Job Description

Do you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space?

At Informa TechTarget, you’ll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry’s most respected experts. You’ll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You’ll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.

We’re a vibrant community of world-class practitioners – over 2000 colleagues strong – with offices in 19 locations around the world. We’re traded on Nasdaq and also part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services, and academic research in the FTSE 100 who are #3 in Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2025 UK list. 

About Informa TechTarget

Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world’s technology buyers and sellers, to accelerate growth from R&D to ROI.

With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets.

Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with:

• Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investment
• Intelligence and advice that guides and influences strategy
• Advertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadership
• Custom content that engages and prompts action
• Intent and demand generation that more precisely targets and converts

Our organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, wellbeing, and ethical working practices. Visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

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Job Description

The role

We are seeking a Consulting Director to join Integrated Tech consulting team in Japan. This person will lead a team of consultants and ensure delivering high-quality outputs for custom consulting projects and interact with internal/external customers. The role reports to Head of Integrated Tech consulting and closely interacts with other Japan and global team members within Integrated Tech consulting team as well as broader strategic consulting group. 

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Development of a world-class, high-performing team of consulting experts with strong knowledge of products and consulting methodologies.
• Development, engagement, and resourcing of team, ensuring team have clear objectives and project plans and achieve team goals through strong collaboration.
• With strong background in semiconductor or related technology experience, lead client engagement leveraging team of consultants and domain experts.

Project Delivery

• Manage custom research deliverables, delivering projects to client satisfaction through strong market knowledge in semiconductor or related technology sector
• Achieve individual and team consulting billable utilisation targets
• Conduct qualitative and quantitative, primary and secondary research, including data collection, analysis, and synthesis.
• Managing projects by closely working together with other analyst and consultant stakeholders to ensure projects with clear objectives and execution of project plans
• Prepare concise, structured research deliverables such as briefs, reports, and presentations.
• Track project progress, communicate updates, and ensure deliverables align with client expectations.

Bid Management

• Manage team of consultants in all aspects of bid management process and where applicable, work closely with sales teams to develop new business.
• For select critical opportunities, responsible for all of bid stages of custom projects including drafting of project proposal documents; where necessary, responsible in managing third party subcontractor(s)

Client Engagement and Other Support Areas

• Building a compelling consulting proposition that builds on Informa TechTarget’s reputation as a “industry thought leader”.
• Build relationships with Content Leads/Research Directors to understand resourcing issues / opportunities, and what is working well / what we need to do differently to support continuous improvement (internal best practice, evangelism, ideas generation)
• With the account management team, expand Omdia’s presence in key accounts by networking with research users and executives. Maintain a good working relationship with the Intel & Advice account management team to proactively develop Omdia’s commercial position.
• Ensure exceptional client service through proactive communication and professional handling of requests.
• Support presentations and meetings by gathering key insights, creating visuals, and preparing briefing materials.
• Work with internal stakeholders to help implementing growth strategy

Qualifications

Skills and

Qualifications

:

• Has semiconductor or relevant industry and cross industry reputation and proven prior experience of leveraging across technical and business disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or an applicable field.
• 10 - 15 years of experience in semiconductor or automotive component or related technology industry.
• Strong problem solving skills with the ability to source, analyze, and synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Possess a deep understanding of relevant regional/sector industry dynamics and trends.
• Demonstrable experience in leading significant & varied projects and ongoing client engagement / development
• Experience of working with senior internal management in budget and objective setting for custom research practice
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project) and other productivity tools such as Tableau and BI.
• Ability to work with and develop relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent and proven people development and management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in running multiple consulting projects at any given time
• Experience in running a large-scale (>£100,000) projects delivery
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Proactive, adaptable, and a quick learner with strong attention to detail.

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Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to work in a global, diverse, multicultural, and collegial environment.
• Work closely with experienced market research professionals and gain hands-on experience in consulting and market research.
• Exposure to a wide variety of industries, clients, and high-impact projects.
• Growth opportunities within a collaborative and dynamic environment.

Additional Information

TechTarget, Inc., doing business as Informa TechTarget, including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, colour, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Informa TechTarget complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable federal, state or local law.

Our benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: annual leave, birthday leave and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

We’re not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up, join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most – although not all – of the skills and experience listed, we welcome your application.

At Informa, you'll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments, we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant

qualifications

and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses, including all of those protected by law. Ask us or see our website for full information.

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