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Legora is an AI-native legal workspace company serving 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries, including major law firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, and Linklaters. The company has scaled to $200M+ ARR and continues expanding through acquisitions and geographic growth.
As Senior Talent Acquisition Partner in Japan, you will own full-cycle recruitment across functions, primarily in Tokyo, reporting to and partnering closely with senior leaders. This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role with significant autonomy and responsibility for shaping Legora's hiring approach in the Japan market.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning full-cycle recruitment across all functions in Japan, from initial brief through accepted offer
- Partnering with hiring managers to define role scope, success profiles, and hiring strategies aligned to business priorities
- Advising senior leaders on Japan's talent market, including candidate availability, compensation, motivations, and recruitment approaches
- Building and nurturing proactive talent pipelines through direct sourcing, referrals, local networks, and agency partnerships
- Running structured, data-informed hiring processes that balance quality, pace, and consistency
- Leading candidate and offer conversations, understanding motivations and helping candidates make informed decisions
- Contributing to process design, programs, tooling, employer branding, and broader People initiatives across Legora
- Delivering excellent candidate experience and acting as a trusted ambassador for Legora
You will combine day-to-day recruiting with improving how Legora hires, bringing deep knowledge of Japan's talent market and experience scaling teams in a technology business. The role requires managing multiple complex searches independently while maintaining quality and clear communication with stakeholders.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years in talent acquisition, including substantial experience recruiting in Japan and helping a technology startup or scale-up grow
- Proven track record of hiring across functions and seniority levels, with ability to learn new talent markets and adapt approach
- Strong direct sourcing and candidate engagement skills, including experience building relationships with passive candidates
- Experience partnering with senior stakeholders on hiring strategy and team composition, with confidence to challenge briefs
- Ownership of full recruitment process including assessment, compensation discussions, offer negotiation, and closing
- Ability to manage multiple complex searches independently, maintaining quality, pace, and clear communication
- Comfort working through ambiguity, creating structure, and making sound decisions with available information
- Collaborative, direct approach with judgment to challenge stakeholders constructively
- Strong business-level English for partnership with regional and global colleagues
- Commitment to being based in Tokyo and working from office five days per week
Valuable additions: combination of in-house and agency experience; experience recruiting in legal technology, AI, or professional services.
