About This Role
This position will play a key role in connecting AIRoA’s Physical AI-related initiatives to the broader context of building the industrial foundation for Physical AI across government, public institutions, industry, and academia. The role promotes public-private collaboration to advance the Physical AI and robotics ecosystem in Japan and supports AIRoA in functioning as a neutral hub that bridges industry, research, and policy.
Responsibilities
- Build relationships and drive communication with government and public-sector organizations, including METI, NEDO, the Cabinet Office, MIC, and MEXT
- Monitor policy trends, regulatory frameworks, budget priorities, and public-sector initiatives, and align them with AIRoA’s activities and strategic direction
- Identify and structure industrial, research, and social implementation challenges within the Physical AI and robotics domains
- Understand expectations, requests, and concerns from government stakeholders and provide feedback and insights internally within AIRoA
- Facilitate issue development and consensus-building through dialogue with industry leaders, academic institutions, research organizations, and startups
- Plan and develop policy proposals, briefing materials, issue papers, and external communication content
- Plan and promote public-private partnership initiatives, committees, study groups, and cross-industry collaboration efforts
- Design government relations and stakeholder engagement strategies in collaboration with AIRoA’s technology, research, business, communications, and executive teams
- Support communication and coordination with policymakers, related organizations, and external stakeholders as needed
Requirements
- Experience in government relations, stakeholder engagement, or negotiations with central government ministries, independent administrative agencies, public institutions, industry associations, or equivalent organizations
- Ability to understand policies, regulatory frameworks, industrial structures, and public-sector initiatives, and connect them effectively to organizational activities and strategies
- Ability to organize complex issues and drive alignment among diverse stakeholders with differing perspectives and interests
- Ability to lead projects, prepare materials, and manage execution timelines while coordinating internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to independently structure highly abstract topics and design strategic directions and approaches
- Japanese (business level or above)
- English (business level or above)
Nice to have:
- Hands-on experience collaborating and negotiating with organizations such as METI, NEDO, the Cabinet Office, MIC, and MEXT
- Knowledge of AI, robotics, semiconductors, startups, industrial policy, or related domains
- Practical experience in public-private partnership projects, consortiums, industry associations, or similar collaborative initiatives
- Experience in policy proposals, institutional design support, public affairs, or government relations activities
- Experience contributing to international standardization, rulemaking, or research policy initiatives
- Experience building relationships with policymakers, expert panels, policy study groups, or related stakeholders
- Ability to communicate and gather information effectively in English
Benefits
- Take a central role in one of the world’s largest projects for data collection and foundation model development, unprecedented in both Japan and abroad
- Gain a rare opportunity to be directly involved in the strategy and execution of a large-scale national project funded by significant investment from NEDO
- Benefit from abundant opportunities to collaborate with supporting member companies and startups, enabling you to expand your career both inside and outside the organization
- Contribute to the success of the project as a core leader of organizational management, while building unique experiences that cannot be acquired elsewhere
- On-the-Job Training (OJT)
- Training through participation in external conferences, including overseas events
- Compliance training
- Security training
- Performance reviews twice a year (every half year)
- In-house study sessions
- In-house library
- Support for external training programs
- Support for book purchases
- Subsidies for lunch and light snacks
- Free drinks
- Commuting allowance (up to JPY 50,000 per month)
- Monthly company-wide events (AIRoA Circle, social gatherings)
- Family Day
- AIRoA-branded shirts and other items provided
Important Details
- Work format: remote work is possible, but primarily expected to be office-based
About the Company
AIRoA operates out of a spacious office and research facility of over 1,000 m² located in the Ryutsu Center area. The facility is frequently visited by members of the AI Robot Association, engineers and researchers from partner companies, and representatives from member companies, serving as a hub where diverse experts at the forefront of AI and robotics gather and interact. Highly skilled engineers and researchers from around the world are part of the organization, with some members having relocated from overseas to Japan to join projects on site.