Sales Coordinator - North Asia

About Wise

Wise is a global technology company dedicated to providing the best methods for moving and managing money worldwide. With minimal fees, maximum ease, and rapid service, Wise aims to simplify cross-border money transfers, international payments, and spending abroad for individuals and businesses, creating a new financial network for everyone around the globe.

Role Overview

The Sales Coordinator for the Japan and Korea markets plays a vital project management role that accelerates the sales lifecycle. This role requires close collaboration with deal teams—such as Business Developers, Account Managers, Pre-sales, Legal, Compliance, Implementation, Product, and Engineering—to ensure smooth progression from qualified opportunities to contract finalization. The position is crucial in managing strategic deals throughout the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the most complex and high-impact strategic deals by coordinating multiple stakeholders and ensuring strict adherence to timelines and completion of critical tasks.
• Create and maintain detailed stakeholder maps, engaging proactively with internal and external participants—including C-Level executives—to assure aligned goals and smooth deal execution.
• Manage the full Request for Proposal/Information (RFP/I) cycle by gathering inputs from relevant departments, refining proposals for clarity and compliance, maintaining standardized response repositories, and ensuring timely submissions.
• Coordinate deal-related workstreams, decisions, and communications to sustain internal and external coherence.
• Facilitate regular project meetings across internal teams and with external stakeholders at various levels to drive deal progression.
• Contribute to global sales operations initiatives by providing resources and tools that enhance sales effectiveness and efficiency.
• Support marketing efforts, including content creation and events, to generate and increase the sales funnel within APAC.

Candidate Requirements

• Fluent in Japanese or Korean, both spoken and written, to communicate with non-English-speaking clients, evaluate localized RFP documents, and manage market-specific stakeholders.
• Minimum of two years' experience in sales enablement or go-to-market roles within payments, banking, financial services, consulting, or SaaS sectors.
• Proven ability to manage complex project portfolios featuring multiple simultaneous workstreams and diverse stakeholders.
• Skilled in project management and collaboration tools like Airtable, Asana, Google Sheets, and Slack.
• Capability to analyze raw data, draw actionable insights, and formulate strategic advice, including the use of basic SQL queries.
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Self-driven with the capacity to operate autonomously with limited oversight.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail to juggle various tasks effectively.
• Innovative and proactive mindset with the ability to contribute new ideas.
• Adaptable and resourceful, adept at creating and refining processes in a dynamic environment.

Additional Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with CRM platforms, such as Salesforce.
• Experience working in enterprise sales teams addressing multi-stakeholder deals and employing consultative sales alongside account-based marketing strategies.

Additional Information

Salary ranges from SGD 6600 to SGD 8400 per month plus Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at Wise, which is proud of its international workforce and strives to create a respectful and empowering environment that supports career growth and mission-driven work.