Company Profile A fast-growing Japanese company in the energy sector, currently investing heavily in technology and AI to transform its business, is looking for an HRBP Section Manager to establish its first HRBP function. The Role <ul><li>This is the first HRBP hire in the company's history, a newly created section within the HR Department, reporting to the Head of HR. You will build the HRBP operating model from zero, with an HRBP Associate to be hired as your direct report.</li><li>Partner directly with executive officers and division heads: translate business strategy into people strategy, run organizational diagnostics (attrition, engagement, productivity), and lead talent reviews, succession planning, and organizational development.</li><li>The role carries genuine authority, including input into decisions up to promotions and demotions, and is expected to cover broadly across divisions.</li><li>As the business grows internationally, coordination with overseas HR counterparts is part of the scope, and the function will actively adopt AI tools into its ways of working.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>5+ years of hands-on HR experience at operating companies (HRBP, HR planning, or organizational development) with broad generalist range.</li><li>Experience proposing directly to executive officer / division head level, and running the full cycle from diagnostics to execution.</li><li>Hands-on experience in at least one of talent management, succession, or people assessment; working knowledge of labor law.</li><li>Native-level Japanese and working English; experience at a global or foreign-capital company is a strong plus.</li><li>People management experience is welcome but not required. Strong individual contributors can enter as a senior HRBP with development toward the manager title.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Build an HRBP function from zero and define how HR partners the business.</li><li>Direct access to executive leadership, including a final interview with the CEO this role is visible from day one.</li><li>Join at the inflection point of a genuine transformation from energy company to tech company.</li><li>Clear growth path toward driving overall HR strategy alongside the Head of HR.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary 9.7 - 12 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013475011 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/a29uc3RhbnRpbm9zLm1vdXNrb2ZpZGlzLjA1MjEwLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
9.7M - 12.0M JPY / Yearly
Company Profile A fast-growing Japanese company in the energy sector, currently investing heavily in technology and AI to transform its business, is looking for an HRBP Section Manager to establish its first HRBP function. The Role <ul><li>This is the first HRBP hire in the company's history, a newly created section within the HR Department, reporting to the Head of HR. You will build the HRBP operating model from zero, with an HRBP Associate to be hired as your direct report.</li><li>Partner directly with executive officers and division heads: translate business strategy into people strategy, run organizational diagnostics (attrition, engagement, productivity), and lead talent reviews, succession planning, and organizational development.</li><li>The role carries genuine authority, including input into decisions up to promotions and demotions, and is expected to cover broadly across divisions.</li><li>As the business grows internationally, coordination with overseas HR counterparts is part of the scope, and the function will actively adopt AI tools into its ways of working.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>5+ years of hands-on HR experience at operating companies (HRBP, HR planning, or organizational development) with broad generalist range.</li><li>Experience proposing directly to executive officer / division head level, and running the full cycle from diagnostics to execution.</li><li>Hands-on experience in at least one of talent management, succession, or people assessment; working knowledge of labor law.</li><li>Native-level Japanese and working English; experience at a global or foreign-capital company is a strong plus.</li><li>People management experience is welcome but not required. Strong individual contributors can enter as a senior HRBP with development toward the manager title.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Build an HRBP function from zero and define how HR partners the business.</li><li>Direct access to executive leadership, including a final interview with the CEO this role is visible from day one.</li><li>Join at the inflection point of a genuine transformation from energy company to tech company.</li><li>Clear growth path toward driving overall HR strategy alongside the Head of HR.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary 9.7 - 12 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013475011 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/a29uc3RhbnRpbm9zLm1vdXNrb2ZpZGlzLjA1MjEwLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
2026-07-22T08:46:24Z