Director (Senior Legal Counsel), Japan

The mission of our Coupang Global Japan team is to discover the latent demand for Japanese products that Coupang Korean and Taiwanese customers have and to provide them with an assortment that exceeds their expectations.

We also aim to provide the best shopping experience that will make our customers say Wow. This includes the speed and value we deliver to our customers from Japan.

To achieve this mission, our team acts with entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrates leadership. We emphasize speed and action.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute on a variety of legal and compliance matters across Coupang Japan’s business operations, including e-commerce, property, HR, operations, product compliance, and corporate compliance. You will be hands on with end-to-end responsibility for all legal support.

• Advise, draft, and negotiate a wide range of contracts with third parties.

• Support new business and product launches.

• Lead and execute on all corporate governance matters pertaining to Coupang Japan including management of business license filings.

• Manage litigation and investigations that may arise in Japan.

• Manage regulatory affairs in Japan and represent Coupang in connection with any inquiries by regulators in Japan.

• Manage and instruct external law firms as required.

• Work closely and collaboratively with internal business partners including Business, Product, and Operations leaders, Global Procurement, Finance, Corporate IT, and Security and Privacy on projects and company-wide initiatives. Demonstrate hands on experience but also the ability to handle and manage projects with other members of the team.

Basic Qualifications:

• Qualified and admitted/licensed lawyer in Japan. Strong foreign qualified lawyers from the U.S. or a common law jurisdiction (e.g., Australia, UK, Singapore) with extensive experience working in Japan may be considered.

• At least 10+ years of post-qualification legal experience. A mixture of law firm and in-house experience is preferred.

• Fluency in written and spoken Japanese is mandatory. English fluency is also preferred but not mandatory.

• Exceptional ability to consistently deliver creative, thoughtful and business-oriented results that appropriately balance growth and risk in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.

• A willingness to learn voraciously and take on new scope and challenges.

• Ability to adapt easily to rapid and diverse business changes.

• Strong and effective communication skills, both oral and written.

• Sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions.

Recruitment Process

Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer

The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.

Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Things to Consider

This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.

Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.

Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.