Corporate Counsel, APAC (AI)

Location: Tokyo, Japan (flexible); applicants must be legally permitted to work in Japan.

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered experience orchestration technology connecting people, systems, data, and AI for more than 8,000 organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Draft, review, negotiate, and close commercial technology agreements in Japanese and English, including SaaS, cloud, AI, reseller, partner, system integrator, NDA, SOW, and related agreements.
• Advise Japan Sales, Partner Sales, Channel, Deal Desk, Privacy, Security, Finance, Procurement, and Operations stakeholders on commercial and legal matters.
• Support direct and indirect transactions involving resellers, distributors, system integrators, alliance partners, flow-down terms, and end-customer obligations.
• Identify legal, commercial, regulatory, privacy, security, and operational risks and propose practical solutions or appropriate escalations.
• Improve templates, playbooks, fallback positions, guidance, training, and self-service tools to make Japan contracting more scalable.
• Manage routine through complex in-house legal work and coordinate with external counsel when specialist Japan law advice is required.

Requirements

• Qualified to practice law in Japan and in good standing, including registration with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations where required.
• Approximately 6+ years of post-qualification legal experience.
• Strong commercial contracting experience with customer, partner, reseller, distributor, SaaS subscription, cloud services, AI, and technology agreements.
• Experience supporting partner sales and indirect deal structures, including resellers, distributors, system integrators, alliance partners, and channel programs.
• Strong Japanese language capability is required. Professional-level English is strongly preferred for contracts and communication with global stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of data privacy, data security, technology regulation, and Japan privacy requirements, including APPI-related contracting considerations.

Nice to have

• Experience combining law firm and in-house legal roles.
• Background supporting technology, SaaS, cloud, AI, telecommunications, customer experience, or enterprise services businesses.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible-first working culture within a global team.
• Mentorship, learning programs, leadership development, and education support.
• Paid volunteer time, August Free Fridays, well-being resources, and regionally tailored programs for employees and families.
• Opportunity to support AI-powered technology used at enterprise scale.

Hiring process

• Application review by Talent Acquisition and the hiring team.
• Zoom interview with a Talent Acquisition Partner, followed by meetings with the hiring manager and interview team.
• Usually no more than five interviews, followed by final-step communication.