Senior People Operations Partner / HRBP

📋 Description

• • We're looking for a Senior People Operations Partner / HRBP to lead the day-to-day people operations for Reaktor Japan.
• • The role is hands-on by design, with a focus on owning the everyday mechanics of local HR and staying close to the team.
• • You will also be one of the main links between Japan and Reaktor's global People/HR teams, discussing people processes, compensation, performance, employment practices, and sensitive employee topics with colleagues outside Japan.
• • The interview process will include both English and Japanese conversations.
• • WHAT YOU'LL DO
• • Run people operations for the Japan office, managing the employee lifecycle from pre-onboarding to offboarding.
• • Handle local labor and compliance work, keeping Japan HR operations aligned with local labor law, company policies, and the rules of employment.
• • Help people join and settle in, supporting new joiners coming from Japan and from overseas.
• • Connect global People practices with Japan, working with global People/HR colleagues on performance, compensation, organizational changes, and other people processes.
• • Advise local leadership on people matters, supporting local leaders on team health, engagement, retention, organizational changes, performance topics, and employee relations.
• • Support recruiting from a People perspective, working with Talent Acquisition and hiring teams when People/HR input is needed.
• • Contribute to the office community, working with office administration and team members on office practices, events, benefits, and wellbeing.
• • WHAT YOU'LL NEED
• • Around eight or more years of experience in HR Generalist, People Operations, HR Business Partner (HRBP), or a closely related role in Japan.
• • Practical knowledge of Japanese labor law, labor administration, rules of employment, attendance, social insurance, and payroll coordination.
• • Experience working with external partners such as payroll vendors, labor and social security attorneys, benefits partners, or other HR service providers.
• • Experience across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, performance cycles, employee relations, and offboarding.
• • The judgment to handle confidential and sensitive employee matters with care.
• • The ability to turn ambiguous people issues into clear facts, options, stakeholders, and next steps.
• • Comfort working in a small, flat organization where you need to spot issues, set priorities, and move the work yourself.
• • Native or near-native Japanese communication skills, especially for employment, policy, and employee-facing topics.
• • Strong business English, with the ability to discuss HR operations, performance, compensation, organizational changes, and employee matters with global colleagues in English.
• • Experience using HRIS, Google Workspace, Slack, or similar tools to keep people data and processes organized.
• • NICE TO HAVE
• • Experience in a foreign-affiliated company, technology company, digital product company, creative agency, consultancy, or startup.
• • Experience running People operations in a local office of around 30-50 people.
• • Experience adapting global HR processes for a local market.
• • Experience supporting recruiting processes, candidate experience, or employer brand from a People/HR perspective.
• • Experience with compensation, performance, or organizational change projects.
• • Experience working in a multinational or multicultural team.
• • Experience supporting relocation, visa-related processes, or onboarding for non-Japanese employees.
• • WHY REAKTOR
• • At Reaktor, freedom and responsibility come together.
• • Our Tokyo office brings together designers, engineers, product people, and business people, with a focus on flat and transparent decision-making.
• • This role sits close to that operating model, keeping local HR grounded in practice while giving leaders and employees the context they need to work well.
• • At Reaktor, you can expect a flat and transparent organization with open decision-making and business visibility, a team that gives people freedom and expects them to use it responsibly, a culture that values learning by doing over waiting for a perfect plan, a global community across Reaktor offices, a multicultural Tokyo office with people from different countries and backgrounds, a sustainable work-life balance, internal communities, training, events, and learning opportunities, and support for tools, connectivity, remote work, and professional growth.
• • LOCATION
• • Tokyo, Ebisu
• • Hybrid | Full time
• • COMPENSATION
• • Compensation will be based on experience, skills, and role expectations.
• • BENEFITS
• • A 40-hour work week built around sustainable work-life balance.
• • Parental leave and family-related support.
• • Professional development support.
• • Mobile phone and connectivity support.
• • Annual paid leave.
• • Paid sick leave.
• • Team dinners, internal events, company trips, and community activities.
• • Mental health support.