(Generalist, Anchorstar) Tokyo, Japan

Work With Us.

We are a small team in Tokyo. If you've seen 'Business Development' roles before, this isn't quite that. Think of it as three roles in one: the execution discipline of a project manager, the deal- and partnership-building instinct of a business developer, and the structured thinking and executive-ready storytelling of a consultant. Most people are strong in one of these. We're looking for someone who can move between all three depending on what the week needs.

Why Do We Use "Generalist"?

• Help prepare materials for a meeting with the CEO of a major Japanese corporation
• Join a workshop we are running for next-generation leaders
• Write a summary of something we learned on a trip to Copenhagen
• Fix a slide deck that needs to be ready by morning.

"Generalist" is not a placeholder title on the way to something else — it comes with a real line of growth: from executing projects, to owning client relationships, to shaping the strategic direction of engagements.

What the work actually looks like.

We work with large Japanese corporations that want to expand their perspective and build new growth. We are not traditional consultants who only solve defined problems but we proactively expand our clients' perspectives and help generate new change inside organizations.

• Planning and driving new business and transformation projects from concept to execution by working directly with executives and business divisions to build alignment and consensus
• Designing practical initiatives grounded in social issues, technological innovation, and cultural trends
• Managing partnerships with global stakeholders — universities, research institutions, startups, and international platforms
• Leading end-to-end project management: planning, execution, progress tracking, risk management, and outcome visualization and developing executive-level presentations and storytelling that translate complexity into clarity

Real examples we have done

• We helped Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, work with a brand studio in Brooklyn on their first full rebrand in 112 years. That meant coordinating across time zones, translating intentions that do not translate easily, and making sure both sides felt heard. Our team was in the middle of all of it.
• When Too Good To Go began exploring the Japanese market, we helped them understand how Japanese companies and consumers think about food and waste. That required research, conversations, and a lot of listening.
• We regularly take Japanese business leaders abroad — to New York, to London, to conferences and companies they would not visit on their own. Someone on our team is always there, taking notes, making introductions, and helping make sense of what we saw together afterward.
• We worked with a leading Japanese urban development company to bring a project to life beyond the physical space. That meant getting property teams, tenants, and a digital team who'd never worked together into the same room, and figuring out which ideas were worth building versus which just sounded good on a deck.