feedback, and root-cause methodologies to identify improvement opportunities and drive corrective actions.
- Ensure operational preparedness for business changes, new offerings, peak demand periods, technology releases, and continuity requirements.
- Maintain effective controls and compliance with company policies, quality standards, privacy requirements, and applicable regulations.

4. Strategic Customer Engagement and Process Improvement
- Partner with business teams to identify key customer opportunities and enhance end-to-end service and fulfillment experiences.
- Build collaborative relationships with customer stakeholders and serve as a senior point of contact for service improvement initiatives.
- Assess current operating processes, identify bottlenecks and service gaps, and develop practical recommendations for improvement.
- Present recommendations, secure stakeholder alignment, define accountability, establish milestones, and lead implementation efforts.
- Facilitate regular governance reviews with internal and external stakeholders to monitor commitments, remove barriers, and identify additional value opportunities.
- Incorporate customer insights into broader service and operational improvement programs.

5. Cross-Functional Leadership and Business Transformation
- Lead enterprise-wide initiatives involving multiple business functions and external partners.
- Influence stakeholders through insights, process expertise, data analysis, and well-supported recommendations.
- Communicate progress, risks, decisions, impacts, and support requirements clearly and effectively.
- Drive simplification, standardization, digital enablement, automation, and continuous improvement across operational processes.

6. Team Leadership and Capability Development
- Lead and develop a high-performing team by establishing clear objectives, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
- Conduct ongoing coaching, development planning, feedback discussions, and performance management activities.
- Strengthen team capabilities in customer experience, process improvement, technology adoption, project delivery, analytics, stakeholder engagement, and change management.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and inclusive culture while supporting succession planning and talent development.
- Align team capacity and skills with both operational requirements and strategic transformation objectives.

Employee Benefits:
Health Insurance Employees' Pension Employment Insurance
Industrial Injury Insurance

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level Over 3 years
Career Level Mid Career
Minimum English Level Business Level
Minimum Japanese Level Business Level
Minimum Education Level Bachelor's Degree
Visa Status Permission to work in Japan required

Required Skills

Consulting, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Acquisition Strategy, Customer Centricity, Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Retentions, Customer Success Management (CSM), Fact-Based Decision Making, Mentorship, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Relationship Building, Sales Enablement, Sales Support, Technical Credibility

Job Location

  • Tokyo - 23 Wards

Work Conditions

Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary Negotiable, based on experience
Industry Other

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