About the Role
The Talent Acquisition Partner is a strategic hiring partner responsible for delivering exceptional recruitment outcomes across the GID business through a highly organised, data-driven and high-performing talent acquisition function
.
Working as part of a collaborative global Talent Acquisition team, this role combines deep market knowledge, direct sourcing expertise and trusted stakeholder partnership to attract and secure exceptional talent across multiple functions and levels of seniorit
y.
The role is responsible for building robust talent pipelines through proactive market mapping, targeted direct sourcing and effective management of inbound talent, ensuring access to the best candidates from both active and passive marke
ts.
Partnering closely with business leaders and hiring managers, the Talent Acquisition Partner provides market intelligence, advises on hiring strategy and leads an efficient, high-quality recruitment process from workforce planning through to offer accepta
nce.
Success in this role requires exceptional organisation, commercial acumen and pace, with a strong focus on quality hiring, reducing agency dependency, improving hiring efficiency and delivering an outstanding candidate and stakeholder experience. As a member of a high-performing global TA function, the Talent Acquisition Partner plays a critical role in enabling business growth, strengthening organisational capability and supporting long-term business suc
cess.
Key Responsibi
litiesStrategic Talent Acqui
- sitionManage the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across Japan and other APAC markets as required, delivering approximately 40+ hires ann
- ually.Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce requirements, business priorities and future talent
- needs.Lead intake and discovery meetings to define role requirements, recruitment strategies and sourcing
- plans.Provide market intelligence, salary benchmarking and recruitment advice specific to the Japanese employment m
- arket.Develop hiring strategies that improve quality of hire, reduce time-to-fill and minimise external agency
usage.
Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Deve
- lopmentBuild and maintain strategic talent pipelines for current and future hiring requir
- ements.Conduct ongoing market mapping across key competitors and industry sectors within
- Japan.Proactively source high-quality candidates through direct search, networking, referrals, LinkedIn and other sourcing ch
- annels.Develop long-term relationships with passive talent and maintain talent commu
- nities.Manage candidate pipelines and ensure accurate data within the Applicant Tracking System
(ATS).
Recruitment
- DeliveryDeliver a seamless end-to-end recruitment process from requisition through offer acc
- eptance.Screen, interview and assess candidates against technical capability, behavioural competencies and organisatio
- nal fit.Coordinate interview scheduling and partner with hiring managers to ensure a structured and consistent assessment
- process.Support offer negotiations, employment checks and onboarding act
- ivities.Ensure all recruitment activity complies with company policies and employment legislation across Japan, APAC, EMEA and the Americas where app
licable.
Stakeholder Pa
- rtnershipBuild trusted relationships with hiring managers, HR Business Partners and business leaders across Japan and the global orga
- nisation.Act as a trusted advisor by providing recruitment best practice, market insights and hiring recomme
- ndations.Influence hiring decisions through data, market knowledge and talent inte
- lligence.Deliver an exceptional hiring manager and candidate experience throughout every stage of the recruitment
process.
Talent Acquisition
- ExcellenceMonitor recruitment performance using key talent acquisition metrics, including time-to-hire, sourcing effectiveness, pipeline health and qualit
- y of hire.Analyse recruitment data to identify trends and opportunities for continuous im
- provement.Champion best practice recruitment processes, governance and candidate e
- xperience.Support workforce planning initiatives through proactive talent pipelining and market int
elligence.
Projects & Continuous
- ImprovementContribute to regional and global Talent Acquisition initiatives and continuous improvemen
- t projects.Support the development of competency-based interview guides, assessment frameworks and recruitment
- processes.Share knowledge and best practice across the global Talent Acquis
- ition team.Stay informed on recruitment trends, technology and labour market developments within Japan and the broader A
PAC region.
Skills, Knowledge &
- ; Experience
Proven experience in end-to-end Talent Acquisition within an in-house or agency - environment.Demonstrated success recruiting across the Jap
- anese market.Native or business-fluent Japanese language skills (spoken and written) with professional English communic
- ation skills.Experience partnering with hiring managers and senior business
- stakeholders.Strong direct sourcing and talent mapping capability, with experience engaging passiv
- e candidates.Sound understanding of Japanese employment practices, hiring regulations and recruitment m
- arket trends.Experience recruiting across multiple business functions and levels
- of seniority.Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), sourcing platforms and recruitment
- technologies.Strong analytical capability with experience using recruitment metrics to drive hir
- ing outcomes.Excellent organisational, planning and stakeholder manag
- ement skills.Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a global Talent Acqu
isition team.
