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iSpaceThis job posting was originally in Japanese. The English version is automatically translated. Please visit the company site for the most accurate information.
ispace is looking for the Organization Performance & Development Specialist to join our growing team in Tokyo. We are a Japan-based company expanding globally in the space industry—an industry with few precedents and no established playbooks. The Organization Performance & Development Specialist is responsible for building an environment where employees can learn, grow, and perform at their best, with Learning & Development as the core focus, complemented by Employee Support and Performance Coaching from the perspectives of dialogue, relationships, and engagement. This role is not about simply operating training programs or HR systems. Working closely with business, organizational, and corporate strategies, you will take end-to-end ownership of: Defining the talent and skills truly required for business growth in a specialized field Designing and deploying how those capabilities are developed and embedded within the organization Creating an environment where learning and meaningful dialogue occur naturally.
- 5+ years of experience in Learning & Development, people development, or related areas in an in-house environment - Experience designing and executing development initiatives from scratch - Strong stakeholder management skills bridging leadership, business, and frontline teams - Ability to translate abstract business challenges into concrete development and organizational initiatives - Sufficient Japanese to run a training session for employees in Japanese, sufficient English to collaborate with global colleagues
- Experience as an L&D Lead or People Development Lead - Experience in global or multicultural organizations - Experience designing development programs for engineers or highly specialized professionals - Experience in high-growth or new business environments - Strong knowledge of Japanese labor laws, internal policies, and regulations and experience working with labor law specialists (sharoushi), industrial doctors and/or employment lawyers
