Recruitment Manager

The Recruitment Manager will lead medium- and long-term recruitment strategy and execution in close cooperation with executives and business divisions. The role covers identifying hiring needs, defining requirements, building candidate pools, candidate communication, selection operations, offer negotiation and closing, and improving recruitment channels, with a focus on direct recruiting. The manager will also build relationships with recruitment agencies and analyze market and competitor trends to develop new hiring initiatives.

The position manages and develops a recruiting team of approximately five people. Responsibilities include setting team goals and KPIs, monitoring progress, supporting results, standardizing recruitment work, improving operations, strengthening the organizational structure, and leading projects involving related departments.

The role also leads recruitment communications and employer branding. This includes planning and executing communications strategies; using corporate and recruitment websites and social media; organizing employee interviews, recruitment content, and events; strengthening the recruitment brand; and improving candidate experience. Recruitment data analysis, KPI monitoring, process improvement, operational efficiency, systematization, rule development, and optimization of ATS and other recruitment management tools are also required.

Applicants should have approximately seven to eight years or more of practical experience in a human resources department, including experience independently considering and improving broad HR areas such as recruitment, systems, and labor administration in a Japanese company. Required experience includes moving people and projects as a manager or equivalent, setting goals, driving work, and developing team members. Basic knowledge of Japanese labor regulations, labor-related rules, and HR systems, as well as experience operating job-based or comparable HR systems, is required. The role also requires responsive communication, coordination across multiple simultaneous projects, and decision-making in uncertain environments.

Native-level Japanese and at least beginner-level English are required. Experience using Slack or Teams, Microsoft Office or Google applications, and hosting online meetings with Teams or Zoom is required; experience using AI for work is a plus. Experience with mid-career hiring, startup or venture-company recruiting, specialist hiring, direct recruiting, recruitment branding, global or foreign-national hiring, and recruiting in deep tech, energy, manufacturing, or research and development environments is welcomed.

The position is based at the Tokyo headquarters in Ota, Tokyo. Work at a Tokyo satellite office in Marunouchi may also be possible from June 2026. Remote work is negotiable for employees living within commuting distance. The standard schedule is 9:00 to 18:00 with a 12:00 to 13:00 break, and a flextime system may apply. Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays are off, with at least 120 annual holidays. Social insurance, other benefits, salary increases, and special paid leave at joining are provided. The annual salary range is JPY 9,000,000 to JPY 12,000,000. Employment may also be offered as a contract position, and domestic or overseas transfers may be possible.