[IBM Japan_Technology] Executive Director, TBM Council Japan_Apptio

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
The TBM Council is seeking an Executive Director of the TBM Council in Japan to develop and scale our community and adoption in the region. With over 15000 global members and scaling fast the TBM Council is a non-profit open ecosystem underwritten by IBM. The Council staff are full-time employees of IBM who manage all aspects of the foundation’s operations strategy membership events certification and standards working in partnership with the TBMC board and community members. This is a new role on the Council’s leadership team who will spearhead our member recruitment engagement content programs and other elements for the Japan market.

The TBM Council Executive Director for Japan serves as the face and voice of the TBM Council in Japan. Working closely with global TBM Council leadership Council Board of Directors and IBM executives to set the vision and priorities for the TBM discipline and Council in the country. This leader is not only a visionary but also engages deeply with the CIO community and all C-level leaders across organizations.

The Executive Director is responsible for leading the overall direction of the Council in Japan guiding its reputation and market credibility recruiting its membership and board members and expanding the Council’s reach across the country and potentially the region. In addition this leader will manage the financial and operational model of the Council in Japan ensuring the operations are funded appropriately and providing clear budget requests to the TBM Council leadership and IBM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as face and voice of the TBM Council – an executive spokesperson speaker thought leader executive sponsor etc.
• Manage and guide overall direction of the TBM Council in Japan including all membership experience education initiatives standards development and community programs.
• Manage the creation and publication of Japanese-language content for TBM Council in Japan including the TBM book articles and other assets.
• Recruit and maintain critical executive relationships.
• Recruit and manage Japan-based partner members collaborating with our partner ecosystem/growth leader.
• Set the vision for the discipline of TBM and for the council in Japan.
• Collaborate closely with the global TBM Council Executive Director and General Manager of Growth Programs.
• Manage any future Japan leadership boards or related advisory bodies and ensure alignment with the Global Board and a unified Council mission.
• Manage and own new revenue streams for TBM Council in Japan including partner sponsors events certifications and other programs.
• Drive the strategy and plan for the future direction of the Council in Japan in alignment with the global Council.
• Collaborate regularly with other regional TBM Council leaders and the overall Council leadership reporting priorities status and metrics.
• Guide and mentor the TBM Council Japan Program Manager helping manage the priorities success and career of the program manager.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of experience at a high-tech SaaS or B2B company ideally serving in roles across IT operations and product.
• Understanding of the TBM model and discipline and ideally experience working with both leaders and practitioners of TBM. Knowledge of FinOps SAFe and other related disciplines is an advantage. Former experience as a TBM Office manager or director preferred.
• Experience working with an open source or other industry community and ability to build engagement and scale with a community.
• Operational knowledge of IT infrastructure domains including data centers network / communications server utilization virtual environments storage public and private cloud usage and billing application development and maintenance.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills; bilingual Japanese and English speaker.
• Proven track record of working with a partner ecosystem building collaborative partnerships and relationships.
• Ability to operate effectively in a global environment
• Ability to influence and help communicate the organization’s direction and ensure results are achieved.
• Entrepreneurial in mindset great analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Deep understanding of Japanese business culture and be able to navigate the unique challenges of bridging Japan TBM Council with global communities and Council teams.
• Strong operational acumen with proven experience developing managing and continuously approving business processes and operational workflows.
• Executive presence and ability to engage up and down the organization with confidence and poise.
• Ability to travel up to 25% including international travel.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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