Talent Acquisition Manager

About the role

Gartner is looking for a Talent Acquisition Manager in Tokyo to lead and manage a recruiting team aligned to a specific business unit (Sales or Consulting, depending on experience). The manager partners closely with the business unit's leadership to understand channel and market challenges and recruiting specifications, then develops an appropriate recruiting strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the recruiting team and contribute to recruiting specifications with hiring managers, including recruiting strategy, data integrity and candidate care
• Manage and oversee a team of recruiters, covering performance management, reviews, hiring, onboarding, training, coaching and counselling
• Create a candidate-centric approach across the team and ensure best-in-class candidate care throughout the recruiting lifecycle
• Partner with business unit leaders and HR Partners on workforce planning and the annual recruiting plan, acting as escalation point for challenges
• Guide hiring managers and stakeholders on candidate sourcing, recruitment channels and market conditions
• Manage the full recruitment cycle for complex and senior-level hires per business unit and/or channel requirements

Required profile

• Experience in a recruitment vendor or agency responsible for full-lifecycle recruiting, with a strong track record of meeting or exceeding targets
• Demonstrated success in a fast-paced, performance-driven setting with clear accountability for individual results
• Experience recruiting in high-volume or fast-moving markets
• People management experience preferred, or experience mentoring team members with a desire to lead a team
• In-depth knowledge of the Japanese talent market; Japanese language capability highly preferred
• Proven ability to attract, lead, motivate and inspire a team of recruiting associates
• Ability to partner, influence and build trust-based relationships in a global, matrix environment, and to coach and manage recruiters

Required skills

• Use of an applicant tracking system
• Use of social media tools
• Ability to model, influence and manage a team to maintain process rigor, compliance and operational expertise

What we offer

• A seat at the table to help drive peak performance in a growing, people business
• Encouragement to be innovative and challenge the status quo
• Exposure to industry-leading training and development
• Performance-based recognition and rewards
• Hybrid work environment with flexible arrangements