Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner

Job Description

The Walt Disney Company's Direct-To-Consumer & International (DTCI) is a global business segment for The Walt Disney Company with the mission of providing consumers around the world access to the content they want most, on the latest platforms, at a time of rapidly-evolving consumer habits. Combining the Company's direct-to-consumer streaming services – ESPN+, Disney+ and Hulu -- alongside Disney's international media businesses, DTCI aligns cutting-edge technology with world-class content and beloved brands to expand the Company's global footprint and deliver highly-personalized entertainment experiences to diverse consumers around the world.

In this role, the Senior Manager, HR Business Partner will execute on human resources strategies, projects and tactics to support the needs of the Disney Streaming Services Technology team. Reporting to the Director, Human Resources, the Sr. Manager will lead and facilitate HR programs and strategies through collaboration with the clients, HR specialty partners, and other key business stakeholders. The ideal candidate will serve as strategic HR support to the HR team and business leaders on all matters relating to talent, including organizational and leader effectiveness, organizational design, headcount management and learning needs/opportunities and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities:
• Establish and maintain an intimate understanding of clients' organizations and the business, in the interest of building effective and productive working relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proactively assess business and organizational performance to recommend and drive action through a consultative, ''influence without authority'' approach.
• Coach business leaders on HR policies and processes, including talent planning, learning & development and performance management to promote engagement, inclusion, and a culture of continuous growth and development
• Plan and lead organization design projects to streamline and implement new structures, roles and/or processes that create speed and efficiency and support rapidly shifting business demands
• Assess organizational performance systemically, defining talent gaps and proposing HR solutions that support clients' business objectives
• Coach and guide business leaders on key organizational and management issues
• Plan and facilitate work sessions to develop business strategies (i.e. vision, mission, value, objectives) that help support organizational focus on business priorities
• Develop and execute a lifecycle approach to talent management focused on forecasting, staffing, on-boarding, development, performance management and career / succession planning, leveraging rigorous workforce analytics and insights
• Closely partner with recruitment, with a strong focus on acquiring and retaining top talent and building pipeline for future needs
• Develop thoughtful, integrated approaches to promote and champion diversity and inclusion in talent attraction, development and retention
• Leverage understanding of individual and organizational dynamics to facilitate talent movement into and throughout the organization
• Assess employee training and development needs based on business strategy and collaborate with Learning & Development partners to help close gaps between current and future skills requirements

Basic Qualifications:
• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience as an HR Business Partner in a dynamic environment, with specific experience in strategy development, organizational design, talent management and change management. Experience working with senior executives in an ''influence-without-authority'' role.
• Demonstrated ability to work in and manage ambiguity – dealing with issues that do not always have a process or a system in place.
• Ability to position self as credible (garners respect, acts with integrity, keeps commitments); proactive (has a point of view, challenges assumptions, takes initiative); and a trusted thought partner (builds relationships, delivers results).
• Independent work style, balancing the need for collaboration with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to balance business partnering skills with employee advocacy.
• Possesses both critical thinking capability and hands-on HR business plan implementation experience.

Required Education
• Bachelors Degree in related field.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rj86bg-3-149-24-115-42 in your application.