Senior Director – Strategy & Leadership Transformation

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Reports To

Japan Leadership Team

About the Company

Our client is a global professional services organization specializing in the intersection of strategy, leadership, and organizational transformation.

The organization partners with major multinational businesses to help leaders translate strategy into action, strengthen organizational capabilities, and drive sustainable changes in behavior and performance.

The Japan business is a growing, entrepreneurial operation working closely with regional and global colleagues and serving senior stakeholders across a broad range of industries.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Director / Senior Director to join the Japan business and play a central role in its continued growth.

This is a client-facing, commercially focused leadership position combining business development, solution design, executive facilitation, and end-to-end engagement leadership.

The successful candidate will build senior client relationships, identify and convert new opportunities, design tailored leadership and strategy execution solutions, and work directly with executive stakeholders to deliver measurable business impact.

This role is particularly suited to an experienced consulting or advisory professional who combines commercial instinct, conceptual thinking, and strong executive presence.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development & Client Growth

• Identify and develop new business opportunities through senior client engagement

• Build and expand long-term relationships with senior stakeholders

• Understand client challenges and translate them into compelling commercial opportunities

• Develop proposals and articulate tailored solutions based on client needs

• Grow strategic client accounts and expand the organization's presence within key businesses

Solution Design & Consulting

• Design customized leadership, strategy execution, and organizational transformation solutions

• Translate complex business challenges into practical and engaging interventions

• Develop innovative approaches drawing on global methodologies, expertise, and resources

• Lead the end-to-end consulting lifecycle from initial client discussion through solution design and delivery

Executive Facilitation & Delivery

• Facilitate leadership and business transformation programs for senior executives

• Deliver engaging experiences in both Japanese and English

• Help leaders translate strategic priorities into practical actions and behavioral change

• Manage complex client engagements from planning through successful completion

• Ensure solutions deliver meaningful and measurable client outcomes

Client Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives and leadership teams

• Present ideas, insights, and recommendations with confidence and credibility

• Develop deep understanding of client businesses, strategies, and organizational challenges

• Build long-term partnerships rather than transactional project relationships

Team Leadership & Development

• Coach and develop junior consultants and team members

• Contribute to building capability, knowledge, and best practices within the Japan team

• Collaborate with regional and global colleagues across different practices and areas of expertise

• Contribute to the continued development and scalability of the Japan business

Qualifications

Required

• 15+ years of professional experience, including significant experience in leadership, organizational development, transformation, or related consulting

• Proven track record in business development, client relationship management, and consultative sales

• Strong ability to understand complex business challenges and develop tailored solutions

• Demonstrated experience working directly with senior executives and leadership teams

• Strong conceptual thinking, problem-solving, and commercial acumen

• Experience leading client engagements from opportunity development through delivery

• Native-level Japanese and advanced English proficiency

• Strong relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills

Preferred

• Experience in leadership development, organizational transformation, learning design, or executive development

• Experience in facilitation, executive coaching, or psychometric assessment

• Exposure to multiple industries, particularly consumer, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, or other large multinational environments

• Experience working within an international consulting or professional services organization

• Experience developing and mentoring consulting teams

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally

What Success Looks Like

The strongest candidates will demonstrate a combination of three capabilities:

Commercial

• Builds trusted senior relationships

• Identifies opportunities and converts them into revenue

• Expands strategic client accounts

Design

• Understands complex client challenges

• Develops compelling and differentiated solutions

• Combines strategic thinking with practical execution

Delivery

• Facilitates effectively with senior executives

• Creates meaningful behavioral and organizational change

• Maintains strong client relationships throughout delivery

Why Join?

• High-impact leadership role combining consulting, business development, and executive engagement

• Direct exposure to senior executives across leading multinational organizations

• Opportunity to help shape and grow a developing Japan business

• Entrepreneurial and collaborative environment with significant individual ownership

• Unique combination of strategy, leadership, organizational transformation, and behavioral change

• Opportunity to work across multiple industries and complex business challenges

• Collaboration with regional and global colleagues and access to international opportunities

• Strong platform for continued leadership and commercial development

• Opportunity to make a tangible impact on both clients and the growth of the Japan business