Talent Acquisition Partner (Tokyo-based)

Get to Know our Team:  

The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity. We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich our thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth with outstanding learning programs and various means of assistance. Our development of incredible benefits has ensured everyone can stay strong, healthy, and happy during their time at Agoda. Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of our employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family.  

The Opportunity 

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner who will help us strategically yet grow our world-class team in Japan and other countries across the globe. You should be passionate about recruiting first-rate talents that will add value to the business. Partnering with senior management (including Country Director/SR Director/AD), you will be critical to creating a seamless recruiting process to help Agoda scale our business globally. 

In this Role, you'll get to 

• Partner with hiring managers to understand their business objectives and hiring needs. Develop the recruitment strategy and ways to build a talent pipeline accordingly. 

• Own the full-cycle recruitment process ensuring a seamless, uniform, and positive candidate experience. 

• Build your network with high-potential talents to ensure that the business has access to the best talent in the market, working comfortably on a global level. 

• Engage in creative talent mapping efforts for the purposes of building our candidate pipeline as well as to provide market intelligence to the business. 
• Work on recruitment projects and training to improve the standard for hiring within the organization 

Must-Have
-8+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience, ideally in a fast-growing technology, product, or similarly dynamic environment.
-Strong stakeholder management skills, including clear communication, proactive updates, expectation management, and the ability to influence hiring managers and senior leaders using data and market insights.
-Exceptional sourcing skills, with a proven ability to build strong top-of-funnel pipelines in challenging and competitive talent markets. 
-A strong problem-solving mindset, with the ability to identify root causes, propose practical solutions, and create clear action plans when pipelines are challenging.
-Experience hiring across different levels, from early-career talent through to leadership roles, including negotiating complex compensation packages and successfully closing candidates.
-A data-driven approach, with the ability to analyze recruitment metrics, generate useful insights, and translate them into recommendations for Japan leaders.
-Excellent communication, listening, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
-Strong proficiency with recruitment and productivity tools, such as LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, Greenhouse, and Microsoft Office.
-A proactive and continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities and drive recruitment process improvements.
-A passion for recruitment and delivering an excellent candidate experience.

- Proficiency in Japanese and English is required

Good-to-Have
-Experience in both agency and in-house recruitment environments.
-Experience partnering with senior leadership on strategic recruitment initiatives.
-Experience using recruitment data to identify market trends and inform workforce or hiring strategies.
-Proven ability to take initiative and lead cross-functional projects from planning through to completion.

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