Japan’s Independent Search
& Outbound RPO Network
Led by 20 years of search, RPO and recruitment SaaS experience in Japan
We help global technology companies build, scale, and transform their Japan businesses through leadership search, outbound RPO, and a single AI-powered platform for high-performing independent recruiters.
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Josep Garcia, APAC VP
“Impressive research and a job well done! Thanks for the great work.”
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Matt Young, APAC VP
“We almost exclusively found Murray to be our go-to recruiter. I highly recommend him.”
★★★★★
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Kate Berkeley, APAC Talent Acquisition
“One of the top recruiters VMware has worked with, across the whole of Asia Pacific. Exceptional.”
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Anthony Palladino, CRO
“Thanks for your work. Nice job! I appreciate you running at a very intense pace. ”
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Jon Robertson, APAC VP
“Murray has been a tremendous help in hiring dozens of individual contributors as well as key leaders”
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Gerry Sillars, APAC VP
“If you need someone to assist as you try to enter the Japanese market don’t look any further.”
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Keita Nozaki, Services Director
“Murray can build a strong relationship and he drives things very passionately.”
★★★★★
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Matt Thatcher, Global Sales VP
“His business sense and creativity helped fill a high level executive position in a relatively short period of time.”
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Patrick Cook, Director Innovation
“Murray has done outstanding work for PARC in a difficult talent space”
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Stephen Beck, Services VP
"Murray was invaluable. His advice, cultural guidance, and results were outstanding. I highly recommend him.”
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Goh Hattori, APAC Talent Acquisition
“Instrumental in hiring key people, including Country Manager, and delivering RPO”
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Sung Hae Kim, Global Head of People
Murray built our Japan team, securing very high quality sales & engineering hires.
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Mathew Fleming, CEO & Founder
“Helped us lock in a key leader for Japan. Did an excellent job.”
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Barry Kent, Global Sales VP
“Excellent work to hire a key sales lead for our new all-flash product in Japan.”
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Brian Burns, Founding Partner
“I see Murray as the only recruiter that really understands the markets that he recruits into.“
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James Moore, Global Sales VP
“Very pleased with the outcome. Murray provided extremely helpful cultural guidance throughout.”
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TJ Chandler, APAC VP
“Great job Murray. Thanks so much for this. We are really happy with this key hire!”
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How We Help You Win in Japan
Executive Search
Builders First
Mission-critical, top-down search for Country Managers and key leadership hires. We specialise in identifying Builders – leaders who can enter, scale, lead, or transform enterprise technology businesses in Japan. These are high-impact roles where failure is expensive and success compounds.
Outbound RPO
Scale hiring without scaling overhead.
Our outbound RPO model activates experienced Japan-based and APAC recruiters to deliver consistent hiring at pace. Ideal for growth phases where coverage, speed, and message alignment matter more than one-off perfection.
High-Impact Search
Key hires that move the business.
We focus on critical individual contributors and player-coach leaders whose impact outweighs their title – early enterprise sales, partner leads, senior SEs, and GTM hires. These roles demand judgement, access, and precision, not volume.
Led By Experience. Built With Intent.
Search Meets SaaS
We came together from two sides of the recruitment coin: one from executive search, the other from SaaS. What unites us is a belief that technology will shape the future of recruitment — not just to deliver short-term results, but to build lasting success for organisations seeking high-skill talent.
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Executive Search | Japan | Technology
Murray Clarke has spent his career building and scaling executive search businesses in Japan. A consistent theme across that journey is simple: every firm he has helped build or lead has gone on to succeed, including a successful acquisition in the case of the firm he founded.
He began his search career as an early hire at a specialist firm, joining as the second employee and helping establish foundations that later supported growth to more than 200 staff. After a period working inside VMware Japan as an outbound recruiter, he became a senior leader at RGF Executive (Recruit Holdings), where he was recognised during the company’s transition to new ownership.
In 2014, Murray founded Technology Futures K.K., building it from inception into a respected executive search and outbound RPO business that was later acquired by ManpowerGroup Japan.
After several years in New Zealand developing the TalentHub platform, Murray returned to Japan in 2025 to launch TalentHub Partners K.K., bringing together executive search, outbound RPO, and platform innovation.
He holds a BA and BCom from the University of Otago and undertook further study at the University of Tokyo.
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Recruitment | SaaS | AI
Konstantin is a full-stack recruitment technology expert with more than 15 years of experience building software platforms across industries. He co-founded Interviewy, an AI-powered interview automation platform used by major US hospitality brands such as Five Guys, Halal Guys, Blaze Pizza, and Cinnabon, helping them streamline high-volume hiring and cut time-to-hire dramatically.
Earlier in his career he co-founded Mirabo Systems International, where he led development of Livepoint, a business intelligence tool for the pharmaceutical sector. He also held senior roles at IBM Global Services, Deloitte Consulting, and BearingPoint.
At TalentHub, Konstantin leads product strategy and development. He is designing an AI-powered recruitment platform to reduce administrative work, enhance candidate and client experience, and equip recruiters with the tools they need to compete in today’s market.
Contact Us
If you have search or RPO requirements in Asia-Pacific or Japan, talk to us about how our network of operators can help.
If you’re an independent recruiter seeking a platform and network to help you execute your plans, with an eye toward an exit, drop us a line.
– Murray Clarke, Co-Founder