About the Role & Team

The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Entertainment group 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, Disney Entertainment aligns innovative 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.

At Disney, we believe it takes great people to create the memorable experiences, products and services our consumers know and love! When we grow and develop our people, we’re investing in our future. As Human Resources, 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 thoughtful decisions by using business data, metrics and external market insights.

The Opportunity

In this role, the Manager, HR Business Partner will carry out human resources strategies and tactics to support the needs of Disney Advertising. The Manager will lead and facilitate HR programs and strategies in support of the Shared Services client group through collaboration with the clients, HR specialty groups and other HR business partners. They will serve as a consultant to business leaders on talent matters, including organizational effectiveness, leader effectiveness, organizational design, learning needs/opportunities and conflict resolution.

What You Will Do

• Leverage partnerships and business acumen to enable the creation and implementation of strategies in alignment with business priorities and goals

• Immerse yourself in the organization to build productive relationships with internal stakeholders and clients on all levels

• Foster leadership success as a proactive thought partner anticipating the business cycles and serving as a consultant during periods of change management, as well as leveraging business data, metrics and external market insights to inform decisions

• Implement employee engagement strategies to foster an environment based on respect and values

• Develop and execute a lifecycle approach to talent management by assessing organizational performance systemically, defining talent gaps and proposing solutions in support of business objectives

• Coach and consult on organizational design and management issues, as well as challenging and/or influencing decision-making processes

• Streamline and implement new, large-scale structures and/or processes to create speed, efficiency and agility within the organization

• Lead large-scale change management efforts around culture and process evolution

• Develop thoughtful, integrated approaches to promote diversity and inclusion in talent attraction, development and retention

• Facilitate the consistent application, implementation and improvement of Human Resources programs

• Manage day-to-day employee relations issues, including escalation to Employee Relations partners

Required Qualifications & Skills

• At least 5 years of human resources experience

• Strong consultative skills and ability to influence

• Ability to think strategically and navigate complex matrix environments

• Credible, proactive and trusted thought-partner who has built relationships and delivered results

• Ability to thrive within ambiguity and drive complex projects

• Experience with partnering with labor relations a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a related field

• Expertise in providing support to engineering and technology client groups

Education

• Undergraduate Degree