Senior/Staff Recruiter (Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding), APAC

What You'll Do

As our very first in-region Talent Acquisition professional in APAC, you will sit at the intersection of recruitment execution, business strategy, and employer brand building. Reporting directly to the Senior HRBP of APAC, you will transition our regional hiring from a cross-border function into a highly integrated, strategic talent engine. This is a unique role that balances hands-on full-cycle recruiting with high-impact talent program design.

• Full-Cycle Recruitment: Own and drive end-to-end sourcing and recruitment for all openings across APAC, spanning Go-To-Market (GTM), Technical, and General & Administrative (G&A) functions. Primary immediate focus is on Japan and Korea, with future expansion into Singapore, Australia, and China.
• Vendor & Agency Management: Act as the primary regional point of contact for external recruitment agencies and search vendors, ensuring alignment on quality, cost-efficiency, and candidate experience.
• Employer Branding & Market Presence: Design and execute a scalable, creative employer branding strategy to build Mapbox's presence in APAC. You will customize global branding for local markets, utilizing regional recruitment media, PR channels, and localized employee storytelling to showcase our culture.
• Referral Program Innovation: Establish a robust internal referral culture across APAC. You will design and implement the mechanisms, incentives, and cultural frameworks necessary to empower every regional employee to act as an active talent scout.
• Cross-Border Collaboration: Work closely with international talent teams and stakeholders across global time zones, ensuring localized hiring strategies align seamlessly with Mapbox’s global goals.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This RoleWe are not looking for someone who just checks boxes and screens resumes. We are looking for an entrepreneurial builder who thrives in an ambiguous, zero-to-one environment.

• The "Builder" Mindset: You enjoy the challenge of introducing a highly successful, solid global company to a region where it is still growing its brand awareness. You look at a blank canvas and see opportunity.
• Strategic & Analytical Capability: You understand how a hiring pipeline connects directly to regional business outcomes, revenue goals, and market expansion strategies.
• Creative Experimenter: You are excited to experiment with new sourcing channels, talent communities, and unconventional local media strategies to attract top-tier talent.
• Cultural Bridge-Builder: You possess a high level of cross-cultural competency, capable of seamlessly collaborating with US/Global leadership while executing local nuances in Japan, Korea, and across APAC.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in both English and Japanese (verbal and written) is a must-have requirement to act as a partner to both global leadership and local candidates. Fluency in Korean is a plus.
• 5+ years of relevant recruiting experience.

We are looking for a builder. We have the flexibility to hire at either the Senior Recruiter (P5) or Staff Recruiter (P6) level, depending on the candidate's strategic depth and experience.

This is a hybrid role based out of our office in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Mapbox champions a remote-first culture; there is no rigid requirement for the number of days you must spend in the office. You will have autonomy to work from where you are most productive, with occasional office visits to collaborate with the team or host final-stage candidates who request to see our space.

What We ValueIn addition to our core values, which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders:

• We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
• We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people.
• We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company.
• We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.

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