--- title: 'Senior BD Manager at Nexxen' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-bd-manager-nexxen-japan-fj19q6hsp9ax' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Senior BD Manager at Nexxen - **Company:** Nexxen - **Location:** Japan - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-09-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen/936eefcd-472e-466e-8039-e7957c78b959 ## Job description ## Role Overview Nexxen Japan is looking for an Insights Manager (BD) to join our growing team and play a critical role in accelerating Nexxen’s growth in the Japanese market. This is a client-facing role that combines data, analytics, storytelling, commercial strategy, and hands-on execution. You will work closely with agencies, advertisers, and internal sales teams to uncover actionable audience insights and translate data into compelling campaign strategies that win new business. Using our propriety analytics tools, Nexxen Discovery and Nexxen Studio Insights, you will analyse audience behaviours, media consumption trends, and market opportunities to develop insight-led solutions that differentiate Nexxen in agency pitches and client conversations. ## Key Responsibilities - Partner with the Japan sales team to develop and deliver insight-led proposals that drive revenue growth and agency adoption. - Use Nexxen Discovery and Nexxen Studio Insights to analyse audience segments, consumer behaviours, media trends, and market opportunities relevant to Japanese clients. - Translate analytics into clear, compelling narratives that demonstrate the value of Nexxen’s data, technology, and activation capabilities. - Support agency pitches, RFP responses, workshops, and client presentations with audience insights, market intelligence, and strategic recommendations. - Produce client-ready reports, dashboards, and summaries that provide clear and actionable insight, not just data. - Support pre-campaign planning by providing data-driven rationale for target selection, market prioritisation, budget allocation, and strategic recommendations. - Support post-campaign analysis by combining Discovery data, campaign performance, and brand or engagement signals to create deeper insight and improve client retention. - Present insights and recommendations directly to agency planners, strategists, advertisers, and senior stakeholders in Japanese. - Identify opportunities to leverage Nexxen’s data capabilities to solve client business challenges and unlock new commercial opportunities. - Collaborate with sales, solutions, product, and regional teams to deliver best-in-class client solutions. - Work with the VP, Country Manager to develop go-to-market strategies for selling audience intelligence, consumer insights, planning tools, and measurement solutions to agencies and advertisers. - Develop scalable commercial offerings, including managed reports, insight subscriptions, consulting-style engagements, and data-driven planning solutions. - Partner with agencies, advertisers, government-related organisations, and export-focused clients to uncover business challenges where Nexxen’s intelligence capabilities can deliver measurable value. - Develop sales materials, case studies, and market narratives that position Nexxen Discovery and Nexxen Studio Insights as differentiated solutions for modern media planning and investment decisions. - Work with sales leadership to identify target verticals, priority accounts, and revenue opportunities for intelligence-based solutions. - Establish Nexxen as a strategic insights partner in Japan, expanding relationships beyond media buying into broader data, analytics, and business intelligence partnerships. - Build repeatable insight frameworks and sales tools to scale analytics-led selling across Japan. - Stay ahead of market trends, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities in the Japanese digital advertising ecosystem. Required Skills & Experience - Experience in analytics, audience insights, media strategy, research, or data-driven advertising. - Strong understanding of the Japanese digital advertising landscape, including programmatic, CTV, and audience targeting. - Ability to work with data platforms and analytics tools to extract meaningful insights. - Strong presentation and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence agency and client stakeholders. - Commercial mindset with the ability to connect insights to business outcomes. - Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative sales environment. - Fluent Japanese and strong business English communication skills. What Success Looks Like - Winning more agency pitches through differentiated, insight-led strategies. - Establishing a stand- alone revenue stream using Nexxens tools. - Increasing adoption of Nexxen Discovery and Nexxen Studio Insights across Japanese agencies. - Becoming a trusted analytics partner for agencies and advertisers. - Helping position Nexxen as a leader in data-driven, AI-powered advertising solutions. For information about how we handle your personal information please view our [Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice](https://nexxen.com/applicant-and-candidate-privacy-notice/) Important Notice from Nexxen: Your Safety Matters At Nexxen, we care about the well-being of our current and future employees. We are aware of the growing number of online scams and fraudulent job postings, and we urge all job seekers to remain vigilant. Please be advised that Nexxen will never request payment (whether in cash, cryptocurrency, or any other form) as a condition of employment, offer positions that require you to invest in vague or dubious financial schemes, or promote roles that resemble get-rich-quick opportunities. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Nexxen or encounter a questionable job posting associated with our name, please contact us at infosec@nexxen.com to verify its legitimacy. Your trust is important to us. Stay safe and informed. [Nexxen Fraud Alert and Notice: Protect Yourself from Impersonation and Fraudulent Activity](https://nexxen.com/nexxen-fraud-alert-and-notice/) ## About Nexxen ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Nexxen is a publicly traded advertising technology company that offers a unified platform of DSP, SSP, and data services to power full-funnel programmatic advertising across CTV, digital, and linear media. - **Entity Type**: Public (Ticker: NEXN on Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA (also dual HQ in Tel Aviv, Israel) - **Founded**: 2005 - **Founders**: Not publicly available ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Technology (AdTech), Programmatic Advertising, Connected TV (CTV), Data Management - **Target customers**: B2B — serves advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters globally - **Mission or purpose statement**: To empower advertisers, agencies, publishers, and broadcasters around the world to utilize data and advanced TV in the ways that are most meaningful to them [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/) ## Products & Services - **Nexxen DSP (Demand-Side Platform)**: A programmatic buying platform enabling advertisers to reach audiences across the open internet, including CTV, display, video, and audio. - **Nexxen SSP (Supply-Side Platform)**: A platform for publishers and broadcasters to monetize their inventory programmatically. - **Nexxen Data Platform**: The core data layer providing unique audience intelligence, including proprietary ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) data from 45M+ global households across the open internet [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/). - **Programmatic Home Screens**: Capability to programmatically activate native smart TV home screen units. - **Voice-to-Action Creative**: CTV creative prompts enabling voice-activated responses, built in partnership with Say It Now. - **CTV Green Media**: Eco-conscious private marketplace inventory in partnership with Scope3. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$921 million (as of mid-2026) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $364.8 million (most recent fiscal year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; strategic partners include Hisense/VIDAA, PeerLogix, Comscore, Scope3, Say It Now. Has completed acquisitions of Amobee ($239M, 2022), RhythmOne ($176.5M, 2019), Unruly Group (2020), and Spearad GmbH ($14.7M, 2021) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc) - **Growth Signals**: 681 employees (+8.4% YoY); active job postings up +124.3% year-over-year with 83 open roles; operates in 14 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexxen-inc) ## Competitive Advantages - **Proprietary ACR Data**: Exclusive access to viewership data from 45M+ global households (via Hisense/VIDAA and PeerLogix), providing unique audience insights unavailable to competitors [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/). - **Unified Full-Stack Platform**: A single tech stack combining DSP, SSP, and data management, enabling seamless cross-channel campaign management and efficiency gains. - **CTV Innovation First-Mover**: Early leadership in programmatic CTV with innovations like voice-to-action creative and programmatic home screen activation. - **Eco-Conscious Media**: First-mover advantage in sustainable advertising with CTV Green Media and Scope3 integration, appealing to brand sustainability goals. ## Strategic Focus - **CTV & Advanced TV Dominance**: Deepening capabilities in connected TV and linear TV convergence through proprietary ACR data and innovative ad formats. - **Data-Driven Performance**: Leveraging the Nexxen Data Platform to deliver full-funnel performance from awareness to conversion. - **Global Expansion**: Scaling presence across 14 countries, with particular growth in the US, Israel, Australia, and Asia-Pacific markets. - **Sustainability Leadership**: Differentiating through eco-conscious programmatic inventory and green media products. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “customer-centric, curious mindset, collaborative with no ego” — the company calls this the “3 Cs” culture [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/). - **Work Model**: Hybrid — 3 days per week in the local office, enabling collaboration and relationship-building [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen). - **Global Presence**: 17 total offices worldwide, including New York (HQ), Tel Aviv, London, Sydney, Toronto, Tokyo, Singapore, and major US cities [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen). - **Engineering & Tech**: 250 Product + Tech employees; tech stack includes React, Spring, Scala, MySQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Oracle [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen). - **Growth Trajectory**: Public company with aggressive hiring (+124% YoY job posting growth), strong revenue base ($364M+), and a history of strategic acquisitions — signals stability and expansion. - **Notable Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the company emphasizes career growth, skill enhancement, and being part of a team transforming advertising through AI and proprietary data [nexxen.com](https://nexxen.com/careers/). ## Sources 1. [Nexxen Website](https://nexxen.com/) 2. [Nexxen Careers Page](https://nexxen.com/careers/) 3. [Nexxen Job Board (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nexxen) 4. [Built In - Nexxen Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/nexxen) 5. 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