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About the Role

PTC is seeking a Talent Acquisition Sourcer to identify and engage exceptional talent across Japan. This role requires consistent, focused work to understand the market, map talent segments, build relationships, and develop pipelines for current and future business needs. The ideal candidate will have agency search experience and a proven ability to develop talent intelligence, engage passive candidates, and deliver against multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Develop a deep understanding of PTC’s businesses, talent needs, competitors, and priority talent markets across Japan.
Systematically map relevant companies, functions, skills, and individual talent for current and anticipated hiring needs.
Build and maintain high-quality pipelines for business-critical and difficult-to-fill positions.
Consistently engage passive talent through personalized, credible, and relevant outreach.
Build relationships with prospective candidates over time.
Partner closely with recruiters and hiring managers to define target profiles, align on sourcing priorities, and respond to market feedback.
Use market research, professional networks, referrals, LinkedIn, online communities, events, AI-enabled tools, and other channels to identify talent.
Conduct initial candidate conversations to assess experience, capabilities, motivations, and career interests.
Represent PTC’s businesses, technology, culture, and opportunities accurately and compellingly.
Provide market intelligence on talent availability, competitor activity, compensation, candidate expectations, and potential hiring challenges.
Track sourcing activity, pipeline health, engagement, and conversion to continually improve effectiveness.
Maintain accurate and timely candidate and market information in PTC’s talent systems.
Collaborate with regional and global Talent Acquisition colleagues on shared priorities and talent initiatives.
Deliver a professional, responsive, and personalized experience in every candidate interaction.

Requirements

3+ years of talent sourcing or recruitment experience, including meaningful experience within an executive search or recruitment agency.
Demonstrated success researching, mapping, and engaging passive talent in competitive markets.
Experience managing multiple searches, maintaining sourcing momentum, and delivering against clear activity and outcome expectations.
A disciplined and persistent approach to market development and candidate relationship building.
Strong research skills and the ability to translate business requirements into focused talent-mapping and sourcing strategies.
Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding industries, companies, organizational structures, and individual career paths.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create thoughtful and personalized outreach.
Confidence engaging experienced and highly sought-after professionals who are not actively considering a move.
Strong organization, follow-through, attention to detail, and personal accountability.
Comfort using sourcing platforms, applicant tracking systems, CRM tools, market data, and AI-enabled recruiting technology.
Native-level or professional fluency in Japanese and strong business-level English.
Experience sourcing within technology, enterprise software, SaaS, engineering, or sales markets is strongly preferred.
Strong knowledge of the Japanese talent market and an established professional network in Japan are preferred.

Skills

Talent sourcing
Recruitment
Executive search
Talent intelligence development
Passive candidate engagement
Market mapping
Pipeline building
Candidate relationship management
Market research
Professional networking
Referrals
LinkedIn
Online communities
Event engagement
AI-enabled tools
Candidate assessment
Market intelligence reporting
Sourcing platform utilization
Applicant tracking systems (ATS)
Customer relationship management (CRM) tools
Written communication
Verbal communication
Organization
Follow-through
Attention to detail
Personal accountability

Location

Japan

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of talent sourcing or recruitment experience
Meaningful experience within an executive search or recruitment agency

About the Company

PTC's software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people.
PTC is a global team of nearly 7,000 employees focused on creating opportunities for team members to explore, learn, and grow.
Life at PTC is about working with cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world and showing up as you are.
PTC is passionate about problem-solving through innovation.

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