Teamwork at Build+
A person we worked with was unhappy with our process:
“When I started my job search with [Build+], I was a little confused by the fact that I was contacted by different consultants about jobs in different industries. If you had informed me of this in advance, we could have worked together more smoothly.”
Reading this, I realized we don’t explain the Build+ approach to recruitment anywhere.
We leave it to your consultant to explain while they are working with you.
So, I decided to shed light on how we work.
OUR ONE RULE
It all starts with our one rule:
“Always do what is in the best interest of your customers. Always.”
When we find the right job for you and you are satisfied, we have done our job well.
How do we do this?
Our consultants are grouped into teams focusing on specific industries or positions.
This ensures that you are speaking with an expert in that field.
To give you a better understanding, let’s start with an overview of our teams. After that, I will explain how we work in detail.
BUILD+ TEAMS
The recruitment teams at Build+ are divided into two areas: business side positions and technical positions.
Our business side teams cover sales, business development, marketing, customer success and account manager positions as well as leadership roles like country manager or APAC manager.
Our technical teams cover engineering, design, technical support, CIO and CTO roles.
Now it gets interesting.
Our business side teams are further divided with a focus on different industries whereas our technical teams are grouped into teams with a focus on functions.
The technical teams work on a specific function but are not limited to one industry.
This means they share clients with all other teams. The main industries they cover are e-commerce, web/mobile services, IT consulting, enterprise tech, ad-tech, consumer tech, fin-tech, ed-tech, and more.
We also have a community team. They are responsible for reaching potential job seekers.
Now let’s get into the different teams here at Build+.
BUSINESS SIDE TEAMS
CONSUMER TECH
Jordan Sugimoto, Team Leader
LinkedIn
Consumer technology is everywhere.
Over the past 10 years the rise of smartphone applications and high-speed ISPs have given companies direct access to sell via an internet connection.
Online retailers, e-commerce, video and music streaming services, OTA companies, mobile gaming, and AR/VR all fall under the remit of the team’s coverage and expertise, in addition to more traditional models of business-to-consumer revenue models such as brick-and-mortar retail companies.
Clients can be as large as household name companies like Amazon or as small as startups looking to grow their business locally and regionally.
Want to work in Consumer Tech?
Milos Cavic, Director
LinkedIn
Enterprise technology powers business. From SMBs to large enterprises.
Our enterprise tech team focuses on sales and marketing roles within B2B Tech companies.
The team works with established enterprise technology companies and has strong relationships with smaller, startup companies covering diverse fields such as enterprise software solutions, AI, RPA, Big Data, IoT, data security, IP technology, telecom, content delivery, data center solutions and IT services.
Want to work in Enterprise Tech?
Adam Plarisan, Team Leader
LinkedIn
FinTech is digitizing financial services and processes to make your experience better.
The Build+ FinTech team covers sales and marketing positions with FinTech companies, or divisions of larger companies that focus on payments or payment technologies.
We work with both established technology companies as well as startups looking to disrupt the financial services market.
Financial Technology can broadly be separated into 6 key areas: Payments, remittance, cryptocurrency, business support, P2P lending, and personal finance.
Want to work in FinTech?
Contact us to find out more about the FinTech industry and jobs.
Graham Burt, Senior Manager
LinkedIn
AdTech provides the solutions to make sure you see the right ad at the right time.
Our AdTech team is focusing on sales and marketing roles within the marketing technology sector, AdTech sector, advertising agencies and marketing/ad consulting services sector.
Companies that we work with range from marketing tech providers such as Hubspot to AdTech leaders such as Criteo, Appsflyer, OpenX and advertisement agencies such as Dentsu, Cyber Agent, Hakuhodo, and others.
TECHNICAL TEAMS
BACKEND POSITIONS
Bryan Cheng, Managing Director
LinkedIn
The backend team works with technical positions mostly in product development and some IT services companies.
Positions include:
Server-side Software Engineer (JAVA, C++, Ruby, Go Lang, Scala, Python, etc)
Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer
Technical Management: Project Manager, Product Manager, IT Manager
Executives: CTO, CIO
Want to work as a backend engineer in Japan?
Thomas Simmons, Manager
LinkedIn
Our frontend team covers all client-side engineers and creatives. Client-side means anything that is close to the user of the product.
Positions include:
Software Engineer (Javascript, Python)
Web Developer and Frontend Developer (Javascript, HTML, CSS)
Mobile Developer (Android, Java/Kotlin; iOS, Objective-C, Swift)
Designer (Web Designer, Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer, UX Researcher, Product Designer)
Product Manager and Project Manager
Feel free to reach out to us if you have an interest in front-end positions.
Marcel Oka, Manager
LinkedIn
This team is hybrid because it focuses on client facing engineers. These roles require a combination of client facing experience and technical skills.
Positions include:
Client facing technical roles (Program Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, Field Application Engineer, Support Engineer)
Pre-sales Engineer, Post-sales, Solution Architect
IT Consultant
Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Data Engineer
Want to work as a client facing engineer?
Get in touch with our consultants in charge of client facing positions.
KEY ACCOUNTS TEAM
NIKKEI ENTERPRISE
Takuya Narikiyo, Manager
This team is dedicated to supporting Japanese enterprises across various industries including software solutions, AI, RPA, Big Data, IoT, or IT services.
Positions include:
C-Level & Executive Positions
Business Planning
Engineers (Frontend, Backend)
Project Management, Product Management
Back Office, Operations
How We Work
Now that you have an understanding of the industries and positions we cover here at Build+, it’s time to dive into how our consultants work to offer you as many relevant positions as possible.
Our approach is based on our value of “Team Oriented”:
“People that excel in our environment possess a certain selflessness. They don’t pin blame, they help each other out, they share information. They know that our ambitious goals can only be achieved together.”
So once you register with us, your profile will be shared amongst our consultants because our consultants don’t have “Candidate Ownership”.
Every consultant is encouraged to reach out to you as long as they have a relevant position.
HERE’S AN EXAMPLE
Let’s say you are a Mobile Developer and you register with Build+.
The first position you will get introduced to will come from the consultant who registered you.
We value internal communication and information sharing, so consultants know what positions their team members are working on.
That’s why they will introduce your profile to other consultants who have relevant jobs for you.
This guarantees you full advantage of Build+’s portfolio of clients and is not dependent on one consultant’s personal network.
If your skill set has industry overlap, your profile will also be shared with other teams.
A good example is our consumer tech team which focuses on sales and marketing professionals from companies or industries with a customer-centric business model.
As a result, candidates are often shared with our AdTech team as the AdTech industry is driven by an understanding of the psychology of selling to consumers.
Another example is our FinTech team.
FinTech is an area linked to software technology more than to financial services. As such our clients hire people from with tech backgrounds. So your profile will be shared with our enterprise tech team and the consumer tech team.
Conclusion
I hope I could shed light on the Build+ approach to recruitment.
I know it is overwhelming to receive emails and phone calls from different consultants, but it means your skills are in demand.
That’s good!
However, we tailor our approach individually.
If you only want to work with one consultant, let us know.
If you only want to be contacted by email, let us know.
Anything else? Let us know.
Keep in mind that you miss out on opportunities by limiting your options.
Let’s work together and get you the best job out there.
