Associate, Client Service, Japanese Speaker, 2027

We bring together some of the most ambitious people from around the globe to work with the leading investment funds, strategy consultancies and Fortune 500 companies. Together, we help our clients access expert knowledge, elevate their decision-making and drive progress by connecting them with niche experts across the world.

Founded in 2008, our journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. With 2,000+ professionals in nine cities worldwide, we’ve earned our place as a leader in our market through our client service excellence, and integrating our proprietary technology to stay ahead of the curve. Our relentless pursuit of excellence means we only hire the best and brightest graduates to help us reach new heights.

Springboard your career with us if

• You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• You possess a client-first mindset.
• You excel under pressure and enjoy using tech-enabled workflows to meet tight deadlines.
• You are gritty, resilient and ready to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.
• You enjoy the opportunity to regularly upskill on new tools and workflows, including those powered by AI, to improve your professional output.

A day in the life of an Associate

As an Associate in the Client Service team, you’ll be the link between our clients and the expert knowledge they seek. Throughout your workday, you will work on multiple projects from investors, strategists and dealmakers at top-tier client organizations seeking expert insights to inform their decision-making. This is a communications-intense frontline role requiring you to multitask across parallel workstreams.

Your responsibilities will include

• Owning end-to-end client-expert communications, spending a significant part of your day on the phone screening and negotiating with relevant experts to position the best possible matches for your clients’ requests.
• Leveraging AI-powered sourcing tools to map complex industry value chains and identify and engage with relevant experts.
• Understanding the project and market context and the legal and regulatory environment in which your clients and experts operate.

Ensuring success for our Associates means

• Giving you an introduction to the business world without being pigeonholed into any one industry or profession.
• Helping you develop transferable commercial and client management skills spanning professional communications, negotiation, persuasion, project and time management.
• A clear career path for advancement to Manager after 24-30 months, and to Vice President after ~5 years.
• Successful completion of the Associate Program may qualify you for our MBA Tuition Program, which provides financial support towards the program cost of some of the top business schools worldwide.

Requirements

You’ll need to bring your A game to work, daily. We are looking for

• Strong academic credentials (80%+ grade average; equivalent to GPA 3.2/4.0 or 2:1 and above).
• Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
• Relevant internship experience.
• Fluent Japanese and English at business level or above.

Benefits

• Expect total first-year compensation ranging from ¥7,000,000 (average performance) to ¥8,600,000 (very strong performance) consisting of (i) annual base salary of ¥5,100,000 and (ii) uncapped variable compensation linked to individual performance.

• The total annual salary consists of 1) basic salary; and 2) fixed overtime allowance of estimated 40 hours overtime/month.

• Full social insurance.
• 15 days of paid leave and 5 days of paid sick leave from the first year of employment.
• If you work on public holidays, you will be granted additional annual vacation days.
• Commuting allowance.
• 6 months maternity leave, 6 weeks paternity leave.
• State-of-the-art office with amenities in the heart of Tokyo; option to WFH each Friday.

AlphaSights is an equal-opportunity employer.