Senior Talent Acquisition Partner

The role

You will own full-cycle recruitment across functions in Japan. You will partner with senior leaders to define roles, find talent, and guide hiring decisions to support growth.

What you will do

• Own full-cycle recruitment across functions in Japan
• Partner with hiring managers to define role scope, success profiles, and hiring strategies
• Advise senior leaders on Japan's talent market
• Build and nurture proactive talent pipelines through direct sourcing, referrals, local networks, and agency partnerships
• Run structured, data-informed hiring processes
• Lead candidate and offer conversations
• Help shape how Talent operates at Legora through process design, programs, tooling, and employer branding
• Deliver an excellent candidate experience

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in talent acquisition
• Substantial experience recruiting in Japan
• Experience helping a technology startup or scale-up grow
• Proven track record of hiring across functions and seniority levels
• Strong direct sourcing and candidate engagement skills
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders on hiring strategy and team composition
• Ownership of the full recruitment process
• Ability to manage multiple complex searches independently
• Comfort working through ambiguity
• Strong business-level English
• Commitment to being based in Tokyo and working from the office five days per week

Nice to have

• A combination of in-house and agency experience
• Experience recruiting in legal technology, AI, or professional services

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.