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HRBPジェネラルマネジメント/ HRBP General Management

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A global communications and marketing organisation is seeking a Human Resources Business Partner, General Management. The selected candidate will partner with business leaders on performance, talent development, organisational transformation, and people strategy while supporting global and APAC initiatives. This is a hybrid setup role.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with business leaders to translate business strategy into people and organisation priorities
  • Own and drive the end-to-end performance cycle, ensuring high-quality, future-focused performance conversations
  • Lead the talent cycle from a development perspective, including talent identification, career pathways, succession and readiness planning
  • Advise leaders on structure, capability, leadership effectiveness and organisational design
  • Support and co-lead business and organisational transformation initiatives, challenging legacy ways of working
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for APAC on performance, talent and people-related topics, translating global frameworks into local impact
  • Partner with the wider Talent & Culture team to ensure alignment, consistency and seamless execution across people initiatives
  • Leverage data, insights and AI-enabled tools to inform talent decisions and improve performance and productivity
  • Identify smarter, simpler and more impactful ways of operating through a future-of-work mindset

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in a Business Partner or equivalent strategic role
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with leaders on business strategy, transformation and change
  • Experience working in global or matrixed environments, acting as a key local interface
  • Comfortable using data, insights and AI-enabled tools to support performance and talent decisions
  • Demonstrated AI fluency
  • Fluent level Japanese and English

About the Company:

The company is a global communications and marketing organisation operating across multiple markets. It provides services across advertising, communications, marketing and related business areas.

Keywords:

人事ビジネスパートナー, 人事戦略, タレントマネジメント, パフォーマンスマネジメント, 組織開発, 組織変革, 人材開発, サクセッションプランニング, ステークホルダーマネジメント, AI活用, グローバル人事, 求人, 外資系

Job Ref: 45T03K

Contract Type: Perm

Specialism: Human Resources

Focus: HRBP

Industry: Advertising and PR

Salary: ¥11,000,000 - ¥17,000,000 per annum

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Mid Management

Language: Japanese - Professional working

Second Language: English - Business level

Location: Tokyo

Job Reference: 45T03K-2BF20E67

Date posted: 11 August 2026

Consultant: Courtney Collier