Senior People Business Partner

The role

You will lead the People agenda in Japan and help the local business scale. You will partner with the Japan leadership team to translate business priorities into practical plans for people and organization.

What you will do

• Partner with the VP and Country Manager of Japan on organizational design and workforce planning.
• Translate business priorities into a focused local People plan.
• Coach managers on expectations, feedback, talent development, and performance.
• Lead employee relations matters in Japan.
• Own local delivery of People activities across the employee lifecycle.
• Coordinate with regional and global colleagues, Finance, and external providers on operational requirements.
• Ensure local policies reflect Japanese employment requirements and align with global approach.
• Deliver performance, talent, compensation, and engagement processes in Japan.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on workforce needs and onboarding.
• Strengthen communication between Japan and the wider organization.

Required qualifications

• Substantial experience in People business partnering or broad HR leadership roles in Japan.
• Experience helping a technology startup or scale-up grow.
• Deep practical knowledge of Japanese employment practices and employee relations.
• Track record of advising senior business leaders on organizational design, performance, talent development, and change.
• Experience working across the employee lifecycle.
• Experience in an international business.
• Strong professional proficiency in Japanese and English.
• Commitment to being based in Tokyo and working from the office five days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting other Asian markets

About the company

Legora is an AI-native workspace for legal professionals. The company has 2,100+ customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to $200M+ in ARR.