Structured.

We run the CEO's office.
And staff it.

Structured. is a professional firm that takes on the functions of the CEO's office and recruits the people to own them. From strategy and tactics to internal and external communication, from driving execution to management and improvement, we carry the work end to end.

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Professionals
who execute.

WHO WE ARE

A professional firm made up solely of people who have done the work of management themselves.

Structured. Inc. is a Tokyo-based professional firm founded in 2021, specializing in CEO office outsourcing and executive search for CEO office roles.

Every member has held a CXO, CEO-office, corporate, financial, business, sales, HR or IT planning role in practice. We don't advise from the sidelines: we take on the work itself—corporate planning, HR planning and the rest—build the plan beside the CEO, move the organization and deliver the numbers. We work with startups, listed companies and investment funds alike, whatever the size or stage.

2021Founded. CEO office outsourcing has been our core business ever since
6areasCorporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning, delivered as one
1dayCEO office outsourcing starts the day you need it
WHY

You want a right hand. Getting the quality and capacity you need is remarkably hard.

Hiring hasn't turned up the right person

You keep searching and no one fits. Judging whether a candidate is truly right is hard in itself.

Developing someone internally is slow

It takes time, and there is no one to teach them. Pulling someone from another team hurts the front line.

There is a project that has to move now

No one in-house is ready. What you need from outside is execution, not consulting.

Your needs change with the season

The workload rises and falls, yet there is no professional team you can scale up and down.

With Structured., a team of management professionals is up and running the same day, and you use exactly as much as you need, when you need it.

WHAT WE DO

Outsourcing and executive search, built around the CEO's office.
And investment in companies, with a focus on business succession.

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CEO Office Outsourcing

Executive Search for CEO Office Roles

The CEO's office, from day one.

We understand the problem. Practitioners judge the fit.

CEO office outsourcing means Structured.'s team of experienced practitioners taking on the functions of the CEO's office—corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning—as one. We supply the capacity and drive the office lacks from day one, so the planning and administrative work that piles up on the CEO is handled by professionals and the CEO's time goes to what only the CEO can do.

Executive search focused on C-level executives (CEO/COO/CFO) and corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning roles. These hires are hard because agents who have never done the job struggle to articulate what it is. We understand the goal and the problem, define even the unspoken requirements, and have practitioners assess every candidate.

  • Corporate Planning
  • Financial Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Sales Planning
  • HR Planning
  • IT Planning
  • Focused on C-level, corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning roles
  • We talk directly with the CEO and define requirements no one has put into words
  • Every introduction comes with a practitioner's reasons for the fit
  • On request, we support onboarding until the hire is up to speed

Licensed by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as an employment placement business (License No. 13-ユ-319576)

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CEO Office Outsourcing × Executive Search

Hiring is not the end. We build it and stay until it takes root.

We stand up the CEO's office with Structured. members and your new hire together, and onboard the hire ourselves. You get momentum before the start date, and we support you until the function is fully in-house.

  • The CEO's office runs from day one while the search continues
  • The new hire is onboarded inside real work
  • Once the office runs on its own, we step away
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Investment

A shareholder that can run the business.

Beyond taking equity in clients, we invest in and acquire companies at succession and growth inflection points. Because we can run management operations ourselves, we engage as shareholders all the way to value creation.

  • Equity participation in client companies
  • Investment in and acquisition of companies at succession and growth stages
  • Long-term partnership combining CEO office functions with shareholder engagement
OTHER SERVICES

Problem-solving tool "Structured."

A tool for building action plans by organizing goals, problems, issues and actions in a logic tree—the thinking honed in our CEO office outsourcing work, as a product.

Problem-solving training

A training program for problem-solving skills that work on the job, combining lectures with hands-on use of the tool until the skill sticks.

SELECTED WORK

Selected work in CEO office outsourcing

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Sensor equipment manufacturer

100-day plan executed at the request of an investment fund

Scope
Fundraising; sales strategy overhaul (targets, product design, pricing, pipeline, priorities); business plan redesign; building the sales organization; hiring a corporate planning lead and designing the organization
Result
Extended runway through fundraising. Shorter sales cycles and higher deal values from improved sales efficiency. Investment reallocated to critical functions. Corporate planning lead hired and the organization now runs on its own
B

IT services

Clarified strategy, unified management and rebuilt the HR system amid multi-business, multi-country complexity

Scope
Articulated company and business-unit strategy with quantified KPIs; product-level cost and profit analysis to select focus products and allocate investment; business-unit management with management accounting and KPI tracking; HR system redesign grounded in mission, vision and values (grades, goal-setting, evaluation, appraisal); set up the corporate planning office and hired its lead
Result
Stalled growth recovered: +20% YoY in year one, over +50% in year two
C

Conglomerate

Revenue over ¥1 trillion. Turnaround of an acquired subsidiary that had fallen into operating loss

Scope
Overhaul across management, sales, product development, production and logistics; built and rolled out proposal simulations incorporating account-level margins and SG&A; reworked pricing and product strategy; account-level profit visibility for private-label products; hired and onboarded a sales planning lead for self-sufficiency
Result
Monthly operating profit in month four, sustained every month since
D

Investment fund

Management improvement during a growth phase

Scope
Fund strategy and branding; LP pipeline and KPI/budget visibility for fundraising; KPI design for deal sourcing; hands-on support for portfolio companies; facilitation of GP meetings; hiring a corporate planning professional
Result
Fund strategy set with an international focus. Management systems built and a corporate planning hire made, enabling self-sufficiency
THEMES

Corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning. We take on specialist management work immediately, and recruit and onboard the people who will own it in the future.

Corporate Planning

  • Management and mid-term plans
  • Business targets and performance management
  • Management dashboards
  • Agenda design and materials for management meetings
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner

Financial Planning

  • Fundraising and capital policy
  • Financial management and cash-flow systems
  • Management accounting and unit profitability
  • Budget vs. actuals and faster monthly close
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner

Business Planning

  • Business-unit plans and progress tracking
  • New business launches
  • Monetization projects
  • Portfolio review and exit decisions
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner

Sales Planning

  • New business and partner sales strategy
  • Sales organization design
  • Sales management systems and tracking
  • Standardizing and improving the sales process
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner

HR Planning

  • Mission, vision, values and HR policy design
  • Compensation, evaluation and grade systems
  • Running appraisals and calibration
  • Headcount planning and management
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner

IT Planning

  • Internal information infrastructure design
  • Business system selection and rollout
  • Data platforms and automated KPI reporting
  • Digitizing processes and applying AI
  • Recruiting and onboarding the future owner
LEADERSHIP

Founder

Masakazu Yano, Founder & CEO

Masakazu Yano

Founder & CEO

Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics. Joined Goldman Sachs out of university, then led marketing and new business at DeNA, served as COO of Anytimes, worked in business strategy and new business at Recruit, and was Executive Vice President & COO of XICA before founding Structured. in 2021.

As COO of two companies, grew each more than tenfold. Covers the full range of management operations—marketing, sales, customer success, business planning, alliances, HR, hiring and training, fundraising, management control and corporate planning—from strategy through execution and improvement.

  • Goldman SachsEquity Sales & Trading
  • DeNAMarketing / New Business Development
  • AnytimesCOO
  • RecruitBusiness Strategy / New Business Development
  • XICAExecutive Vice President & COO, Head of Business
  • Structured.Founder & CEO (2021–)
COMPANY
Company
Structured. Inc.
CEO
Masakazu Yano
Founded
July 1, 2021
Business
CEO office outsourcing, executive search, investment, product development
License
Employment placement business license No. 13-ユ-319576
Address
H¹O Nihonbashi Kobunacho 301, 8-6 Nihonbashi Kobunacho,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0024, Japan
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is CEO office outsourcing?

A service in which Structured.'s team of experienced practitioners takes on the functions of the CEO's office—corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning—as one. Handing this work to professionals frees the CEO's time for what only the CEO can do.

How is it different from consulting?

We do not stop at recommendations or deliverables; we do the management work itself. Beyond building the plan, we communicate it inside and outside the company, move the organization, run the meetings, track the numbers and, where needed, hire and onboard the person who will take over. Everyone on the team has held a CXO, CEO-office or planning role in practice.

What kinds of companies work with you?

Startups, listed companies, investment funds and their portfolio companies, across sizes and stages. Typical situations: a right-hand person cannot be hired, there is no time to develop one internally, a project has to move now, or capacity needs to flex with the season.

Which roles does your executive search cover?

C-level executives (CEO/COO/CFO) and corporate, financial, business, sales, HR and IT planning roles. Drawing on our own experience in these jobs, we define even unspoken requirements, have practitioners assess candidates, and introduce them with our reasons for the fit. We are a licensed employment placement business (No. 13-ユ-319576).

Can we use outsourcing and executive search together?

Yes. Structured. members stand up the CEO's office from day one while the search runs in parallel, then onboard the hire inside real work. Once the office runs on its own, we step away and support full internalization.

What are your fees?

CEO office outsourcing is quoted individually based on scope and workload. Executive search is fully success-based, with a refund policy for early departures. Please contact us for details.

CONTACT

When management needs one more pair of hands.

Get in touch for engagements or an initial conversation. We reply within one to two business days.

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