Principal Agentic Technologist
Directly centered on agentic AI: requires building and configuring agents with LangChain/LlamaIndex and integrating with cloud AI platforms for fast, agent-driven demos and deployments.
About the Role
Lead the technical strategy and field execution for SailPoint’s Agentic Identity Security products in Japan, proving value to strategic customers and partners. Serve as the senior technical authority—designing secure identity architectures, running executive workshops, enabling partners, and influencing product direction for agentic AI deployments.
Job Description
Role
Principal Agentic Technologist for the APJ/Japan region reporting to the Sr. Director, Global Agentic AI. Act as the primary technical authority and regional representative to demonstrate and prove the value of SailPoint’s Agentic Identity Security products to strategic customers and partners in Japan.
Key Responsibilities
- Pioneer and iterate the technical “Agentic Story” for Japan, building assets that demonstrate how SailPoint governs and secures AI agents at scale.
- Lead complex customer engagements from discovery to final architecture and deliver Top-3 Agent Workshops (T3AW).
- Act as a regional subject-matter expert and field evangelist: present at industry events, run executive workshops, and enable the global sales engineering team.
- Enable and train local partners through scaled technical enablement programs to expand product reach.
- Provide actionable field feedback to Product Management and executives to influence the product roadmap.
- Advise customers on secure identity architectures, including non-human identity security and lifecycle management.
Requirements
- Business-level Japanese fluency (native or equivalent) required.
- Deep, hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks (examples called out: LangChain, LlamaIndex) and building/configuring agents that interact with cloud platforms and enterprise data.
- Demonstrable experience with major cloud AI platforms (examples called out: AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI).
- Strong foundations in Identity & Access Management (IGA/IAM) concepts, including JIT access, least privilege, and lifecycle management.
- Familiarity with securing non-human identities (service accounts, API keys, machine identities; examples: SPIFFE/SPIRE, workload identity).
- Advanced development/scripting skills, with high proficiency in Python preferred and/or Java/JavaScript for building demo integrations and automation for POCs.
- Excellent strategic and technical communication skills to address both executive (CISO/CDO) and technical (Lead Architect/developer) audiences.
Reporting & Location
- Reports to Sr. Director, Global Agentic AI.
- Role focused on Japan / APJ region; requires in-country engagement and partner/customer-facing activities.