Country Leader - South Korea

Cognition
Seoul
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Negotiation","Strategic thinking","Executive presence"]

Lead the launch and scale of Cognition’s South Korea operations, owning the country-level P&L, go-to-market strategy, and government/enterprise partnerships. Build and manage cross-functional teams across sales, customer success, engineering, support, and operations; drive end-to-end sales cycles with key enterprise customers; partner with global leadership to align product-market fit for South Korea, and represent Cognition in the local business and technology ecosystem.

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Cognition
Cognition
2 months ago

Country Leader - South Korea

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Job Summary

Lead the launch and scale of Cognition’s South Korea operations, owning the country-level P&L, go-to-market strategy, and government/enterprise partnerships. Build and manage cross-functional teams across sales, customer success, engineering, support, and operations; drive end-to-end sales cycles with key enterprise customers; partner with global leadership to align product-market fit for South Korea, and represent Cognition in the local business and technology ecosystem.
Location: Seoul
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Launch and scale Cognition’s South Korean operations as our first senior hire in market
  • •Own country-level P&L, hiring, sales execution, and operational performance
  • •Build and lead a high-performing local team across sales, customer success, engineering, support, and operations
  • •Lead strategic partnerships with South Korean enterprises and government agencies
  • •Drive sales cycles end-to-end and close deals directly and via partners with key enterprise customers

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of leadership experience in South Korea, ideally at fast-growing software or AI companies
  • •Proven experience launching and scaling operations in new markets selling disruptive software
  • •Deep relationships and understanding of South Korea's enterprise and government sectors
  • •Strong enterprise sales, partnerships and GTM experience with a track record of closing complex deals
  • •A blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution
Experience:10+ yearsEnterprise softwareAISaaSGovernment
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationStrategic thinkingExecutive presence
Languages:ArabicEnglish

Company Brief

Cognition
Builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer and AI-native developer tools (Windsurf, DeepWiki) to automate software engineering workflows for enterprise customers.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2023
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Glassdoor: 4.7
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