Sr Manager, HR Business Partner

About the Role & Team

At Disney, we are storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. We do this through using and developing ground breaking technology and innovating to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our dedicated team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world!

Consumer Products, Games and Publishing (CPGP) is the division of Disney Experiences that brings beloved brands and franchises into the daily lives of families and fans through products – from toys to t-shirts, apps, books, console games and more – and experiences that can be found around the world, including on the shopDisney e-commerce platform and at Disney Parks, local and international retailers, as well as Disney store locations globally. The business is home to world-class teams of product, licensing and retail experts, artists and storytellers, and technologists who inspire imaginations around the world.

When we grow and develop our people, we’re investing in our future. As forward-looking Human Resources professionals, we are the champions of this investment. The Walt Disney Company’s Human Resources team does so much more than just support our employees…we engage our people, drive change and help our businesses achieve results. How do we do this? By shaping the employee experience on all levels. By partnering with our clients to create and implement innovative business strategies. By being a true thought partner and proactively anticipating business cycles. By fostering leadership success and being experts in change management. By enabling smart decisions by leveraging business data, metrics and external market insights. As a forward-looking HR professional supporting our games and publishing organization, you will serve as a strategic business partner to senior leadership by developing and delivering integrated and inclusive HR Services such as: Strategy Development, Organization Design, Talent Management, Organization & Cast Effectiveness, Change & Transition Management and Functional HR Integration. This role reports to the Director, HR Business Partner.

What You Will Do

• Provide strategic HR leadership and consultation focused on creating innovative HR strategies to anticipate and assess emerging business, organization or people trends and identify and implement the appropriate Human Resource / Diversity & Inclusion solutions.

• Design and implement strategies to increase organization, team and individual performance to improve the business’s capabilities to deliver against its goals. Provide expertise in the areas of leadership and executive team development, organization and Cast effectiveness, and meeting design/facilitation with a bias toward building client capability.

• Collaborate with HR functional partners to implement human resources strategies to enable strategic goals and support future business growth.

• Carry out the Talent Management process to identify current and forecasted talent needs and, in partnership with other site and segment partners, develop action plans to mitigate associated risk and improve confidence in future successor readiness to enable business goals.

• Deliver HR services to clients resulting in a seamless point of contact to the broader HR organization and ensuring successful integration of functional partner initiatives and expertise.

• Maintain an effective level of business literacy to provide a consultative approach to delivery of HR services. Leverage HR / business skills and knowledge to challenge or influence leadership in decision-making processes.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7+ years of experience in human resources, organization development, training or related talent planning field, preferably in a creative environment

• Must be able to provide creative solutions and unique approaches to HR/business challenges

• Must be an authentic thought partner with confidence and courage to push boundaries

• Proven experience in managing multiple projects with strong prioritization skills

• Proven advising and/or change management experience

• Proven knowledge of HR industry practices

• Demonstrated strong integration and strategic planning skills

• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills

• Demonstrated strong facilitation and presentation skills

• Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making skills

• Strong business sense with a keen ability to quickly assimilate new information, including involvement in budget and variable labor mix headcount planning

• Demonstrated ability to influence and partner within a diverse organization to help drive business results

• Proven ability to manage conflict and the courage to challenge organizational thinking

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience or knowledge in the video game and/or publishing field

• Master's degree in Human Resoures or related field

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, or related field, or combination equivalent work experience.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $156,000 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.