Talent Acquisition Partner (Tokyo-based)

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to help us strategically grow our world-class team in Japan and other countries across the globe.

The Opportunity You will partner with senior management to create a seamless recruiting process to help Agoda scale our business globally. Your responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with hiring managers to understand their business objectives and hiring needs
• Developing the recruitment strategy and ways to build a talent pipeline
• Owning the full-cycle recruitment process to ensure a seamless, uniform, and positive candidate experience
• Building your network with high-potential talents to ensure that the business has access to the best talent in the market
• Engaging in creative talent mapping efforts to build our candidate pipeline and provide market intelligence to the business

Must-Have

• 8+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience, ideally in a fast-growing technology, product, or similarly dynamic environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including clear communication, proactive updates, expectation management, and the ability to influence hiring managers and senior leaders using data and market insights
• Exceptional sourcing skills, with a proven ability to build strong top-of-funnel pipelines in challenging and competitive talent markets
• A strong problem-solving mindset, with the ability to identify root causes, propose practical solutions, and create clear action plans when pipelines are challenging
• Experience hiring across different levels, from early-career talent through to leadership roles, including negotiating complex compensation packages and successfully closing candidates
• A data-driven approach, with the ability to analyze recruitment metrics, generate useful insights, and translate them into recommendations for Japan leaders
• Excellent communication, listening, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Strong proficiency with recruitment and productivity tools, such as LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, Greenhouse, and Microsoft Office
• A proactive and continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities and drive recruitment process improvements
• A passion for recruitment and delivering an excellent candidate experience
• Proficiency in Japanese and English is required

Good-to-Have

• Experience in both agency and in-house recruitment environments
• Experience partnering with senior leadership on strategic recruitment initiatives
• Experience using recruitment data to identify market trends and inform workforce or hiring strategies
• Proven ability to take initiative and lead cross-functional projects from planning through to completion