HR Talent Development team

Positioning 

This role sits within Talent Development and leads the company-wide Performance Management (performance review operations) agenda. For Leadership&Develpoment the role provides support and partnership to the extent needed to align with the performance cycle. 

Note: The company-wide mentoring program is out of scope for this JD; the role will partner with relevant stakeholders only when needed. 

Team Mission / Team Offering 

1) Performance Management (Core Offering) 

• Design and run the end-to-end performance cycle (e.g. annual/semiannual) from goal setting through in-cycle execution review and feedback. 

• Develop performance criteria rules and guidelines and ensure consistent application across the company. 

• Collect visualize and analyze performance data and provide insights to management. 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for performance management inquiries issue triage and stakeholder coordination (e.g. HRBPs and business leaders). 

2) L&D Linkage (Secondary Offering) 

• Consolidate learning needs based on performance outcomes and development themes (e.g. skill gaps). 

• Partner with the L&D owner to support solution design (e.g. input for program planning defining target audiences and aligning on measurement). 

Role Expectations 

3.1 Primary Responsibilities (Performance Management Focus) 

• Define implement and operate the performance management framework aligned to individual team and organizational goals. 

• Plan the performance cycle and manage execution (reminders timelines stakeholder coordination) to ensure on-time completion. 

• Prepare and support review processes (e.g. self-review manager review calibration) by organizing required inputs and materials. 

• Collect and analyze performance data; visualize trends (distribution averages variance differences by org/unit) and report findings to senior management. 

• Identify drivers of performance challenges (e.g. skill gaps misalignment of evaluation criteria process inefficiencies) and execute improvement actions. 

• Maintain governance by updating guidance communicating key messages and ensuring performance policies and procedures are applied consistently. 

• Provide ad-hoc support to employees and managers to improve the quality of goal setting and feedback when needed. 

3.2 Secondary Responsibilities (L&D Support) 

• Translate insights from performance reviews into learning and capability development themes and share them with the L&D owner. 

• Support the identification of development topics and target populations based on inputs such as annual interviews. 

3.3 Out of Scope 

Designing and operating a company-wide mentoring program is generally out of scope for this role. However if temporary involvement is required due to organizational policy or resourcing changes the role will partner with relevant stakeholders to support the work. 

Qualifications :

Qualifications and Experience 

Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification required (Masters degree preferred). 
2 years of experience in Performance Management and/or Talent Development (experience in a consulting firm is a plus).

Skillsets 
Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and escalate appropriately when needed 
Program/operations management skills to run annual cycles (tracking reminders coordination follow-up) 
Strong discipline in documentation and process operations (executing via SOPs FAQs templates and checklists) 
Customer-support mindset for inquiry handling issue triage routing and escalation 
Basic facilitation skills to support orientations briefings and trainings 
Ability to handle sensitive people data appropriately (privacy access control secure storage) 
Technical skills (Excel PowerPoint) 
Strong analytical skills 
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Japanese and English 
Ability to establish credibility as a key business partner to senior management 
Demonstrated ability to operate with a high level of confidentiality consistency and fairness 
Strong listening and communication skills with the ability to build effective collaborative relationships 
Strong teamwork skills in a multicultural environment 

その他の情報 :

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time