Senior Recruiter, Japan

At Harvey, we're transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.

We are looking for a Senior Recruiter to join our Talent team as the founding recruiting hire in Tokyo. You will be responsible for building GTM and G&A hiring pipelines across Japan, partnering with hiring managers to deliver high-calibre talent in a competitive landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for GTM and G&A roles across Harvey's Tokyo office, from intake through close.
• Build and execute sourcing strategies tailored to the Japanese talent market, including direct outreach, agency partnerships, and employer branding.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, calibrate candidate profiles, and drive hiring-bar alignment across functions.
• Manage candidate pipeline health and reporting, providing data-driven updates to stakeholders on progress, conversion rates, and market conditions.
• Establish foundational recruiting processes and local interview workflows for the Tokyo market, coordinating closely with the APAC recruiting team and global Recruiting Operations.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with demonstrated success hiring GTM roles in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Experience recruiting in the Japanese market or strong familiarity with local hiring norms, compensation practices, and talent pools.
• Bilingual in Japanese and English.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advise and influence hiring managers at all levels.
• Comfort working autonomously in an early-stage office environment, with a bias for action and a track record of building processes from scratch.