Business Development Manager
Median ¥12,000,000 across 2 guides
Two of the five published 2026 Japan salary guides price this role: Morgan McKinley and Robert Walters. Published figures run from ¥6,000,000 to ¥18,874,800, with a consensus median of ¥11,948,805.
The guides disagree widely on this role. The lowest and highest published figures sit ¥12,874,800 apart, so the median is a safer anchor than either extreme. Each guide surveys its own placements and draws its own role boundaries, which is why published ranges differ.
Fee and total acquisition cost on the consensus median of ¥11,948,805
Contingency Search (35%)
Multiple agencies working one role
Typical range: 30-40%
Exclusive Search (25%)
A single trusted agency
Typical range: 20-30%
Fee is industry-typical for the engagement model, computed on theoretical annual salary; not attributed to any single guide.
Median ¥12,000,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥11,750,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥13,000,000 across 3 guides
Median ¥10,250,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥10,250,000 across 2 guides
Median ¥10,250,000 across 2 guides
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Across 2 published 2026 guides the consensus median comes to ¥11,948,805. The published figures range from ¥6,000,000 to ¥18,874,800.
At the industry-typical contingency rate of 35% of theoretical annual salary, the fee on the median comes to ¥4,182,082. An exclusive engagement at 25% comes to ¥2,987,201. These rates are market norms and are never drawn from a named salary guide.
Morgan McKinley and Robert Walters include this role in their 2026 Japan editions. The consensus shown here draws only on those published figures.
Each guide surveys its own placements and draws its own role boundaries, which is why published ranges differ. The spread shown is the gap between the lowest and highest published figure, never a modelled band.
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74 live openings matching this role title, at 36 companies in Japan
Drawn from the 127 postings matching this role title, at 43 companies hiring in Japan.
State a Japanese Level
Native/Fluent (Native or JLPT N1)
11%
Professional Working Proficiency (JLPT N2)
2%
No mention
87%
State an English Skill
Native/Fluent (TOEIC 945-990)
4%
Professional Working Proficiency (TOEIC 785-944)
8%
Limited Working Proficiency (TOEIC 550-784)
2%
Mentioned, level not specified
7%
No mention
80%
Share of postings stating each term
Target Achievement
47%
Excel
40%
PowerPoint
37%
CRM
21%
New Business Development
21%
Presentation
19%
Account Management
18%
Negotiation
15%
Solution Sales
15%
Salesforce
14%
Pipeline Management
13%
Inside Sales
9%
Field Sales
9%
B2B Sales
7%
Stakeholder Management
7%
SaaS
6%
Customer Success
5%
Project Management
5%
Share of postings stating each term
3-4 years of experience
42%
5-9 years of experience
18%
University degree
17%
1-2 years of experience
9%
Management experience
4%
Master's degree
4%