People Partner

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, ''the stuff dreams are made of,'' we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role…

In a true generalist Human Resources role, the People Partner (known internally as People & Culture [P&C] Partner) will be responsible for providing timely and mainly support to several BUs under the Warner Bros. Discovery Japan Group (Warner Bros. Japan LLC, Turner Japan K.K., Discovery Japan LLC) and from time-to-time other Lines of Business. The P&C Partner will support the execution of HR programs, handle employee inquiries, and takes on general to Employee Relations, performance management, coaching, development, compensation, internal mobility, staff retention, etc.

The P&C Partner will work closely with other P&C Partners in locally and globally and business leaders, HR COEs, as well as people in other support functions such as legal, Finance, etc.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Act as the initial HR point of contact for WBDJ, mainly employees in ''Network'' and ''DTC'' businesses and manage requests. Respond to all enquires and requests in a timely and professional manner
• Works closely with the P&C Partner Leads to execute and implement HR-related initiatives such as organization design & integration, talent management, compensation planning, employee development, succession planning, and performance management
• Creates and activates the Business Unit implementation strategy for core HR/Talent programs
• Participating in the development of competitive compensation offers (with Talent Acquisition team, Comp & Benefit team)
• Develops strong working relationships with stakeholders including Business leaders in client side, as well as, Workforce Administration, HR COE partners in locally and globally
• Work to resolve employee and organizational issues in a proactive and positive manner. Provide advice, coaching, and training to management on leadership and employee development issues with creative and strategic HR value-added recommendations in support of clients' requests
• Respond to tier one grievances or concerns. In partnership with the P&C Partner Lead, advise, guide and support line managers in performance management, disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Interpret and help to implement HR policies, practices and procedures for managers, teams and individual employees that further the mission, values and strategic vision of Warner Bros Discovery
• Where required, always partners with Employee Relations, Labour Relations and Employment Legal to deliver HR solutions on people related issues
• Develop and maintain successful business partner relationships with key stakeholders across allocated country (including People Partners Lead, Employee Connections, COE partners, and Business Managers
• Ensure a good understanding of the financial drivers of your business and competitive market activity in order to ensure HR is well placed to provide commercial advice and respond to current and future business and market challenges
• Champion of the WBD Culture and local purpose in all aspects of team engagement
• Foster a positive and high achieving culture that embraces continual change and encourages creative risk-taking that achieves goals
• Manages special projects (Ad-hoc), as assigned to ensure value add

Qualifications & Experience...
• Ideally 5+ years' experience in a similar HR role
• Experience in supporting Tech businesses, or Entertainment businesses strongly preferred.
• Experience to work for multinational company and complex global matrix organization preferred.
• A Bachelor's Degree within a related field, preferred

Knowledge/ Skills
• High level interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Native-level Japanese proficiency, business-level English proficiency required
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with internal and external parties to drive results
• Hands-on, Proactive, responsible, accountable and results oriented
• Strong decision making and problem-solving capabilities
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Ability to work across multiple business areas/countries and multi-task whilst managing tight deadlines under pressure
• A strong team player who contributes to an environment that embraces constant change and innovation
• Able to work independently and as part of a collaborative team
• High ethical standards with demonstrated experience handling highly sensitive information
• System knowledge/experience; Workday (HR-Management system) would be advantageous

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2vq07-18-116-13-113-42 in your application.