Senior Consultant / Consulting Manager
A chance to work in your home country, utilizing your Japanese language skills! Link and Motivation is actively recruiting for our overseas locations!
Link and Motivation is a human resources and organizational consulting firm originating from Japan. Starting in January 2025, we have established overseas locations in five countries: Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore!
We drive our business forward together with local members, supporting the overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies as well as companies in various countries. Through organizational transformation, we aim to unlock the potential of people and organizations, creating positive changes in society.
Would you like to join us in making organizations and society better? Apply to work with us! We are currently recruiting for our Singapore office.
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site Senior Consultant role based in Singapore. The Senior Consultant will lead client engagements by designing and implementing strategies to drive motivation; organisational transformation; independently identify and develop market opportunities while building and managing senior client relationships to grow our business across the Southeast Asia region.
What you'll do:
- Lead the analysis of employee survey data and broader organisational diagnostics, translating complex findings into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives and HR leaders, independently owning the co-creation and delivery of customised transformation and change-management strategies
- Drive pipeline development across SEA by proactively identifying, engaging, and converting organisations with complex people and culture challenges
- Mentor and guide junior team members, contributing to the development of internal consulting capabilities and best practices
Who we are looking for:
- Experienced HR consultant with 5–10 years of relevant experience, ideally with exposure to organisational development, change management, or employee engagement
- Comfortable working with and advising senior stakeholders, with a track record of managing client relationships independently at the C-suite or HR leadership level
- Drawn to the opportunity of representing a Japanese company in the Southeast Asia market, with an appreciation for cross-cultural business environments
- Thrives in a high-growth, start-up-like setting — self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to lead without a playbook
- Adaptable and growth-oriented as the organisation scales globally and the role continues to evolve
Skills we are looking for:
- Business to native-level Japanese proficiency (JLPT N2 or above)
- Strong command of English; proficiency in at least one Southeast Asian language (including Chinese) is a plus
- Bachelor's degree or above in any field; advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) is advantageous
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesise complex data into strategic recommendations
- 5–10 years of industry experience in human resources and organisational transformation consulting, with demonstrated client-facing responsibilities
- Exceptional communication, writing, and presentation skills, including the ability to present with confidence to executive-level audiences
- Proven ability to manage and influence diverse senior stakeholders, and to independently build and sustain strong client relationships
- Solid understanding of domains such as behavioural economics, psychology, or organisational behaviour, with the ability to apply these frameworks practically in client engagements
- Willingness to work on-site and travel for client engagements as required; comfortable operating across multiple markets
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with data visualisation or HR analytics tools is a plus
About our company
Founded in 2000, Link and Motivation Inc. is the world’s first consulting firm focused on motivation. Our proprietary Motivation Engineering® methodology combines insights from business, psychology, behavioral economics, and social systems theory to drive practical, reproducible organizational transformation.Unlike traditional consulting approaches, we place motivation at the heart of organizational performance, making us a unique, one-of-a-kind partner.
With offices in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, we provide one-stop support to help our clients achieve meaningful organizational transformation. With more than 25 years of history, we have supported over 13,000 clients and served over 5 million users on our unique ‘Motivation Cloud’ platform.
Our clients range from major Japanese and local enterprises to fast-growing startups, so the work is both dynamic and impactful.
You can find out more on our company website: https://www.lmi.ne.jp/english/