Key Responsibilities

Rather than simply managing recruitment activity, this role will be expected to drive hiring performance and talent strategy across the organization.

Key areas of responsibility include:

Recruitment Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of recruiters and recruitment coordinators.
• Create a high-performance culture focused on quality, speed, and candidate experience.
• Coach and support team members to achieve hiring goals.

Talent Acquisition Strategy

• Build and execute recruitment strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Identify market trends and talent availability.
• Improve sourcing effectiveness and recruitment processes.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with hiring managers and senior business leaders.
• Act as a trusted advisor on talent market conditions and recruitment strategy.
• Influence hiring decisions and workforce planning discussions.

Recruitment Delivery

• Oversee experienced-hire recruitment across multiple business functions.
• Ensure delivery against annual hiring targets.
• Monitor recruitment performance, metrics, and service levels.

Vendor & Agency Management

• Manage external recruitment partners and agency relationships.
• Optimize supplier performance and recruitment ROI.
• Ensure consistent quality and compliance across recruitment activity.

Ideal Candidate Profile

Must-Have Experience

• Significant in-house Talent Acquisition experience.
• Experience leading a recruitment team.
• Track record managing high-volume professional hiring environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with senior business leaders.
• Experience developing and executing recruitment strategy.
• Strong agency/vendor management experience.
• Business-level Japanese communication skills.
• Professional English communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Financial Services, Insurance, Banking, Asset Management, or related industries.
• Experience operating in a multinational or matrix organization.
• Combination of search firm/agency and corporate recruiting experience.
• Exposure to recruitment transformation, process improvement, or employer branding initiatives.

Personal Attributes

• Commercial mindset.
• Influential communicator.
• Hands-on leader comfortable balancing strategy and execution.
• Data-driven decision maker.
• Collaborative and resilient in a fast-paced environment.