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AI Robot Association

Open robotics research association

HR Manager

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan¥10M - ¥14M /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Practical experience in human resources and labor relations; no minimum number of years is specified.
  • At least 1 year of people-management experience.
  • Ability to engage directly with executive leadership and other departments and build consensus.
  • Native-level Japanese ability.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and manage a team of several HR members and lead the overall HR function.
  • Design and revise HR systems and regulations, taking practical ownership of decisions subject to Executive Board review.
  • Communicate directly with executive leadership and drive HR decision-making.
  • Negotiate and build alignment with other departments.
  • Mitigate labor risks, including managing overtime hours and operating discretionary work systems.
  • Determine the policy for bringing payroll operations in-house, which are currently primarily outsourced.
  • Design the operational framework for the Money Forward HR system.
  • Manage labor and attendance operations, including onboarding, offboarding, personnel transfers, and social insurance procedures.
  • Administer evaluation and grading processes and manage compensation and grading data.
  • Coordinate onboarding and internal transfers.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for harassment and compliance matters.
  • Design the overall HR function, prioritizing labor-risk mitigation followed by the design of HR systems and policies.
  • Depending on the role holder’s interests, potentially rotate into talent acquisition, lead human resource development initiatives such as certification programs and training businesses, or build the HR business partner function.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in HR and labor relations at a launch-stage organization, such as a startup or newly established entity.
  • Experience participating in HR system or policy design and revision projects.
  • Experience implementing or operating HR, attendance, or labor-management systems; the organization uses Money Forward.
  • Experience handling labor matters for diverse employment types, including temporary staff, contractors, secondees, and part-time workers.
  • Experience managing harassment helpdesks or compliance consultation channels.
  • Interest in AI, robotics, and deep technology.
  • Experience presenting proposals to executive leadership, including at Executive Board meetings.
  • Experience establishing and building a team of several members.
  • Business-level English is a plus.

About the Company

AI Robot Association

Open robotics research association

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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