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Masaharu Kuwabara

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Bilingual Digital Commerce Solutions Manager | Digital Commerce Strategy | Marketing Division at Waters Corporation
📍 Tokyo, Japan

Masaharu Kuwabara is a bilingual digital commerce leader with over 25 years of experience, focusing on large-scale digital transformation and e-commerce initiatives in the Life Sciences industry. He specializes in Japan–US cross-functional liaison for companies like Waters Corporation and Novartis. People who have worked with him describe him as engaged, active, and positive.

Outside of work, he has a strong personal connection to Australia, where he was married. He is a dog lover who frequently posts about his senior Shiba Inu, Koume, and enjoys visiting long-established restaurants in Ginza for traditional tempura. He has also taken courses on ChatGPT and prompt engineering.

He was once honored by the U. S. Embassy in Tokyo, which selected and featured a comment he made on social media about creating better workplace environments.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Bilingual Digital Commerce Solutions Manager | Digital Commerce Strategy | Marketing Division
Job Level
Middle
Location
Tokyo, Japan
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Digital Transformation
He has led large-scale digital transformation and e-commerce initiatives within the Life Sciences industry for over 12 years at major global corporations.
Japan-US Business
A core competency is serving as a bilingual liaison between Japanese and US stakeholders, adapting global frameworks to the unique Japanese market.
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Career

Work history

11-2021
Bilingual Digital Commerce Solutions Manager | Digital Commerce Strategy | Marketing Division
Waters Corporation
7-2020 - 9-2020
Bilingual Senior Business Analyst (L3) & Business Project Manager — Fully Remote, English-only
UBS
12-2019 - 2-2020
Web Development Project Manager | Drupal CMS | NBS Division | Commercial IT Department | Pharma
Novartis
1-2019 - 8-2019
Digital Program Lead – Japan Market | Marketing Communication(MarCom) | Medical Devices
Abbott
10-2018 - 10-2018
J/E Presales Support Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
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Education
Graduated
Tokyo Metropolitan Minato Technical High School
English
Plady House English School Yokohama
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