HR Manager

**This is a hybrid position that will require occasionally working out of our NYC office**

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA 

VaynerMedia is a contemporary global creative and media agency with an expertise in driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and has "VaynerX, LLC is a full-service global communications and advertising agency built for the now. VaynerX is the holding company for VaynerMedia, LLC (and its international entities), Vayner3, LLC, Gallery Media Group, LLC (including its publishing properties, PureWow.com and One137pm.com), Sasha Group, LLC, Tingley Lane trading, LLC, VaynerCommerce, LLC, and Eva Nosidam, LLC. We deliver integrated programs across creative, strategy, production, and media all under one roof centred on driving relevance for clients and delivering impactful business results. The independently-owned agency was founded in 2009 and our family of companies has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Amsterdam, APAC and LATAM."

About the Team

The VaynerMedia People and Experience Team (P.E.T.) partners with leaders and our people to help them fulfill their potential and realize transformational outcomes for our clients. We share accountability for not only people's initiatives, but also the success of the organization we support. Each of us has a broad background in many areas of HR, and we are experts in addressing a wide variety of employee, management, and organizational challenges. But we’re also fun. We are by turns service with a smile, cat herders, camp counselors, and grand visionaries. 

The Task at Hand

Be prepared for one of the most meaningful and purposeful career experiences you can have. You will be tasked with delivering core HR services and taking a true partnership approach to your work, consistently bridging department needs with that of the broader company. You will provide objective advice regarding complex issues and coach managers on best practices including talent acquisition and retention, professional development, payroll, performance management, culture, and career development.

What Matters

• Relationships: Cultivate and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders, other internal teams, and most importantly within P.E.T. to become a trusted advisor.

• Operations: Measure and monitor existing programs and experiences. Partner with the rest of the team in addition to external specialists to execute global strategic initiatives and priorities within the organization. This may include performance management, leadership development and 360 reviews, compensation planning, policy development and compliance, and terminations. While you will have operational support, you are someone who will roll their sleeves up and dive into the most mundane of tasks!

• Strategy: Partner with leaders, managers and individuals to identify broad, chronic organizational challenges or opportunities. Craft and implement strategies to address everything from workforce planning and compensation budgets, to talent management and succession planning, reward and engagement strategies to performance management, and staffing strategies and organizational design. You will be the connector across other functions creating a seamless experience across the employee lifecycle.

• Coach, Inspire, Mediate: Create sustained solutions to manager, team, and individual challenges through a variety of coaching and mediation techniques. Ability to design and implement innovative and engaging programs to drive the evolution of the functions you support. This may include individual coaching for leaders on best practices to improve their people management skills, career and job coaching, and navigating conflict within teams.

• Emergency Response: Generally speaking, our role is to be proactive. We strive to anticipate issues before they arise, and to create short and long-term plans for our organization. But stuff happens … We really don’t like emergencies, but when they happen you should know how to handle them quickly, discreetly, and with grace. You leverage your deep knowledge of employment law, compliance and best practices to mitigate risks to individual employees and VM.

About You

This is anything but your standard “HR Business Partner” role. This role is about human to human connection. You’ll be the leader and guardian of our most prized assets: people. From performance and productivity, recruiting to culture, a lot of very important things will rest on your shoulders. The ideal candidate will have meaningful experience in a strategic HR Business Partner role.

Your knowledge and experience is both broad and deep from employment law and best practices to talent management. Exposure to design of performance management and/or compensation philosophies and approaches welcomed. A minimum of 5 years total work experience with at least 3 years of prior HR experience.

Fine Print: Must be proficient in the use of business software (Excel, KeyPowerPoint, G Suite etc.) Familiarity with ADP, Greenhouse and other HR reporting tools is a plus. Prior experience in professional services or technology/creative environment is a plus.

What leads to success in this role:

• Experience working with Creative individuals a plus
• Lead heart first, care deeply about both people and outcomes
• Have a strong interest and ability in HR analytics and leveraging data to inform decisions
• Have the ability to work independently in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Are a team player with positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills
• Are detail oriented with excellent organizational, prioritization and multitasking skills
• Are adept and comfortable managing through frequent change, and are a ninja in your stakeholder management
• Have a desire to take ownership and accountability for work and manage projects through execution
• Strong people manager, adaptive approach to coaching and growing your direct reports, desire to understand their drivers and reward/recognize in line with their motivators

Unsure if you meet the qualifications? We are always looking for talent which will continue to cultivate an inclusive and representative team that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, background, and behaviors.  We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.  
• Base Salary $80,000 -$100,000
• Employer-sponsored 401k with match
• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Caregiver (Parental) Leave
• Health and Wellness benefits