Senior Recruitment Business Partner (Japan Market)

About the role

Adyen is looking for a Senior Recruitment Business Partner to drive regional growth across APAC (Commercial, Operations and Staff), with a dedicated focus on the Japan market. The role works closely with APAC hiring teams to identify, attract and hire top talent, and owns the end-to-end recruitment strategy for Japan while drawing on regional expertise across the wider APAC markets.

Key responsibilities

• Sourcing and building a long-term pipeline of top candidates and helping fill roles to build the APAC team.
• Act as a primary talent advisor to leadership and HRBPs, directing recruitment strategies that raise the quality of talent across APAC.
• Ensure quality of hire by turning recruitment data and market intelligence into coaching for hiring managers.
• Own the candidate experience from first contact through to offer management.
• Share best practices and market intelligence with the global recruitment team to upskill it beyond APAC.

Required profile

• At least 4 years of full-cycle recruiting experience in-house, in fast-paced tech, SaaS or global organisations.
• Comfortable in a high-ownership environment, proactively sourcing and engaging talent in niche, competitive markets.
• Experience building talent pipelines from scratch, including market mapping and influencing hiring decisions.
• Strong collaboration with HRBPs, Rewards and the business to align the APAC talent strategy with long-term goals.
• Business fluency in Japanese (native or JLPT N1 equivalent) strongly preferred; experience living or working in Japan is a plus.