Job Description

Direct hunter. Japan market insider. Bilingual. No agencies behind you.

About the company

We are one of the world's earliest and most established digital asset platforms, serving tens of millions of users across global markets. Consistently ranked among the top exchanges worldwide, we support a comprehensive suite of trading and wealth management products across thousands of digital assets. With thousands of employees spanning key financial hubs globally, we operate with a remote-first, high-autonomy culture that attracts talent who thrive in fast-moving, intellectually demanding environments. We are building the financial infrastructure of the next era of the internet.

Why this role

We are hiring into Japan, and Japan is the one market where the standard playbook stops working. Contract structures, notice periods, offer etiquette and what makes a candidate willing to move all run on local rules, and reaching that market currently means going through agencies for talent we should be able to reach ourselves. You are the person who changes that: hunting Japanese crypto talent directly, closing them yourself, and telling hiring managers what is and isn't workable under Japanese employment practice. Within a year you own our picture of the Japan market, and Japan roles no longer wait on a vendor.

What you'll do

Fill Japan-based roles end to end yourself, from mapping and outreach through to offer and close. No agency handoff, no delivery team behind you.
Build and keep alive a working map of who's who in Japanese crypto, fintech and adjacent tech, so open roles start from a pool rather than a blank search.
Advise hiring managers and HR on Japanese employment practice: contract types, notice and resignation norms, offer structure, and where the compliance risk actually sits.
Run the full candidate experience in Japanese, and keep a globally distributed hiring team aligned in English or Mandarin.

What you'll bring

Non-negotiables

You have worked on the ground in Japan and know how hiring runs there in practice: 正社員 vs 契約社員, notice periods, offer etiquette, what moves a candidate.
You come from headhunting or executive search and have closed placements yourself, without researchers or a delivery bench underneath you.
Business-level Japanese, plus English or Mandarin strong enough to run stakeholder conversations and write up a market read.
You are already legally able to work in your current location. This role carries no visa sponsorship.

Bonus