President, Japan

The role

The President will lead the leadership, performance, and growth of STEM Healthcare in Japan. This role involves setting strategic direction, managing the Japan P&L, and building senior client relationships.

What you will do

• Own and lead the strategy for STEM Japan.
• Hold overall accountability for the Japan P&L.
• Lead annual forecasting and business planning processes.
• Drive sustainable business growth through existing and new client opportunities.
• Build trusted, senior-level relationships with pharmaceutical and life sciences clients.
• Provide senior leadership for business development activity in Japan.
• Ensure high standards of client delivery and operational quality.
• Lead, develop, and coach the Japan leadership team.
• Create a high-performance culture aligned with core values.
• Work with global leadership to align processes and standards.

Required qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience within the pharmaceutical, life sciences or management consulting sectors.
• Strong understanding of the Japanese market.
• Demonstrable experience of leading and growing a business, business unit or significant market.
• Accountability for commercial and financial performance.
• Strong experience in P&L management, forecasting and business planning.
• Proven business development capability.
• Track record of building senior client relationships and developing commercial opportunities.
• Executive-level credibility to network and influence senior stakeholders.
• Senior people leadership experience.
• Excellent communicator.
• Results-focused and commercially minded.
• Strong interpersonal awareness and gravitas.

Nice to have

• Experience across sales, marketing, medical, market access and/or commercial strategy.
• Detailed knowledge of STEM, its clients, operations and approach to business development.

Before you apply

• Ignite STEM only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/countries where the role is advertised.

About the company

Inizio is a global partner with over 10,500 experts operating in more than 50 countries. STEM is a global pharmaceutical and life sciences strategic benchmarking firm.