AI-First Executive Search for Japan
We help global technology companies find and hire the leaders who win Japan — powered by an AI platform that surfaces better candidates, faster.
What Clients Say
Testimonials from APAC VPs, CROs, and talent leaders across enterprise technology.
We almost exclusively found Murray to be our go-to recruiter. I highly recommend him.
Murray has been a tremendous help in hiring dozens of individual contributors as well as key leaders.
Impressive research and a job well done! Thanks for the great work.
One of the top recruiters VMware has worked with, across the whole of Asia Pacific. Exceptional.
Thanks for your work. Nice job! I appreciate you running at a very intense pace.
Great job Murray. Thanks so much for this. We are really happy with this key hire!
Instrumental in hiring key people, including Country Manager, and delivering RPO.
If you need someone to assist as you try to enter the Japanese market don't look any further.
Murray was invaluable. His advice, cultural guidance, and results were outstanding. I highly recommend him.
Murray built our Japan team, securing very high quality sales & engineering hires.
I see Murray as the only recruiter that really understands the markets that he recruits into.
Very pleased with the outcome. Murray provided extremely helpful cultural guidance throughout.
Excellent work to hire a key sales lead for our new all-flash product in Japan.
We almost exclusively found Murray to be our go-to recruiter. I highly recommend him.
Murray has been a tremendous help in hiring dozens of individual contributors as well as key leaders.
Impressive research and a job well done! Thanks for the great work.
One of the top recruiters VMware has worked with, across the whole of Asia Pacific. Exceptional.
Thanks for your work. Nice job! I appreciate you running at a very intense pace.
Great job Murray. Thanks so much for this. We are really happy with this key hire!
Instrumental in hiring key people, including Country Manager, and delivering RPO.
If you need someone to assist as you try to enter the Japanese market don't look any further.
Murray was invaluable. His advice, cultural guidance, and results were outstanding. I highly recommend him.
Murray built our Japan team, securing very high quality sales & engineering hires.
I see Murray as the only recruiter that really understands the markets that he recruits into.
Very pleased with the outcome. Murray provided extremely helpful cultural guidance throughout.
Excellent work to hire a key sales lead for our new all-flash product in Japan.
Japan Is the Opportunity. Hiring Is the Bottleneck.
The market everyone wants. The hire nobody gets right first time.
Every global technology company knows Japan is a top-three market. Most underestimate how hard it is to hire there.
The talent pool is small. The best candidates don't apply. Cultural fit matters as much as technical capability. And a bad first hire sets you back two years.
We exist to remove that bottleneck — with AI-powered search, deep market intelligence, and a network that reaches candidates your internal team can't.
Search Expertise. AI Infrastructure. Regional Scale.
TalentHub Partners isn't just a search firm. It's an ecosystem built to solve Japan hiring at every level.
Executive Search
Retained leadership search for Country Managers, commercial leaders, and go-to-market executives. Murray leads every engagement personally — with 20+ years of Japan placements behind every recommendation.
AI Platform
Bespoke client intelligence pages. Competitive landscapes. Referral matching. Real-time reporting. Our AI platform was built in-house by our CTO — not licensed, not off-the-shelf. It gives every engagement an unfair advantage.
APAC Network
Specialist boutique recruitment partners across the region — Japan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, and beyond. Local expertise, regional scale. One relationship, consistent quality.
See What AI-Powered Search Actually Looks Like
Client Landing Page
Every engagement gets a dedicated intelligence page — built by AI, tailored to your search.
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Client Intelligence Report
Market entry frameworks, talent strategies, and competitive positioning — generated before the first candidate call.
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Market Intelligence Report
AI-generated sector reports with channel maps, partner analysis, and competitive landscapes.
View live example →Search Expertise. AI Infrastructure. Regional Scale.
TalentHub Partners isn't just a search firm. It's an ecosystem built to solve Japan hiring at every level.
Leadership First
Retained leadership search for Country Managers, commercial leaders, and go-to-market executives. Murray leads every engagement personally — with 20+ years of Japan placements behind every recommendation.
AI-First Efficiency
Bespoke client intelligence pages. Competitive landscapes. Referral matching. Real-time reporting. Built in-house by our CTO — not licensed, not off-the-shelf. It gives every engagement an unfair advantage.
Network Effect
Specialist boutique recruitment partners across the region — Japan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, and beyond. Local expertise, regional scale. One relationship, consistent quality.
Not Your Typical Search Firm
We sit at the intersection of search expertise, AI infrastructure, and boutique quality. That combination doesn't exist anywhere else in Japan.
Traditional Search
Traditional RPO
TalentHub Partners ✦
Three Service Models for Japan Success
Different roads require different drivers. We match the service model to your stage.
Builders First — Retained, top-down search for Japan Country Managers and senior commercial leaders. Phase-fit leaders for 0–1 entry.
Fivetran, DoiT*, Veeam*, Commvault*, Recorded Future*, Rapid7*, Darktrace*, Fusion-io*, Druva*, SundaySky*, Pure Storage, WeWork*, mabl AI, GitHub*, and more
Controlled Market Execution — Structured direct sourcing to build teams once leadership is in place. Scale without prematurely expanding headcount.
ZenDesk*, Celonis*, ServiceNow, Stripe, Nutanix, VMware
Key Hires That Change Trajectory — Targeted search for leaders who reset, transform, or accelerate established Japan operations.
Splunk*, SUSE*, Dell Technologies, Nutanix, VMware, Lenovo
* Denotes Japan Country Manager appointment
Track Record
Recent mandates completed — from first hire to scaled teams.
Fivetran
1st Japan Enterprise Sales Lead to build the Japan business
SUSE
Country Manager to transform the Japan operation
mabl AI
Japan GTM team to build the market from zero
Databricks
Senior Manager, Solution Architects + Solution Architect
DoiT
Country Manager for Japan launch
Recorded Future
Country Manager scaling the Japan business
SUSE
Senior Partner Executive
Multiple mandates underway
Country Manager and senior leadership searches in progress
Built by People Who've Done This Before
One built search firms. The other builds platforms. Together, they built something neither could alone.
I Built This Because Search Alone Isn't Enough
I've spent my entire career in Japan executive search — over 20 years, three businesses, all acquired.
I was the second employee at a specialist Tokyo search firm. We grew it to 200+ staff before it caught the attention of a larger group. I went on to lead teams through acquisitions, build an executive search JV with ManpowerGroup Japan, and work inside VMware Japan as their dedicated outbound recruiter.
Somewhere along the way, I realised something: search alone isn't enough. The traditional model — senior partner sells the work, junior associate does the searching — works for one hire at a time. It doesn't scale. It doesn't generate intelligence. And it doesn't give clients the visibility they deserve.
So I built TalentHub Partners. Not just another search firm — an AI-powered platform that transforms how companies hire in Japan. Every engagement gets dedicated intelligence pages, AI-matched candidates, competitive landscapes, and real-time reporting.
I lead every engagement personally. When you work with TalentHub, I'm your first call, your sounding board, and the person presenting your shortlist.
The Platform Behind the Search
The platform behind TalentHub was built by Konstantin — our co-founder and CTO. He's the reason the AI actually works.
Konstantin's background spans IBM Global Services, Deloitte Consulting, and BearingPoint — 15+ years building enterprise software platforms. He co-founded Interviewy, an AI-powered interview automation platform used by Five Guys, Halal Guys, Blaze Pizza, and Cinnabon across hundreds of locations.
Before that, he co-founded Mirabo Systems, building Livepoint BI — a business intelligence platform for pharmaceutical companies.
The result: candidate matching, market intelligence, competitive analysis, bespoke client reporting, referral activation, and branded engagement pages — all running on a platform we built from scratch. No off-the-shelf ATS. No third-party AI. Everything purpose-built for executive search in Japan.
Contact Us
If you are expanding or rebuilding in Japan and require executive search or structured outbound RPO support, we are happy to discuss your mandate.
We work with US enterprise technology vendors across market entry, scale and leadership transition.
If you are an experienced independent recruiter exploring partnership within a structured platform, we are open to confidential conversations.
Murray Clarke
Founder, TalentHub Partners