Talent Acquisition Partner, Korean & Japanese speaking (Yokohama-based)

About Agoda

At Agoda, we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched Agoda to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.

Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.

No two days are the same at Agoda. Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.

Get to Know our Team:

The People Team is a purveyor of opportunity, searching the globe for the most talented individuals and offering them an open, collaborative workplace. By prioritizing skill and potential, we have cultivated a powerful assembly of professionals through our drive for equal opportunity and diversity.

We make the move to Agoda a breeze with assisted onboarding programs, and we continue to support and enrich our thousands of Agoda employees through individual growth with outstanding learning programs and various means of assistance. Our development of incredible benefits has ensured everyone can stay strong, healthy, and happy during their time at Agoda.

Leading ambitious changes and making a positive impact in the lives of our employees, the People Team is a crucial and rewarding part of the Agoda family.

Get to Know our Team

The People Team helps Agoda attract, develop, and support talented people around the world. We create an inclusive, collaborative environment and deliver programs and services that help our employees grow and thrive.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join our CEG Talent Acquisition team in Yokohama, Japan. You’ll manage end-to-end recruitment for a high volume of roles, partnering with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and deliver efficient, consistent, and positive experience for candidates and stakeholders.

This role suits someone who is organized, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple vacancies at different stages. You’ll use effective sourcing, clear communication, and recruitment data to keep hiring moving and identify opportunities to improve the process.

In this Role, you’ll get to

• Partner with hiring managers to understand their business objectives and hiring needs. Develop the recruitment strategy and ways to build a talent pipeline accordingly.
• Own the full-cycle recruitment process for a high volume of vacancies ensuring a seamless, uniform, and positive candidate experience.
• Develop and implement sourcing plans using appropriate channels, including job boards, referrals, internal databases, social media and direct sourcing.
• Engage in creative talent mapping efforts for the purposes of building our candidate pipeline as well as to provide market intelligence to the business.
• Monitor recruitment activity and metrics, including pipeline health, time to hire, interview progress, and offer outcomes. Use insights to identify risks and recommend next steps.

Must-Have

• 8+ years of experience managing end-to-end recruitment, ideally in high-volume or fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in Korean, Japanese and English, written and spoken, is required.
• Strong organization and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple vacancies and deadlines at the same time.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with candidates, hiring managers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to use recruitment data and tools to track progress, identify challenges, and guide actions.
• Good judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to raise risks early and recommend practical solutions.
• A collaborative, adaptable, and continuous-improvement mindset.

Good-to-Have

• Experience in both agency and in-house recruitment environments
• Experience partnering with senior leadership on strategic recruitment initiatives
• Experience using recruitment data to identify market trends and inform workforce or hiring strategies
• Proven ability to take initiative and lead cross-functional projects from planning through to completion.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person’s merit and qualifications.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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Disclaimer

We do not accept any terms or conditions, nor do we recognize any agency’s representation of a candidate, from unsolicited third-party or agency submissions. If we receive unsolicited or speculative CVs, we reserve the right to contact and hire the candidate directly without any obligation to pay a recruitment fee.