Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and execute on a variety of legal and compliance matters across Coupang Japan’s business operations related to HR, employment, and labor. You will be hands-on with end-to-end responsibility for all legal support.
- Prepare, advise on, and maintain employment contracts, Rules of Employment, HR policies, and related contracts and documents.
- Support business growth from an HR perspective.
- Manage HR, employment, and labor-related litigation and investigations that may arise in Japan.
- Manage HR, employment, and labor-related regulatory affairs in Japan and represent Coupang in connection with any inquiries by regulators in Japan.
- Manage and instruct external law firms as required.
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal business partners including HR, Compliance, and Security and Privacy on projects and company-wide initiatives. Demonstrate hands on experience but also the ability to handle and manage projects with other members of the team.
Basic Qualifications:
- Qualified and admitted/licensed lawyer in Japan. Strong foreign qualified lawyers from the U.S. or a common law jurisdiction (e.g., Australia, UK, Singapore) with extensive experience working in Japan may be considered.
- At least 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience. A mixture of law firm and in-house experience is preferred.
- Fluency in written and spoken Japanese is mandatory. Professional level English fluency.
- Exceptional ability to consistently deliver creative, thoughtful, and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.
- A willingness to learn voraciously and take on new scope and challenges.
- Ability to adapt easily to rapid and diverse business changes.
- Strong and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
- Sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions.