Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
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Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
WayveAs part of our People team, you will help build and run the operational backbone that lets our people do their best work. Across the full employee lifecycle — from onboarding through to offboarding — you’ll keep day-to-day People operations running smoothly and accurately, covering areas such as onboarding, working hours, social and labour insurance, employee documentation and compliance, working closely with the wider team and our external partners. The most exciting part of this role is that you’ll help shape our People foundations in Japan from an early stage. Rather than simply operating a finished machine, you’ll be working in an environment with plenty of white space — where the way you work directly improves how our processes and systems evolve. There’s real room here to make things better, and it’s largely yours to shape. In a fast-growing scale-up, we’re looking for someone who enjoys more than just completing set tasks — someone who spots “this could work better” and turns it into reality. Partnering with employees, managers and external providers across a broad range of areas, you’ll naturally develop a wide, cross-functional view of People operations in Japan.
- At least one year of experience in a People Operations or HR administrative role, with a solid understanding of the full employee lifecycle. - Knowledge and hands-on experience of Japanese HR administration, including payroll, social and labour insurance, and working-hours management. - Someone who enjoys not just completing set tasks but spotting where things can be improved and making it happen. - Able to manage several tasks in parallel, prioritising effectively to keep work moving. - Strong, considerate communication skills, with the ability to build trust with employees, managers and external partners. - Able to work in both Japanese (fluency is essential, N1 or above) and English (able to work with stakeholders over written and verbal communication).
- Experience in a start-up or fast-growth environment. - Experience supporting teams across multiple locations or geographies. - Experience using AI tooling to make workflows more efficient.
- This is a full-time role based in our office in Tokyo, Japan. - At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.
