Open positions

Together with you on the challenge of opening up the possibilities of Japanese industry and leading to the future.
Currently, we are actively hiring for the following positions:

Vice President of Fund Investment Office

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The Fund Investment Office develops investment activities centered on domestic VC funds and PE funds, and is responsible for a series of processes, from origination, due diligence, execution, and post-investment monitoring of investment opportunities, while emphasizing policy perspectives such as “not only the pursuit of pure financial returns,” it also emphasizes policy perspectives such as “will it lead to ecosystem development.”
Furthermore, while analyzing the fluctuating market environment, we are also investigating and discovering new investment themes, and we utilize this knowledge in examining investment strategies and evaluating individual projects.
Recently, we are actively cooperating not only in Japan, but also with overseas managers and investors, and are actively promoting initiatives to create investment opportunities on our own. It is an environment where there are many challenges and opportunities for growth for those who want to promote investment activities from a global perspective.
Welcomed experiences/skills
■Experience in investing in private equity funds and venture capital funds with institutional investors, financial institutions, business companies, etc. (5 to 10 years)
■Investment experience with undisclosed companies such as buyout investments and venture investments
■Experience in fund formation work
■Logical communication skills
■Presentation Skills

Research Office Vice President

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As an intelligence function of JIC, the research office plays an important role in planning and drafting JIC's overall management strategy and investment strategy. Results obtained through research activities are shared with various stakeholders involved in the Japanese ecosystem, such as fund operators and corporate managers, and JIC's investment activities with policy significance are widely disseminated, and they also contribute to the promotion of risk money supply. Against this background, the Research Office is an organization with great influence within JIC.
In research, particular emphasis is placed on generating output with “effectiveness leading to specific actions” and “uniqueness like no other.” Due to the nature of their work, members are required to build a broad network through dialogue with diverse stakeholders, such as key persons in each industry, domestic and international investors, and business companies, and to comprehensively grasp industrial/technological trends, capital markets, policy trends, etc. from a global perspective.
Welcomed experiences/skills
■Experience in research and analysis work at consulting firms, think tanks, business companies, etc. (5 to 10 years)
■Logical communication skills
■Presentation Skills
■Business Level English

Vice President, Legal Affairs Team, Legal Compliance Office

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The Legal Affairs Compliance Office Legal Affairs Team is responsible for responding to legal issues related to the investment activities of the JIC Group as a whole and providing advice to minimize risk. In addition to risk management based on legal expertise, a perspective that is close to practice as an investment team partner and smoothly proceeds with the investment process is required.
As our main business, we prepare contract documents and provide legal support for new investment projects, and respond to legal issues related to the Companies Act, Labor Law, Bankruptcy Law, etc. for existing investors, and cooperate with external lawyers as necessary to respond to antitrust laws and confirm whether filing is necessary in each country. It is also responsible for tasks related to maintaining the Group's governance, such as dealing with legal issues relating to subsidiaries and funds operated by subsidiaries, and confirming internal procedures based on the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act, and supports the sound operation of the JIC Group as a whole.
Welcomed experiences/skills
■ (Required) Being qualified as a Japanese lawyer
■Work experience as a law firm or in-house lawyer dealing with corporate legal affairs (5 to 10 years)
■Experience in fund related business, venture investment business, M&A related business, finance related business, etc.
■Work experience in the fund, VC, and financial services industry
■Logical communication skills

Selection method

There may be differences depending on the recruitment position, but as a general rule, selection will be carried out according to the following flow.
STEP1: Document Screening
Documents will be screened based on your resume and work history.
STEP2: Interview and Aptitude Test
As a general rule, interviews are conducted about 4 to 5 times. ※Depending on the situation, online or face-to-face
STEP3: Reference Check
We understand the personalities and strengths that could not be captured in interviews in a multifaceted manner, and are implemented as a step for them to play an active role over the medium to long term.
STEP4: job offer
The period from application to job offer is usually 1 to 2 months, but it varies depending on the situation of the interviewer and the status of other applicants.

DE&I Initiatives

The JIC Group is improving the environment in order to contribute to the sustainable growth of the Japanese economy through the realization of a virtuous cycle of risk money
We will introduce interviews, etc. relating to the promotion of DE&I.
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