fixed-term project engagement｜HR Manager — Global South Project

[ ABOUT TENCHIJIN ] Tenchijin Inc. is a Tokyo-headquartered space-tech company and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) certified venture. Through its land-evaluation and analytics platform, Tenchijin COMPASS, the company fuses earth-observation satellite data, geospatial and environmental layers, IoT and ground-sensor feeds, and clients' operational data with proprietary AI to deliver multimodal analytics for utilities and infrastructure enterprises. Tenchijin's flagship water-infrastructure solution, KnoWaterleak, assesses pipeline deterioration and leak risk from space-derived insights and is used by a growing number of water utilities to prioritize inspection and investment, reduce non-revenue water, and extend asset life. [ ABOUT THE PROJECT ] The Global South Project is an 18-month initiative (October 2026 – March 2028) to design, build, and deploy a scalable, secure, AI-ready analytics platform tailored to utilities and infrastructure operators across Global South markets. The project adapts Tenchijin's satellite-data and GeoAI capabilities to regions facing aging or rapidly expanding infrastructure, constrained budgets, and limited field-inspection capacity — delivering risk assessment and decision-support tools that improve infrastructure management workflows. All positions are contract-based and fully remote, operating as one distributed, cross-border team with English as the working language. [ ROLE SUMMARY ] You will own the people engine of the Global South project: recruiting a distributed, all-contractor team across borders, managing individual contractor agreements and compliance in multiple jurisdictions, and running onboarding that gets specialists productive fast. Operating between Tenchijin's Tokyo headquarters and a global contractor base, bilingual fluency in Japanese and English is essential. [ Reports To ] Project Executive Sponsor / Corporate HR [ Project Language ] English and Japanese — bilingual fluency strictly required [ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ] - Own full-lifecycle recruitment for all project positions: sourcing strategy, screening, interview coordination with technical leads, offer negotiation, and closing. - Draft, negotiate, and administer individual contractor agreements; manage renewals, amendments, and terminations across the 18-month project timeline. - Ensure contractor-engagement compliance across jurisdictions: classification, tax/withholding considerations, IP assignment, confidentiality, and data-protection clauses — coordinating with legal counsel and (where used) EOR/contractor-management platforms. - Design and run global onboarding workflows: contracts, access provisioning coordination, project orientation, and cultural/communication norms for a distributed English-language team. - Track recruiting metrics (pipeline velocity, source effectiveness, offer-acceptance, time-to-fill) and report hiring status to project leadership in both Japanese and English. - Serve as the bridge between Japanese-speaking corporate stakeholders (HQ management, legal, finance) and the English-speaking global contractor team. - Manage contractor relations: performance-feedback processes, dispute resolution, engagement pulse checks, and offboarding with proper knowledge transfer. - Maintain accurate contractor records and documentation supporting audits and project governance. [ WHAT WE OFFER ] - A central role in applying satellite data and AI to real infrastructure challenges, with measurable social and environmental impact in Global South markets. - Fully remote, cross-border collaboration with senior specialists across cloud, GeoAI, product, and design. - Competitive contractor compensation commensurate with experience and scope. - Direct exposure to earth-observation technology, including data ecosystems built with Japan's space agency (JAXA). Tenchijin Inc. is an equal-opportunity organization. We evaluate all applicants on qualifications and merit, without regard to nationality, race, religion, gender, age, or disability.

- 5+ years in HR/talent acquisition, including direct experience recruiting technical roles (engineering, cloud, data science) internationally. - Proven experience managing international contractor agreements and cross-border engagement compliance. - Bilingual fluency in Japanese and English (business-level or above in both) — strictly required. - Experience with cross-cultural recruiting and distributed/remote team onboarding. - Strong command of recruiting metrics and data-driven pipeline management. - High integrity handling confidential personal and contractual data.

- Experience at a Japanese company hiring globally, or a global company hiring into Japan. - Familiarity with EOR / contractor-management platforms (Deel, Remote, or similar). - Experience supporting fixed-term, project-based organizations (consulting, SI, or startup project teams). - Experience working in a cross-functional POD / squad delivery model.