People Partner Japan

Company:

Marsh

Description:

SUMMARY

The People Partner delivers comprehensive HR support to the business leaders and managers of Marsh People & Investments (MPI). This role establishes an annual people plan for MPI that aligns with the Japan people strategy and supports MPI’s business priorities and is accountable for the day-to-day delivery of HR services with a high standard of operational excellence. The role works closely with the Japan Centers of Excellence (COEs) and HR Shared Services partners to ensure a consistent, high-quality colleague experience.

The People Partner serves as a strategic HR advisor to the MPI leadership team, providing expertise across HR disciplines and insight into talent trends and market dynamics in Japan. The role identifies opportunities to align organizational structure, talent strategy, and people programs with business objectives, contributing influential perspective to key business decisions.

As a member of the Japan People Team, the People Partner works in a distributed HR model, collaborating closely with peer HR Managers, COE partners, and HR Shared Services, as well as with Marsh’s regional People team on cross-border matters relevant to Japan. The role embodies the Marsh Leadership Mindset, establishing clear direction and empowering colleagues to excel. Exceptional performance in this role positions the candidate for expanded HR leadership opportunities in Japan.

We will count on you to:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to MPI business leaders on people strategy, organizational design, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide expert guidance on complex people-related matters, ensuring recommendations reflect Japan's legal requirements, regulatory environment, and market conditions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the Japan and Marsh people strategy and the people function’s capabilities and services and communicates these effectively to MPI leaders and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate strategic conversations and build partnerships between MPI business leaders and people function partners.
• Drive excellence in HR service delivery and process standardization to ensure a consistent, positive colleague experience.
• Partner with COE and HR Shared Services to translate business and HR needs into best-practice, cost-effective, high-quality services.
• Support talent management, compensation and benefits, diversity and inclusion, and organizational effectiveness initiatives in partnership with COEs.
• Partner with the Employee Relations COE to provide business perspective on policy matters, process standardization, and escalation of complex cases to senior leadership.
• Represent the business in regulatory and statutory processes, including labor-management consultations and engagement with immigration authorities.
• Build and manage collaborative relationships with other function and business leaders, coordinating strategies and tactics in line with Marsh’s objectives.
• Collaborate with Marsh’s regional People team on matters requiring regional alignment or escalation relevant to Japan.

What you need to have:

• 15+ years of progressive human resources experience, including demonstrated expertise as an HR Business Partner and/or HR Manager.
• Excellent communication skills; business-level English and native-level Japanese proficiency required.
• Proven ability to translate vision into action, driving progress while maintaining colleague engagement and business continuity.
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational dynamics holistically and drive organizational effectiveness and change initiatives.
• Strong advisory and consulting capabilities paired with pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• Demonstrated track record managing complex operations and delivering results with efficiency and quality.
• Ability to engage colleagues and build high-performing, inclusive teams.
• Skilled at developing partnerships across business units and functions that deliver value for colleagues and the organization.
• High learning agility and strategic orientation, with a desire to play an elevated role in building the people function’s capability and competitiveness in the Japan market.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.