GDN Manager - Japan Professional Hiring

International Business Machines Corporation

Petaling Jaya

Hybrid

MYR 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) and Other Functions seek a GDN Talent Acquisition Manager to lead Selections Specialists & Pipeline Coordinators, shaping strategy and execution. Based in Malaysia, you will partner with stakeholders to drive talent acquisition excellence and program design that aligns with business goals.

The role emphasizes leadership, coaching, and building high-performing teams across a fast-paced, global environment.

Qualifications

Native/Fluent Japanese language proficiency required (spoken and written).
Proven leadership in talent acquisition including recruiters, sourcing specialists, coordinators, and onboarding professionals.
Ability to develop and execute end-to-end talent acquisition strategies aligned with business priorities.
Strong coaching/mentoring to develop team capability and foster innovation.
Proven stakeholder management and business partnership with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

Lead Selections Specialists & Pipeline Coordinators; drive team leadership, strategy development, and execution.
Coach team members to enhance skills and ensure exceptional performance.
Partner with stakeholders to identify trends and opportunities impacting Talent Acquisition.
Drive business outcomes through effective talent acquisition strategies and program design.
Design and implement programs to support talent acquisition goals with high-quality results.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

At IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) and Other Functions, diverse teams such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more work together to keep IBM moving forward. These functions play a vital role in solving complex challenges, supporting our clients’ success, and creating collaborative environments for IBMers worldwide. Working in CHQ and Other Functions means contributing your expertise to a global network that values teamwork, problem-solving, and innovation. You’ll have opportunities to grow your career while helping IBM operate with excellence and scale its impact across industries. With a culture that emphasizes learning, inclusivity, and career development, IBM offers the platform to apply your skills where they matter most. At the heart of our business.

Your role and responsibilities

As GDN Talent Acquisition Manager, you will lead the Selections Specialists & Pipeline Coordinators, driving team leadership, strategy development, and execution. You will partner with key stakeholders to identify emerging trends and opportunities that impact Talent Acquisition.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Lead Team Strategy Development: Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies to achieve business outcomes, enabling the team to enhance skills and amplify creativity and innovation.
Coach and Enable Team: Coach team members to enhance skills, and provide guidance on best practices to ensure goal achievement and exceptional performance.
Partner with Stakeholders: Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify emerging trends and opportunities that impact and influence Talent Acquisition, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Drive Business Outcomes: Focus on achieving business outcomes through effective talent acquisition strategies, program design, and implementation.
Design and Implement Programs: Design and implement programs to support talent acquisition goals, ensuring seamless execution and high-quality results.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Native/Fluent Japanese Language Proficiency: Native-level or business-fluent Japanese language skills (spoken and written) are required to effectively engage with Japanese stakeholders, candidates, and business leaders. The successful candidate must be based/relocate in Malaysia.
Talent Acquisition Leadership: Proven experience leading high-performing, cross-functional recruitment teams, including recruiters, sourcing specialists, coordinators, and onboarding professionals, to deliver business outcomes and achieve strategic hiring objectives.
Talent Acquisition Strategy: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute end-to-end talent acquisition strategies, programs, and initiatives that align with business priorities, address workforce needs, and drive measurable results.
People Development and Coaching:Strong experience coaching, mentoring, and developing team members to enhance capability, foster innovation, and build a high-performing culture within a dynamic talent acquisition environment.
Stakeholder Management and Business Partnership: Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with senior business leaders and key stakeholders, leveraging market insights and emerging talent trends to influence hiring strategies and support business growth.
Program Design and Operational Excellence: Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing talent acquisition programs, processes, and initiatives that improve efficiency, elevate candidate experience, and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality hiring outcomes.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience supporting recruitment across Japan or partnering closely with Japanese business stakeholders.
Strong understanding of the Japanese talent market, hiring practices, and cultural nuances.
Experience managing recruitment operations within a shared services, global delivery, or multinational environment.
Ability to lead geographically dispersed teams and operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Corporate Headquarters (CHQ) team represents a variety of functions such as marketing, finance, legal, operations, HR, and more, all working together to solve some of the world's most complex problems, help our clients achieve success and build collaborative work environments for IBMers.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title

Job ID

133862

City / Township / Village

PETALING JAYA

State / Province

Selangor

Country

Malaysia

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