HR Business Partner

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At Disney, we are storytellers. We make the impossible, possible by using and developing groundbreaking technology and opening up the boundaries to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our team in delivering unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world.

We are investing in our future by developing our people. As forward-looking Human Resources professionals, we are the champions of this investment. We engage our people, inspire change, and help our businesses achieve results by crafting the employee experience at all levels, collaborating with clients to build and implement innovative business strategies, and being true thought partners who proactively anticipate business cycles.

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T) is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

We are looking for an HR Business Partner to join our dynamic HR Team in Glendale, CA. The HR Business Partner sits at the intersection of HR and the business and will be focused on supporting the Content Platforms & Operations organization within DEEP&T.

• Lead day-to-day HR issues for assigned client groups as a strategic business partner, ensuring HR solutions make valuable contributions to the client’s organization and frequently soliciting feedback to that end
• Deliver HR services to clients resulting in a seamless point of contact to the broader HR organization and ensure successful integration of functional partner initiatives and expertise
• Understand the business and play a meaningful role in driving the people initiatives aligned to the business strategy
• Project manage assigned HR initiatives and special projects across the client groups. Initiatives may include performance management, talent planning, compensation planning, career development and organization design
• Serve as a credible partner and "one stop shop" for employees to voice concerns, ask questions and request assistance
• Intake employee relations issues for assigned client groups, resolving minor issues independently and partnering with Employee Relations team for investigations
• Guide business leaders on HR policies and processes, including talent planning, learning, and performance management to promote engagement and a culture of continuous growth and development
• Collaborate with functional HR teams, maximizing their expertise to implement human resources strategies and enable business objectives and drive business growth
• Analyze trends and metrics, collaborating with HR functional experts to develop solutions, make recommendations and develop programs to successfully support the people needs of client groups
• Maintain an effective level of business literacy to provide a consultative approach to deliver HR services. Leverage HR and business skills and knowledge to challenge or influence leadership in decision-making processes
• Identify issues that require escalation
• Use understanding of individual and organizational dynamics to facilitate onboarding, talent management, internal mobility, and overall team development
• Support organization design projects to streamline and implement new structures, roles and/or processes that build speed and efficiency and support rapidly shifting business demands
• Collaborate with other HR Business Partners, encouraging a positive work relationship, and partnering on projects and initiatives across multiple groups within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

• Minimum 3 years of progressively responsible experience as an HR Business Partner in a dynamic environment or equivalent role, preferably within a tech organization
• Experience working with senior executives in an "influence without…