Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner to lead and deliver high impact hiring across Sales, Technology, and Leadership roles in Japan. This role is a strategic individual contributor who partners closely with senior business leaders and HR to hire critical talent that drives business growth and transformation.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience recruiting in Japan, strong functional expertise across commercial and technical roles, and the ability to influence and advise stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for Sales, Technology, and Leadership roles in Japan
• Partner with hiring managers and senior leaders as a trusted recruitment advisor
• Define hiring strategies, role requirements, and success criteria through structured intake meetings
• Develop proactive sourcing strategies and maintain strong talent pipelines for critical roles
• Deliver high-quality candidate assessment and an excellent candidate experience
• Provide market insights on talent availability, compensation trends, and hiring risks
• Manage executive and senior-level hiring, including confidential searches
• Track recruiting metrics and continuously improve hiring processes
• Collaborate with HR and global TA teams on hiring initiatives and best practices

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition or Executive Search
• Proven experience recruiting Sales, Technology, and/or Leadership roles
• Strong hands-on experience with full cycle recruiting in Japan
• Ability to manage complex stakeholders and influence senior leaders
• Strong sourcing and candidate assessment skills
• Experience using ATS and modern recruiting tools
• Business-level Japanese and English communication skills

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination.  F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].