Community & Advocacy Manager

TL;DR

Community & Advocacy Manager: Growing and activating hirify.global's community across Japan with an accent on designing and executing community programs and serving as a visible evangelist. Focus on delivering compelling product demonstrations and inspiring audiences to embrace visual collaboration.

Location: Must be based in or willing to relocate to Tokyo

Company

hirify.global is a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to build the next big thing.

What you will do

• Design community-led programs that bring hirify.global users together across Japan.
• Serve as primary evangelist for Japan market, delivering presentations and building credibility.
• Drive strategic partnerships with local tech communities.
• Manage event logistics and regional community budget.
• Track and report on community metrics.

Requirements

• 5–7+ years in marketing with deep experience in experiential marketing, field marketing, or community building.
• Proven track record as a public speaker with 20+ presentations delivered to professional audiences.
• Experience building grassroots communities and enabling user-led programming.
• Experience operating in the Japanese market.
• Exceptional presentation skills and strong project management abilities.
• Native or business-level fluency in Japanese; professional working proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience in the B2B SaaS or collaboration tools space.
• Background in or deep familiarity with product management, engineering, or design roles and workflows.
• Existing relationships within the Japanese tech or design community.
• Previous experience as a technical evangelist, developer advocate, or product evangelist role.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive equity package.
• Wellbeing benefit and WFH equipment allowance.
• Group Personal Accident Insurance and Group Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Reimbursement for the annual health check.
• Annual learning and development allowance.
• Company-sponsored English lessons.