People Operations Partner

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🌍 Remote📍 Tokyo, JapanFullTime

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MODE Japanに぀いお

MODEは珟圚、急速な成長期にありたす。米囜サンフランシスコず日本東京に拠点を眮いおいたすが、ビゞネスの重心顧客掻動、収益、業務の耇雑さの倧半は日本にありたす。組織の拡倧に䌎い、東京の組織を深く理解し、MODE Japanならではの独自のカルチャヌを守りながら成長を支えおくれるピヌプル・オペレヌションズ人事のパヌトナヌを募集しおいたす。

MODE Japanは、サンフランシスコの西海岞テックカルチャヌず、日本の䌝統的なビゞネス文化が共存する、極めおナニヌクで耇雑な文化的環境にありたす。そのため、共感力、奜奇心、そしお優れた刀断力をもっお人間関係を構築できるかどうかが、この圹割の成功の鍵ずなりたす。

䞻な職務内容

1. MODE Japanの信頌されるピヌプル・パヌトナヌ

  • 組織や人事に関する事柄に぀いお、MODE Japanの党メンバヌの「盞談窓口Go-to person」ずなる。

  • 瀟内で真摯な人間関係を築き、珟堎の雰囲気や状況を敏感に察知するむンフォヌマルな圱響力を持぀瀟歎の長い瀟員ずも関係を築く。

  • 週2〜3日は東京オフィスに出瀟し、倚くのメンバヌず積極的に察話する。

  • 各郚門のキヌパヌ゜ンず定期的な1on1を実斜し、組織のシグナルを早期に察知しお、問題が倧きくなる前にリヌダヌ陣ず連携する。

2. 東京ずサンフランシスコの架け橋ブリッゞ

  • 日本オフィスで起きおいるこずや芳察した内容を、月次レポヌトを埅぀こずなく、サンフランシスコSFOの人事チヌムぞリアルタむムに共有する。

  • 日本組織に぀いお経営陣Leadership Teamが知っおおくべき情報を、タむムリヌに「事前共有Heads-up」する。

  • 単なる蚀葉の翻蚳ではなく「文脈コンテキスト」を翻蚳する。SFOチヌムには東京の珟状を、東京チヌムにはSFOの意図や考えを正しく理解しおもらう手助けをする。

3. 日本の人事オペレヌションPeople Operationsの統括ず改善

  • オンボヌディング、人事評䟡、L&D孊習・開発、絊䞎・犏利厚生の管理、就業芏則の改定、HRIS人事管理システムの運甚、日本の劎働法コンプラむアンスなど、埓業員のラむフサむクル党般を運甚・継続改善する。

  • 「開始すべきこず、停止すべきこず、倉曎すべきこず」を芋極め、MODE Japanのカルチャヌを損なわずに組織を拡倧するための新しいプログラムや制床、プロセスを蚭蚈・導入する。

  • 個人の意芋ではなく、埓業員サヌベむ、定着率のシグナル、退職むンタビュヌ、倖郚ベンチマヌクなどの「デヌタ」に基づいた意思決定を行う。

4. ビゞネス成長ぞの貢献ずカルチャヌの匷化

  • MODEの人事はバックオフィス裏方ではありたせん。ビゞネスの重心が日本にあるため、人事機胜が日本のビゞネス成長を積極的に支えるこずが期埅されおいたす。

  • 日本のビゞネス顧客、補品、商業的ダむナミクスに関心を持ち、人事の決定をビゞネスの成果ぞず結び぀ける。

  • 共同創業者、経営陣、双方のオフィスのメンバヌず協力し、MODEのカルチャヌを促進・発展させる。西海岞のテック䌁業の芏範ず、日本のビゞネスの芏範のバランスを取り、双方がうたく機胜する道を芋぀ける。

働き方ず本ポゞションの魅力

  • 高い裁量暩 「やるべき䟡倀がある」ず気付いたこずがあれば、自ら提案し、行動に移すこずが求められたす。指瀺埅ちではなく、自埋的に動きたい方に最適な環境です。

  • 手厚いサポヌト 経隓豊富なHead of People Operationsが初期フェヌズを近くでコヌチングし、あなたがゞェネラリストぞず成長するに぀れお、埐々に暩限を移譲しおいきたす。

  • 率盎な期埅倀ミスマッチ防止のため このロヌルは、将来フルスタックのHR Generalist人事ゞェネラリストを目指す方にずっお最高のステップアップずなるよう蚭蚈されおいたす。そのため、すでにシニアリヌダヌレベルで掻躍されおいる経隓豊富なHR Generalistの方にずっおは、初期の業務範囲が狭く感じられる可胜性がありたす。

応募芁件

必須芁件Minimum Requirements

  • 経隓 日本囜内における3幎以䞊の実務的なピヌプル・オペレヌションズ人事HR経隓。人事人材のラむフサむクルオンボヌディング、パフォヌマンス管理、劎務、コンプラむアンスなどにおいお耇数の領域を䞻導した実瞟。

  • 知識 日本の劎働法、劎務慣行、人事コンプラむアンスに関する実務知識。

  • ITスキル HRISおよびモダンなビゞネスツヌルGoogle Workspace、Slackなどの実務的な䜿甚経隓。

  • 語孊力英語 䌚話レベルの英語力。SFOの人事担圓者ず通蚳なしで業務䞊の䌚話読み曞き、口頭ができ、状況の共有、質問、連携がスムヌズに行えるこずビゞネス䞊玚レベルである必芁はありたせん。

  • 語孊力日本語 ネむティブたたはビゞネスレベル。

  • 勀務圢態 東京オフィスに週2〜3日出瀟できるこず。

歓迎芁件Preferred Requirements

  • スピヌド感のあるテック䌁業での勀務経隓特に日米双方に拠点を持぀グロヌバル䌁業。

  • タレントアクむゞション採甚、オンボヌディングプログラムの蚭蚈、人事評䟡サむクルの運甚、報酬レビュヌ、埓業員゚ンゲヌゞメント、組織開発ODのうち、耇数の領域に携わった経隓。

  • 日米のバむカルチャヌ組織における独特の文化や雰囲気に慣れおいるこず。

  • ビゞネス、心理孊、組織開発、たたは関連分野の孊士号BA/BS。

求める人物像Personal Traits

  • 高い関係構築力 組織の壁を越え、迅速に信頌関係を築ける方瀟歎が長く圱響力を持぀瀟員ずも良奜な関係を築ける方。

  • 優れた芳察力ず傟聎力 蚀葉にされおいるこず・されおいないこず行間に気づき、適切なタむミングで適切な人物にそのシグナルを䌝えられる方。

  • 自埋性ず行動力Bias to action 裁量暩を持っお自ら動き出すこずを奜み、指瀺を埅぀よりもたず行動できる方。

  • 倉化や文化の耇雑さを楜しめる方 西海岞ず日本のビゞネス文化のギャップに盎面しおも、それを楜しんで珟実的な解決策を芋぀けられる方。

  • 思いやりがあり、公平で、゚ネルギヌに満ちた方 圹職や瀟歎に関係なく党員を尊重し、圹職の裏にある「人」を倧切にできる方。

  • 明確なコミュニケヌションができる方 日米のシニアリヌダヌに察しお、適切なタむミングで簡朔か぀的確に情報を共有Heads-upできる方。

  • 孊習意欲が高い方 積極的にフィヌドバックを求め、理想的な人事のあり方を孊び、実践に掻かせる方。

  • クリ゚むティブな問題解決者 課題の本質を分析的に特定し、実甚的なアプロヌチを蚭蚈できる方。

About MODE Japan

MODE is in a pivotal phase of rapid growth. The company operates in the US (SFO) and Japan (TYO), and our business is centered in Japan — most of our customer activity, revenue, and operational complexity lives here. As we scale, we need a People Operations partner who can stand inside the Tokyo organization, understand it deeply, and help it grow in a way that protects what makes MODE Japan distinctive.

MODE Japan operates in a uniquely complex cultural environment. San Francisco's West Coast tech culture and traditional Japanese business culture co-exist in the same organization, and human relationships matter. Navigating this with empathy, curiosity, and good judgment is core to success in this role.

About the Role

This is a Japan-focused People Operations role based in Tokyo. You will be the trusted People Operations partner for MODE Japan, working closely with members, managers, and the on-the-ground Leadership Team. You will not be supporting the US business — this role is fully focused on the Japan organization.

You will initially report to MODE's Head of People Operations, an experienced HR leader who will coach you closely in the early phase. As MODE scales, the reporting line is likely to transition into the US-based People function.

The role is intentionally broad and is designed to grow with you. While your day-to-day focus is People Operations, this position is set up as a stepping stone toward owning the People Generalist function for MODE Japan over time. You will operate with significant autonomy from day one.

What You Will Do

Be the trusted People partner for MODE Japan

  • Act as the go-to person for every MODE Japan member on people- and organization-related matters.

  • Build genuine relationships across the company so you can sense what is happening on the ground — including with long-tenured employees who carry informal influence.

  • Spend 2 to 3 days per week in our Tokyo office and use that time deliberately to talk with as many members as possible.

  • Hold regular 1:1s with key persons in each business function. Use those conversations to read the organization, surface signals early, and partner with leaders before issues escalate.

Be the bridge between Tokyo and San Francisco

  • Quickly share what you observe in Japan with your San Francisco People counterparts — and do this in real time, not in a monthly report.

  • Provide a timely 'heads up' to the Leadership Team on what they need to know about the Japan organization.

  • Translate context, not just language. Help SFO understand what is actually happening in TYO, and help TYO understand what SFO is thinking.

Own and improve People Operations for Japan

  • Operate and continuously upgrade the full lifecycle: onboarding, performance reviews, learning and development, compensation and benefits administration, employee handbook, HRIS, and compliance with Japanese employment law.

  • Identify what to start, stop, and change. Design and launch new programs, policies, and processes that help MODE Japan scale without losing what makes the culture distinctive.

  • Use data — employee surveys, retention signals, exit conversations, external benchmarks — to make decisions, not opinions.

Contribute to business growth

  • People Operations at MODE is not the back office. Our business center of gravity is Japan, and the People function is expected to actively enable business growth here.

  • Take an active interest in how the Japanese business works — its customers, its products, its commercial dynamics — and connect People decisions to commercial outcomes.

Strengthen culture

  • Promote and evolve MODE's culture in partnership with the Co-founders, the Leadership Team, and members across both offices.

  • Hold the tension between West Coast tech norms and Japanese business norms and find a path that works for both.

The Way We Work in This Role

This role carries broad discretion. We want someone who sees something worth doing and acts on it. If something needs to change, propose it and try it. If you prefer to be told what to do task by task, this is not the right role.

You will not be alone. Our experienced Head of People Operations will support you closely in the early phase and will step back over time as you grow into the broader Japan People Generalist seat.

Honest expectation setting: this role is an excellent stepping stone for someone preparing to grow into a fully fledged HR Generalist. For seasoned HR Generalists who are already operating at a senior leadership level, the scope of this role may feel narrow, especially in the early months. We would rather say this clearly upfront than discover the mismatch later.

Minimum Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on People Operations / HR experience in Japan, with a track record of delivering across multiple HR sub-functions (onboarding, performance, employee relations, compliance, etc.).

  • Working knowledge of Japanese employment law, labor practices, and HR compliance requirements.

  • Hands-on experience with an HRIS and a modern business application suite (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack).

  • Conversational English — sufficient to hold working conversations, written and verbal, with our SFO People counterparts. Business-level English is not required, but you must be able to share observations, ask questions, and align with the SFO team without relying on an interpreter.

  • Native or business-level Japanese.

  • Willing and able to be in our TYO office 2 to 3 days per week.

Preferred Requirements

  • Experience inside a fast-paced technology company, ideally one with both US and Japan operations.

  • Exposure to several of: talent acquisition, onboarding program design, performance management cycles, compensation review, employee engagement, or organizational development.

  • Familiarity with the cultural texture of bicultural US–Japan organizations.

  • BA / BS in business, psychology, organizational development, or a related field.

Personal Traits We Are Looking For

  • Strong relationship builder. You earn trust quickly and across organizational boundaries — including with long-tenured employees whose informal influence matters.

  • Perceptive listener and observer. You notice what is being said and what is not, and you bring those signals to the right people at the right time.

  • Bias to action with strong autonomy. You operate with discretion and prefer to start moving rather than wait for permission. You enjoy a wide playing field.

  • Comfortable with ambiguity and cultural complexity. You can hold the tension between West Coast and Japanese norms and find a workable path.

  • Compassionate, fair, and energetic. You care about the people behind the role, and you treat everyone with respect regardless of tenure or title.

  • Clear communicator. You can clearly and concisely give senior leaders in both TYO and SFO a heads-up at the right time.

  • Avid learner. You actively seek feedback, study what good looks like, and apply it.

  • Creative problem solver. You can analytically identify the core issue and design a practical approach to it.

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