Head of HRBP（HRBP責任者候補）

About the Position

We are seeking a Head of HRBP (HRBP責任者候補) to lead HR and organizational strategies in Japan, driving business transformation and managing HR teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic HRBP Support: As a partner to Japanese management and business leaders, lead the identification and execution of HR and organizational solutions aligned with business strategies.
• Business Understanding and Trust Building: Deeply understand the company's complex businesses (media, e-commerce, marketing, etc.), build trust with on-site teams, and implement initiatives with speed.
• Organizational Management and Development: Manage internally transferred members (strong in business understanding and internal networks but new to HR expertise) to achieve high team performance.
• Overall HR Domain Promotion: Improve operations and execution across the People domain, including recruitment, engagement, evaluation, performance management, and leadership development.
• Organizational Integration in M&A (PMI): Promote the integration of corporate culture and ensure organizational and operational alignment from a HR perspective in M&A activities within Japan.
• Global Collaboration: Collaborate with the Global HR BP team to optimize and execute global policies for the Japanese market. (A path to regional roles is also available in the future)
• Reporting Line: To the responsible officer of the Japanese subsidiary and the Group COO

Position Highlights

• Leading Business-Linked HR Strategies Under Executive Management: Direct involvement in solving organizational challenges that are bottlenecks to business growth under the direct supervision of the Japanese subsidiary's responsible officer (with functional coaching from the COO).
• Management Experience Leading a Hybrid HR Team: Through managing "members with internal appeal from business divisions," develop leadership skills that maximize organizational output while enhancing your HR expertise.
• Path to Future Roles as 'Head of People, Japan' or Global Roles: Initially, deliver results as an HRBP, with expectations for future promotion to the overall HR responsibility for Japan (Head of People, Japan) or stepping up to a regional role in APAC.
• Driving Initiatives in a Global Environment: In an environment where over half of the revenue composition is overseas, collaborate with the Global HR BP team to deploy HQ initiatives in Japan through global HR projects.

Requirements

Required Skills

• HRBP or HR Planning and Promotion Experience: Experience in capturing business challenges and translating them into HR initiatives, executing and managing them in a rapidly growing and changing environment (such as startups or mega-ventures). Experience in leading organizational Change Management is highly desirable.
• Grit and Problem-Solving Ability: A strong drive to push through challenges in chaotic environments or high-speed situations, analyzing problems calmly and executing solutions to the end, even in difficult circumstances.
• Strong Curiosity and Ability to Catch Up with Business: The ability to make efforts to deeply understand unfamiliar business models (such as the company's various platforms).
• Management or Leadership Experience: The ability to lead team members, create a collaborative environment that achieves results together, and have leadership skills that can influence not only your team but also executive management.

Preferred Skills

• Business-level English proficiency (Ability to read and write at a minimum level necessary for collaboration with Global HR BPs is welcome. Fluent speakers may be involved in regional projects early after joining)
• Strong passion for organizational development, talent development, and corporate culture building.
• Data-driven thinking to derive the essence and insights of challenges based on data.

Benefits

• Bi-annual performance reviews
• Commuting expenses
• Full weekend (Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays) and year-end/New Year holidays
• Paid leave (15 days in the first year)
• Bereavement leave, maternity leave, and childcare leave
• Full social insurance, employment insurance, and health insurance coverage
• Working hours: 10:00-19:00
• Office: Roppongi Hills 31F

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