Japan & Asia-Pacific · AI team build

Building an approximately 20-person Asia-Pacific team for a generative-AI company in 2025

Approximately 20 hires spanning AI, LLM and full-stack engineering plus Japan sales and marketing leadership.

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Client profile

A Japan-origin generative-AI and software company expanding across Asia-Pacific.

Business challenge

For its 2025 growth plan, the company needed scarce AI and LLM talent while simultaneously establishing Japan-focused sales and marketing leadership. Engineering and go-to-market could not be recruited as separate workstreams: the product roadmap and regional growth plan had to advance at the same speed.

What TAC delivered

TAC divided the Asia-Pacific plan into technical and commercial role families, defining success criteria and hiring sequence for each. The search covered AI, LLM, frontend, full-stack and backend engineers, a Japanese sales director, and marketing managers with Japan and China market perspectives, using regional mapping, direct search and coordinated selection.

Delivery method

01

Align business outcomes

Clarify growth, market-entry or delivery objectives before translating them into organisation and role priorities.

02

Map the talent market

Build target-company and candidate maps by sector, technology, location and talent movement to test actual supply.

03

Target and assess

Run confidential outreach around real business scenarios, assessing expertise, communication and organisation fit together.

04

Accelerate decisions

Shorten feedback and decision paths while coordinating interviews, offers and post-join role integration.

Key outcomes

~20Hires supported in 2025
5AI, LLM and web role families
3Sales and marketing leaders
APACProduct and market build in parallel

Delivery outcome

TAC supported approximately 20 hires across technology, sales and marketing in 2025, creating a team foundation for product development and market growth across Asia-Pacific.

Organisation impact

The engagement built an Asia-Pacific organisation backbone that synchronised engineering with go-to-market execution, bringing country-level hiring into one regional growth plan.

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