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About the Role

The Lead, Country People Partnering role supports the execution of Japan country People priorities and translates enterprise People strategy into locally relevant, legally sound and business-led outcomes. The role partners with People Leaders, the Country Head, Japan ExCo, Business People Partners, Centers of Excellence, People Services and Employee Relations to strengthen the One LSEG culture, build leadership and talent pipeline visibility, improve colleague engagement, enable organizational change and support fair, consistent performance enablement.

Responsibilities

Partner with business leaders in Japan to deliver people strategies that support business growth and organizational effectiveness.
Provide trusted advice on employee relations, workforce challenges, leadership effectiveness, and people-related decisions.
Work closely with regional and global HR teams to ensure local priorities align with global People initiatives.
Drive talent planning and succession activities for critical roles in Japan.
Build and maintain internal and external talent pipelines to support future business needs.
Lead and support leadership development initiatives, mentoring programs, and high-potential talent programs.
Partner with leaders to improve employee engagement, colleague experience, and organizational culture.
Translate employee feedback into meaningful actions that strengthen trust, collaboration, and inclusion.
Promote and reinforce a strong One LSEG culture across teams and functions.
Support leaders through organizational changes, restructures, and business transformation initiatives.
Coach leaders on performance management, feedback, and employee development conversations.
Partner with Employee Relations and Legal teams to manage sensitive people matters in a fair and compliant manner.
Support initiatives that help employees and leaders develop new skills, grow their careers, and adapt to change.
Facilitate programs focused on leadership, communication, collaboration, and cultural intelligence.
Identify development opportunities based on business needs and employee feedback.
Ensure a positive employee experience through effective HR processes and solutions.
Collaborate with HR Ops and CoEs to deliver efficient and high-quality support.
Drive process improvements and leverage technology, data, and AI-enabled solutions to enhance HR effectiveness.

Requirements

Relevant university degree or equivalent professional experience; HR certification is advantageous but not essential.
Strong HR experience across business partnering, employee relations, performance management, talent planning, organizational change and HR operations.
Near-native Japanese and business-level English, with the confidence to operate in a global matrix environment.
Advanced Microsoft Office and collaboration tool capability, including Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Experience using HR systems and case management tools such as Workday and ServiceNow is preferred.
Experience supporting leaders through organizational transformation, engagement follow-up, redundancy or performance enablement is highly valued.
Demonstrates strong AI fluency and data literacy, using AI-enabled tools to generate workforce insights, improve decision-making, and simplify work while applying sound judgement, risk awareness, and appropriate human oversight.

Skills

Employee relations
Stakeholder management
Negotiation and influence
Coaching
Business knowledge
Commercial focus
Colleague development
Colleague experience
Leadership development
Facilitating
Cultural management
Change management
Organizational effectiveness
Risk management
Strategy development and implementation
Data storytelling
Strategic thinking with data-led insight
AI literacy and awareness
Integrity
Partnership
Excellence
Change

Location

Akasaka, Tokyo

Work Type

Hybrid working arrangement

Experience Level

Manager

Education Level

Relevant university degree or equivalent professional experience

Benefits

Family care leave
Parental leave
Transitioning leave
Other locally applicable benefits
Healthcare
Retirement planning
Paid volunteering days
Wellbeing initiatives

About the Company

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.
We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives.
Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.