Recruitment Consultant | Singapore-Based Japan Desk

About the job

We’re partnering with a well-established recruitment group with global offices to find a Recruitment Consultant for their Singapore-based Japan desk.  The Japan desk offers real breadth, giving a Consultant here exposure to multiple growing markets rather than being boxed into a single niche. 

THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Consultant to build relationships and deliver searches across a genuinely broad slice of Japan’s infrastructure and energy  markets.

This isn’t a narrow, single-sector desk. You’ll move across different pockets of the market as demand shifts, which means the role suits someone who’s curious about industry breadth and comfortable building credibility in more than one space at once, rather than someone who only wants to go deep in one lane forever.

You’ll be working directly with Japan-based clients and candidates. You’ll manage the full recruitment lifecycle, combining business development, client management, and candidate delivery across a mix of retained and contingent assignments, with real scope to shape which parts of the market become your specialism over time.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Build and manage relationships with clients across Sectors
• Develop new business opportunities and generate mandates through proactive market engagement
• Deliver high-quality recruitment solutions across technical, commercial, investment, and leadership positions
• Manage the full recruitment process from client acquisition through to offer management and placement
• Establish a strong market presence through networking, ongoing candidate engagement
• Collaborate with colleagues across the firm’s international network to deliver cross-border opportunities
• Move across sector pockets as demand shifts, building broad market credibility rather than a single narrow specialism
• Progress towards a senior or leadership position, with the opportunity to build and mentor a specialist team over time

ABOUT YOU

You’ll probably recognise yourself in several of these:

• You’re comfortable operating client- and candidate-facing in that language
• You’re genuinely curious about breadth across industries, rather than wanting to specialise narrowly from day one.
• You’re commercially driven and enjoy the business development side as much as candidate delivery
• You build long-term relationships rather than chasing one-off transactions
• You’re resilient and comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-sector environment
• You’re proactive about learning new markets quickly as the desk’s focus shifts

THIS ROLE COULD SUIT YOU IF…

• You’re an experienced recruiter, executive search consultant, or commercially-driven BD professional based in Japan with fluent conversational Japanese
• You’ve worked a single-sector desk before and want broader exposure across Renewables, Data Centres, Construction, Power, or Investment
• You’re motivated by variety and want to build a reputation as a versatile, multi-sector specialist rather than a single-niche recruiter
• You want a clear path towards leadership within an established global recruitment firm

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• A clear and transparent career progression framework with fast-track leadership opportunities
• Uncapped commission with earnings above industry norms
• Structured in-house training and development programme
• Global mobility opportunities across an international office network
• A collaborative, high-performing culture with flexibility and support to succeed
• Proven career stability: average consultant tenure of 4+ years, with early attrition rates reduced to just 1.5% after two years
• Leadership from within: the majority of senior roles are filled through internal promotion

Reach out to explore this role further:
Justine Bower | justine@intuitiverecruit.com