Recruiting Manager
About the job
- At least 3 years of professional recruitment experience, either in-house or at an agency.
- Strong understanding of full-cycle recruiting and talent acquisition strategies.
- Business-level spoken and written English proficiency is required.
- Fluent Japanese communication skills are required for coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Ability to work on-site in Tokyo is required; the qualifications section says remote work is not available.
- Develop and execute a global hiring strategy aligned with AIRoA’s organizational goals.
- Manage full-cycle recruitment, including planning, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.
- Conduct direct sourcing and outreach through BizReach, LinkedIn, and other platforms.
- Plan and execute recruitment events, job fairs, and networking initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal teams to strengthen employer branding and recruitment marketing.
- Coordinate with HR and labor management teams on hiring policies and compliance.
- Lead global hiring efforts and manage domestic and international recruitment initiatives.
- Experience in HR, labor relations, or talent development.
- Recruitment experience in technology, AI, or robotics.
- Experience leading or mentoring a small recruiting team.
- Proven success in global or startup environments.
- Knowledge of employer branding, HR analytics, or recruiting automation tools.
- Experience communicating in English.
- Experience in global or cross-border community management.
About the company
AI Robot Association is best understood as an open research association working on foundation models for robotics. Researchers and engineers build datasets, training systems, evaluation methods, and embodied artificial-intelligence software. Its initiative brings together motion data, vision-language-action research, model development, and humanoid-robot experimentation. Roles may span machine learning, robotics, data engineering, simulation, infrastructure, research operations, and partnerships. The entity has a limited public footprint, so the profile stays close to its official research and recruiting materials.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- On 2026-08-03, AIRoA released 5,000 hours of robot motion data and a foundation model.
- On 2026-08-04, it consolidated at a 3,500 m² Heiwajima facility, signaling execution.
- Its 2026-02-10 ICRA workshop and RSJ 2026 talks widen partner demand and visibility.
What critics are saying
- AIRoA depends on public programs like NEDO and GENIAC, exposing it to budget cuts.
- Open-data coordination among members can stall, while DeepMind and NVIDIA race ahead.
- If members stop contributing data, AIRoA’s ecosystem model loses scale and relevance quickly.
What makes AI Robot Association unique
- AIRoA launched in 2024 as Japan’s open robot-data consortium, not a single vendor.
- It combines academia, industry, and METI-NEDO-backed projects around robot foundation models.
- Its Heiwajima hub centralizes R&D and corporate functions across Tokyo, Miraikan, and Kyoto.
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