Senior Account Manger (Japan)

We're on a mission to make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.

That means making power greener, smarter, and more affordable for everyone.

We put customers at the heart of everything we do: with always-fair prices, transparency and outrageous customer service.

We drive system change: with transformative tech to make renewable energy the norm and end global reliance on fossil fuels.

Octopus Energy Group is made up of 10 businesses spanning 6 countries across 3 continents, including: Octopus Energy Retail, Kraken Technologies, Octopus Energy Generation, Kraken Flex, Octopus Electric Vehicles, and the Octopus Centre for Net Zero. More on OEG @ octopusenergy.group

Octopus Energy Group is a global energy transition company - made up of 10 businesses in 9 countries across 4 continents that touch nearly every point in the energy value chain and invest heavily in technology to support our mission to accelerate decarbonisation faster and cheaper for customers. Octopus Energy is valued at $5 billion and is one of energy-tech’s fastest-growing private companies. 

Octopus’ flexibility platform, KrakenFlex, offers a single technology stack (DERMS, VPP, distribution network monitoring and analytics) to optimise, control & dispatch, manage and report on any Distributed Energy Resource (DER) from consumer owned devices such as; EVs, heat pumps, smart thermostats, rooftop solar & residential batteries to utility scale solar and wind generation and batteries. 

Today, KrakenFlex is a world leading platform with a contracted capacity of 4.6GWs over 4 continents and over 24,000 devices (as of February 2023) growing at 30% every month. KrakenFlex is used by large international energy clients like EDF Energy in the UK and Tokyo Gas in Japan. 

We're looking for someone to initially manage our Tokyo Gas account and future clients in Japan. 

You’ll work closely with the Kraken Tech and KrakenFlex teams to manage this account, and develop our business in Japan. Ideally, we need someone with energy and/or enterprise software implementation experience.

If you’re looking for a fast-paced, autonomous, high-growth environment, then here’s your chance. Help drive our mission in a brand new market and sell advanced technology to accelerate future energy systems.

This position reports into the Director of Customer Growth and is based out of Tokyo, Japan. You’ll be supported and connected to the global customer growth, marketing and product teams.