Technical Recruiter
Substack
Talent Partner, Bilingual Recruiter
Kraken
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇯🇵 Japan
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Partner closely with hiring managers and stakeholders to understand team goals and build hiring strategies across tech, product, commercial, and operations.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle: create job descriptions, source candidates, screen, interview, facilitate feedback, and support offers and onboarding.
- Proactively source and engage candidates through LinkedIn, BizReach, talent communities, referrals, and events to build a diverse pipeline.
- Lead candidate outreach and communication, representing Kraken’s brand and culture and ensuring an exceptional candidate experience.
- Use data and market insights to guide recruitment strategies, improve processes, and anticipate hiring needs.
- Collaborate with the wider talent team to refine tools, workflows, and elevate the candidate experience.
- Drive employer branding initiatives and share market intelligence to boost visibility in key talent communities.
- Champion DEI by embedding inclusive practices into every stage of recruitment.
- Work closely with global talent partners to share knowledge, align strategies, and scale hiring operations.
- Act as a trusted advisor providing guidance on market trends, candidate availability, and competitive positioning in the JAPAC talent landscape.
Requirements
- Proven experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Strong skills in candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing across multiple channels including LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and talent communities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset with ability to partner across teams (recruiters, hiring managers, global colleagues).
- Comfort working with recruitment data and metrics to track progress and inform decisions.
- Proactive, curious, and solutions-oriented approach.
- Passion for delivering exceptional candidate experience and driving inclusive hiring practices.
- Familiarity with recruitment tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, BizReach, Gem, or other ATS/CRM platforms.
- Native level in Japanese and fluency in English.
