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Mercari

Peer-to-peer mobile marketplace for secondhand goods

Talent Development Specialist

Learning & DevelopmentConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMinato City, Tokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least three years of practical experience in talent management or organizational talent development at an operating company, consulting firm, or similar organization.
  • Experience designing or operating succession planning, or selection and development processes using talent reviews or assessments.
  • Experience collaborating with diverse stakeholders, including executives and organizational leaders, and leading issue clarification and consensus building.
  • Experience using qualitative and quantitative data to define issues, translate them into processes, guidelines, or key performance indicators, and drive operational improvement.
  • Ability to handle highly confidential information appropriately and conduct work with governance in mind.
  • Experience using artificial intelligence tools to improve productivity or decision quality, or experience advancing such use.
  • Proficient Japanese language ability at CEFR C1 level.

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate succession planning for successor development.
  • Define critical positions and design the leadership and competency requirements for each position.
  • Design talent-review frameworks, meetings, and processes; facilitate reviews and support decision-making.
  • Design policies for the use of assessments, including 360-degree feedback and other tools; operate assessments and support interpretation and application of results.
  • Develop guidelines for candidate-specific development strategies and individual development plans, and support execution in coordination with managers and stakeholders.
  • Plan and advance next-generation leader development.
  • Design and introduce selective development programs, executive coaching, and challenging assignments.
  • Design and operate mentoring and sponsorship mechanisms.
  • Measure program effectiveness using key performance indicators and qualitative and quantitative reviews, and improve programs.
  • Design and enhance the talent-management foundation, including systems, data, and operations.
  • Establish policies for talent data covering skills, experience, performance, and potential, and design data-quality and input processes.
  • Make skills and career information visible and develop decision-support materials for strategic placement and promotion.
  • Standardize talent-management systems and processes, including review cycles, definitions, guidelines, and templates.
  • Organize the use of human-resources systems and tools and design operations in collaboration with relevant teams; the role is not limited to system administration.
  • Lead issue clarification and consensus building with executives, organizational leaders, human-resources business partners, and other stakeholders.
  • Design and operate governance for handling highly confidential talent information.
  • Participate in related organizational and talent development projects; the principal focus of the position is talent management.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience designing and enhancing talent-management foundations, including skills-data organization, data design, standardized review cycles, and human-resources system use.
  • Experience working in a global environment, or experience facilitating meetings or building consensus in English.
  • Expertise in talent assessment, psychometrics, competency design, or coaching.
  • Experience advancing organizational problem-solving in collaboration with other human-resources areas, such as human-resources business partners.
  • Independent English language ability at CEFR B2 level.

About the Company

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Mercari

Peer-to-peer mobile marketplace for secondhand goods

Mercari operates a mobile peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods. Users list items by taking photos in the app, and buyers complete purchases there, with payments held in escrow until receipt is confirmed. Revenue comes from seller fees (10% in Japan; 10% plus 3.6% buyer protection in the US), plus Merpay payments and promoted listings, plus shipping partnerships for integrated delivery. The platform differentiates itself through a simple mobile experience, escrow and buyer protection, shipping integration, and a broader marketplace including Mercari Shops for sellers, with a goal of extending product life and supporting a circular economy.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2013

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