Senior Recruiter - Japanese speaking

Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman, a Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) business, is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman's thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.

Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com 

Job Overview

As a Senior Recruiter, you will play a key role in attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent for Oliver Wyman Asia Pacific Region (APR) with a primary focus supporting OW ’s investment and growth plan.

The role will support campus, early careersand experienced hiring, for consulting and specialist roles as well as provide broader HR operations support where needed. This is a varied role where you will drive graduate hiring recruitment initiatives and events and support-function needs.

You will partner closely with Japan business leaders and work as part of the wider Asia Pacific Recruitment team to develop sourcing strategies, deliver an exceptional candidate experience, and strengthen Oliver Wyman's employer brand in the Japan market.

What You'll Do

· Manage the full recruitment lifecycle across campus, experienced-hire and support-professional roles, from sourcing through offer and onboarding.

· Partner with hiring managers and business leaders in Japan to develop and execute effective hiring and attraction strategies aligned with business needs.

· Lead campus recruiting initiatives for domestic and international universities, including talent-attraction strategies, campus and candidate engagement, recruitment-event planning, networking, internship programmes, and interview coordination.

· Build and expand relationships with universities, career centres, student organisations, and external partners to strengthen Oliver Wyman's talent pipeline, including identifying new sourcing channels and recruiting platforms.

· Source high-quality candidates using market mapping, networking, LinkedIn, BizReach, Gaishishukatsu, referrals, search firms, and other relevant channels.

· Deliver an outstanding candidate experience through proactive communication, interview coordination, and effective stakeholder management.

· Drive continuous improvement of recruiting processes, assessment methodologies, interview frameworks, and selection criteria to enhance efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience.

· Build and maintain talent pipelines and market intelligence to support current and future Japan hiring needs.

· Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through targeted sourcing and hiring strategies.

· Manage recruiting data, reporting, and applicant-tracking-system records, including Workday, to provide insights and support data-driven decision-making.

· Support selected Human Capital operations and projects, including onboarding, employee-lifecycle activities, HR process improvements, reporting, and other people initiatives as required.

· Contribute to recruiting best practices, employer-branding initiatives, recruitment events, and strategic ad hoc talent-acquisition projects in partnership with the wider Asia Pacific Recruitment team.

What You'll Bring

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

· Proven recruitment experience, ideally within professional services, consulting, financial services, executive search, or a multinational organization

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Japanese-language skills and prior experience recruiting in or for the Japan market are preferred, but not essential.

· Experience managing multiple hiring processes across a variety of functions and seniority levels, including campus and experienced hiring.

· Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct-search techniques.

· Excellent stakeholder-management, influencing, networking, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to represent Oliver Wyman confidently and build strong partnerships with candidates, universities, and industry contacts through networking and recruiting events.

· An entrepreneurial, self-driven, and proactive mindset, with the ability to identify opportunities, build talent pipelines, and engage with candidates and external partners.

· Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

· A collaborative team player who works effectively across business functions and in a matrixed, regional environment.

· Experience with applicant tracking systems, such as Workday Recruiting, and proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Why Join Oliver Wyman's Human Capital Team?

· Be Part of Our Growth Journey: Join a growing Japan business with the opportunity to help shape recruitment strategy, strengthen our employer brand, and support continued business and headcount growth.

· Make a Visible Impact: Take ownership of recruitment initiatives, work directly with business leaders, and help attract the talent that will shape the future of our Japan business.

· Collaborative and Inclusive Culture: Thrive in a flat, entrepreneurial, and supportive environment where ideas are valued, collaboration is encouraged, and everyone has the opportunity to make a difference.

· Leverage Regional and Global Strengths: Benefit from the support, expertise, resources, and best practices of the wider Asia Pacific Recruitment team, Oliver Wyman, and Marsh while partnering with regional and global colleagues.

· Grow Your Career: Benefit from ongoing learning, mentorship, and development opportunities while building a rewarding career in talent acquisition within a leading global consulting firm.

· Join Oliver Wyman in a 12-month fixed-term role, with the potential to convert to a permanent position as our APR business continues to grow.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.