<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><p>An internationally recognized consumer brand is seeking a Legal Manager to Head of Legal to lead legal matters in Japan. This is a highly visible role partnering closely with senior leadership and commercial teams, acting as a trusted advisor to the business while remaining hands-on in day-to-day legal operations.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Role</strong><br /> This opportunity is ideal for a commercially minded legal professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and wants to play a strategic role in business growth.<br /><br /> Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Serve as the primary legal advisor for the Japan business.</li><li>Provide practical and commercially focused legal guidance to stakeholders across sales, marketing, operations, HR, procurement, and finance.</li><li>Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide range of commercial agreements.</li><li>Support marketing campaigns, sponsorships, partnerships, digital initiatives, and promotional activities.</li><li>Advise on compliance, corporate governance, regulatory matters, data privacy, competition law, and risk management.</li><li>Manage external counsel and legal budgets where required.</li><li>Partner with regional and global legal teams on strategic projects and cross-border matters.</li><li>Develop legal frameworks and processes that enable business growth while mitigating risk.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><p>Ideal Candidate Profile</p><ul><li>Qualified legal professional with solid in-house and/or private practice experience.</li><li>Experience supporting a consumer, FMCG, retail, sports, entertainment, media, marketing, or multinational business environment is highly desirable.</li><li>Strong business partnering capabilities with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.</li><li>Comfortable operating independently as a hands-on legal lead.</li><li>Fluent Japanese (native-level) and high business-level English required.</li><li>Qualified lawyer status (Japan Bengoshi, overseas qualified lawyer, or equivalent) is preferred but not mandatory.</li><li>Commercially minded, proactive, and solutions-oriented.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Key Highlights of the Role </strong></p><ul><li>Opportunity to lead the legal function in Japan</li><li>Significant exposure to senior leadership and key business decisions</li><li>Highly collaborative and entrepreneurial culture</li><li>International environment with strong regional and global interaction</li><li>Broad legal scope covering both strategic and operational matters</li><li>Flexible, business-facing role with genuine influence on company growth</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>15 - 23 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013479160</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). 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.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/Z2luYS5raWt1Y2hpLjE4MzMxLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong></p><div>A major international consumer goods company specializing in beverages, food products, and lifestyle brands.</div><p> </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><div><p>Position: Regional Category Lead (Professional Business Services)</p><ul><li>Lead the Professional Business Services category across the region, covering consulting services, general affairs, travel, HR services, insurance, real estate, and other related spend areas.</li><li>Manage and develop a team of 2-3 category professionals.</li><li>Drive category strategy, supplier management, sourcing initiatives, and stakeholder engagement across the Professional Business Services portfolio.</li><li>Deep expertise in consulting services procurement is highly preferred, as this will be a key focus area within the category.</li></ul></div><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Lead category strategy and sourcing activities for the Professional Business Services category.</li><li>Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with regional and global business objectives.</li><li>Manage supplier selection, negotiations, contracts, and strategic partnerships.</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver cost optimization, risk management, and business value.</li><li>Ensure compliance, sustainability, and procurement governance standards.</li><li>Lead and develop a team while supporting broader procurement leadership responsibilities.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Your Skills </strong></p><ul><li>Experience in a consulting firm or strategic procurement of consulting services.</li><li>Leadership experience with a track record of coaching and developing team members.</li><li>Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Analytical mindset with the ability to drive category and sourcing strategies.</li><li>Business-level English proficiency.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>14 - 16 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 67040-0013462261</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). 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.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/a2F6dWtvLm95YS4xNzU5Ni4xMDg5OEByaGlqcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
<p><strong>Company Profile</strong><br /><br />Construction AI company building an AI-native quantity-takeoff system, adopted by major general contractors and building materials manufacturers, is looking for a staff engineer to lead its full-stack AI platform.<br /><br /><strong>The Role</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>You will coordinate the AI, frontend and backend teams to deploy multi-model AI pipelines (vision-language, OCR, segmentation, object detection) into production.</li><li>You will deliver interactive web canvases (2D/2.5D) that let industry experts inspect and edit AI results in real time.</li><li>You will drive domain architecture for a multi-tenant enterprise data model (MDM, CPQ, quantity takeoff) and optimize model serving to achieve sub-second multi-model execution.</li><li>You will raise the engineering bar across the team (schema migration, evaluation harnesses) and translate client and PM needs into technical roadmaps.</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Your Skills</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>Fluent or native level Japanese</li><li>You have one or two of the strengths below:</li></ul><ol><li>Hands-on experience deploying AI models to production alongside AI research/engineering teams.</li><li>Track record of designing sophisticated software systems and aligning frontend and backend engineers.</li><li>Experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional units, including working with PMs and external clients.</li><li>Experience with CAD/BIM or spatial data, ERP/CPQ integrations, CUDA/C++, vLLM/llama.cpp, or distributed multi-time-zone teams is a plus.</li></ol><p><br /><strong>Key Highlights of the Role</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>Work on proprietary in-house AI models that outperform commercial frontier models, not "wrapper" products.</li><li>Join a small, elite team with real ownership and autonomy.</li><li>Be part of a fast-growing company expanding globally</li><li>Shape the future of construction through the world's first product of its kind, originating from Tokyo.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Location </strong></p><p>Tokyo</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Salary</strong></p><p>20 - 30 million yen</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013517591</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (</em><a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy"><em>https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</em></a><em>). 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.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/TmFuY3kuWXVhbi4xMzQ1NS4xMDg5OEByaGlqcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">