Japan Campus Recruiter Associate

YOUR IMPACT

The people we hire today will shape the future of Goldman Sachs.

We're looking for a highly motivated and relationship-driven recruiting professional to join our Japan Campus Recruiting team. In this role, you'll help attract and hire exceptional talent from leading universities across Japan, partnering closely with business leaders and colleagues to build the next generation of Goldman Sachs professionals.

This is an opportunity to influence the firm's long-term talent strategy, develop meaningful relationships with universities and students, and play a key role in delivering innovative recruiting programs in one of Asia's most important talent markets. If you're passionate about building relationships, identifying talent and creating impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

OUR IMPACT

Human Capital Management (HCM) recruits, develops and rewards the people of Goldman Sachs. Our teams design and implement strategies, processes and technologies that help our people advance professionally, drive productivity and enable the firm and our clients to achieve superior results.

We look for individuals with strong problem-solving and analytical skills, innovative thinking and intellectual curiosity who want to make a meaningful impact on the success of the firm's most valuable asset: its people.

Campus Recruiting helps devise and execute the firm's entry-level recruiting strategy, including building and maintaining university relationships, promoting the Goldman Sachs brand, facilitating candidate offer and acceptance processes, and delivering internship and analyst hiring programs.

Reporting into the Asia Pacific Campus Recruiting organization, this position helps develop and execute strategies and initiatives designed to attract top campus talent for the firm's businesses in Japan. The successful candidate will partner closely with recruiting colleagues, business leaders and external stakeholders to deliver exceptional hiring outcomes while helping strengthen Goldman Sachs' position as an employer of choice.

This role provides exposure to senior stakeholders across the firm and offers the opportunity to influence recruiting strategies, enhance candidate experiences and contribute to the long-term growth of Goldman Sachs' talent pipeline in Japan.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Design and execute recruiting strategies that provide our divisions with a diverse and high-caliber pool of talent.
• Build, develop and maintain year-round relationships with universities and external stakeholders, including career centers, professors, student organizations, alumni and students.
• Serve as a brand ambassador for Goldman Sachs, educating and engaging students on career opportunities and the firm's value proposition.
• Partner closely with divisional recruiting teams and senior business stakeholders to understand hiring needs and deliver talent solutions.
• Develop and execute innovative campus engagement programs and recruiting initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance assessment methodologies and recruiting effectiveness.
• Leverage data, market insights and analytics to evaluate recruiting outcomes and inform future strategy.
• Explore and implement innovative technologies and recruiting approaches that improve candidate engagement and hiring results.
• Manage candidate relationships throughout the recruiting lifecycle, providing guidance on the firm, recruiting process and potential career opportunities.
• Partner with colleagues across Japan and Asia Pacific to deliver a consistent, best-in-class candidate experience.
• Monitor talent market trends and evolving university landscapes to identify new opportunities for engagement and attraction.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• A passion for identifying and developing talent.
• Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• A growth mindset and intellectual curiosity.
• Strategic thinking combined with strong execution capabilities.
• Strong commercial awareness and problem-solving skills.
• An ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes in a collaborative environment.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, dynamic and highly team-oriented setting.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 4 years of experience in recruiting, university relations, talent acquisition, business development, relationship management, consulting or other client-facing roles.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-management capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across internal and external stakeholder groups.
• Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering results.
• Ability to think creatively, strategically and operationally while maintaining a commercial mindset.
• Ability to influence and engage multiple audiences within a complex, consensus-driven organization.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and drive informed decision-making.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Highly organized with strong follow-through and execution.
• Results-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a long-term strategic focus.
• Japanese and English language fluency required.

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.  

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.  

We’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: https://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/footer/disability-statement.html

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Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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