Director, Human Resources

Job Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description
An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced HR Director to provide operational HR leadership, and expertise to Versant's News Marketing team and the Technology organization. This is a unique and dynamic opportunity to provide human resources support to these newly formed groups, and have the ability to have immediate and long term impact for these groups. This role will be responsible for driving key HR initiatives in the areas of talent acquisition, performance management, change management, employee coaching, compensation planning, succession planning, employee experiences, and training & development. This role will require someone who is a self starter, happy to be hands on and a true partner to their client groups, who can adapt to working with a creative clients and technical product and engineering workforce. This position will report to the SVP, Human Resources, News.
Job Duties
• Provide sound HR guidance and collaborate with business leaders to execute and enable business goals
• Lead and leverage HR processes (incl. Staffing, Benefits, Performance Management, Compensation/Reward Management, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement & Communication)
• Partner/collaborate with senior leadership team to align and execute HR strategies in support of operations
• Develop and implement appropriate change management plans as required
• Implement and monitor adherence to HR policies, procedures and practices; Ensure compliance with state & federal laws
• Provide advice, counsel and coaching to employees regarding HR policies and procedures
• Partner with management to develop and implement training and strategies to retain internal, and attract external, talent
• Drive key HR initiatives across departments including workforce development, succession planning and innovative growth programs
• Manage complex employee relations issues including organizational structures and investigations
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field of study
• 8+ years of professional level HR experience including employee relations and organizational development

Desired Characteristics
• Ideally has experience supporting a digital technology teams
• Knowledge and practical application of HR disciplines including U.S employment and labor laws, employee relations, management & leadership development, performance management, organizational design and compensation philosophies and knowledge of OSHA and workplace safety
• Proven HR leader with the ability to generate a vision and strategy to guide the organization through change, rethinking the way they look at decisions
• Natural ease working with and relating to employee needs in a fast-paced, ever-changing, matrixed environment
• Demonstrated ability to interact with a range of personalities and styles and be able to establish effective relationships at all levels, responding effectively and timely to demanding internal clients
• Trusted business partner with strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and critical thinking skills
• Takes ownership; able to establish self as ''go-to'' HR resource
• Excellent leadership, problem solving, project management, and presentation skills
• Proven influencer with excellent conflict resolution skills
• Extremely flexible, highly organized and able to easily shift priorities
• Ability to analyze data and use data to tell a story
• Detail-oriented with excellent follow-through
• Ability to work independently and autonomously - juggling multiple priorities across various stakeholders
• Prior experience supporting a workforce comprised of both full-time employees and contractors/contingent workers
• Ability to manage time effectively to meet deadlines
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the Englewood Cliffs, NJ office a minimum of three days per week.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. This position is bonus and long-term incentive eligible

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ve476w-216-73-216-127-42 in your application.