HR Partner - Japanese Bilingual

Introduction

The HR Partner role will be a trusted strategic consultant to the leadership team in all areas of HR including organizational development, workforce planning, change management, complex employee relations, reward and recognition, talent management and cultural change to achieve a high performance culture.

Your role and responsibilities

Team HR Partner

Your Role and Responsibilities as a Team HR Partner:

This role is designated to support First Line and Upline Managers eligible for pooled support via the AskHR digital layer, as well as to engage in proactive activities aimed at enabling managers and transforming HR support. The Team HR Partner should be an ambassador for the new HR model to deliver business growth efficiently and effectively. They should have a passion for learning, sharing expertise, and coaching, as well as a desire to provide the best client experience possible. Their responsibilities may include:

• Engaging with managers on complex cases via AskHR, providing leadership coaching, and ensuring a delightful client experience from start to resolution.
• Coordinating with HR functions on the deployment of manager enablement of HR offerings.
• Enhancing the AskHR digital layer through Chatbot training and new content addition.
• Co-creating the transformation of HR offerings and the client experience via elimination, simplification, and automation.
• Building expertise across all HR offerings while developing deeper knowledge in one or more offerings.
• Understanding business context and BU specific talent strategies, working on ad-hoc requests as needed.
• Collaborating as one HR team, working across different business units, HR functions, markets, and geographies.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Required Professional and Technical Expertise

• Japanese Language Expertise: Proficiency in reading and writing Japanese (essential).
• HR Knowledge: At least 1 year of HR experience in a generalist or specialist role, or equivalent education/certification in HR.
• Collaboration skills: Ability to partner and collaborate across teams, business units, and client support functions in support of programs or initiatives.
• Communication & Presentation: Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate clearly and effectively through in-person interactions, Webex, Slack, Box, PPT, etc.
• Passion for learning and continuous development as well as commitment to sharing expertise with colleagues.
• Problem-solving capability: Analyze situations, anticipate potential problems and future trends, assess opportunities, impacts, and risks. Develop and implement solutions.
• Project and time management skills: Strong ability to work independently to proactively manage and prioritize projects.
• Client Focus: Experience in a customer or client-facing environment. Ability to utilize active listening skills, leverage data and resources, create trust-based relationships, and provide coaching in order to exceed expectations and deliver delightful client experiences.

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education: Master's Degree

This is a co-located role with the expectation of being in the office at least 3X a week.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Preferred Professional and Technical Expertise

• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated success across different HR domains such as: talent, performance management, employee and labor relations, engagement, compensation, etc.
• Demonstrated skills in Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Performance Coaching, and Data Analysis.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: IBM-57111

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-12T18:55:25