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The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, its employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to support Disney+, Media Networks, Ad Sales, ESPN, ABC News of The Walt Disney Company (TWDC). This role forms part of the UK & Ireland HR leadership team driving and enabling the delivery of the HR people strategy. Reporting to the HR Director the key responsibility of the role is to provide HR leadership to the client groups and the team reporting into the position. This role will have line management responsibility for a HR Business Partner and a HR Advisor.
Critical to the success of the position is managing a professional, effective and proactive relationship with senior business stakeholders by understanding their key business drivers and priorities and providing an effective interface with the Centres of Excellence to help the achievement of these.
The Opportunity & Responsibilities
- Develop, drive and deliver the HR people strategy as a member of the line of business senior leadership team.
- Lead, motivate and drive a high performance team to deliver against the HR plan.
- In partnership with your client group proactively lead the development and delivery of the people agenda, ensuring it aligned with the TWDC HR and business strategy.
- Be an active member of your client groups leadership team, proactively driving the HR agenda and provide direction on business initiatives, change management and transformation activity.
- A key focus of the role is to have a good understanding of how the business operates, the key business challenges, drivers, financials as well as staying current on current industry trends, technology advances etc.
- Participate in and influence of the strategy planning process, the Annual Operating Planning process (AOP) as well as local business planning.
- Pro-actively develop strong working relationships with key business and HR stakeholders in multiple territories, which enable a solution-orientated approach to delivering HR initiatives.
- Apply commercial thinking and an understanding of the business and HR to provide pragmatic and informed HR solutions and ideas which meet both the business needs and fit with the HR agenda.
- Pro-actively engage with the HR Centres of Excellence to obtain specialist advice and facilitate value add solutions to your client groups.
- Pro-actively manage annual HR processes with the business and Centres of Excellence (Merit, Talent Planning, DEI, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Organisational Change).
Ideal Experience
- Proven track record of managing client relationships - significant experience operating at Senior HR Business Partner level and managing clients at Director level and above
- Experience of managing a team and driving high performance
- Demonstrable multi-discipline Human Resources experience
- Experience of operating within an HR team partnership model
- Collaborative, positive working style with an ability to influence and persuade others
- Able to work under pressure without compromising on professional standards
- Proven experience of significant project and change management/OD experience including restructure, redundancy, TUPE, settlement agreements and redeployment within EMEA
- Evident experience of multi-national, fast-paced, progressive commercial organisations
- Evident experience gained within a global multi-national or similar matrixed organisation
- Confident working in ambiguity to drive towards a solution which meets the Company’s overall needs
