People Experience Business Partner

At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters. We are the #1 global music publisher, advancing the artistry of the world’s greatest songwriters and composers for over 25 years. We keep songwriters at the forefront of everything we do, and design our suite of services to amplify opportunities, build connections, and defend their rights. Our roster benefits from an international team committed to providing support at every career stage. From classic catalogues to contemporary hitmakers, history is always being written. We are a part of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about SMP at https://www.sonymusicpub.com/en.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

Be a part of an organization that is creator first. Committed to fueling excellence and always imagining more, while fostering a supportive culture, one where we elevate each other and act responsibly.

Job Purpose:

The People Experience Business Partner is a progressive HR professional responsible for supporting identified strategic and operational initiatives that align with the business strategy and driving organizational effectiveness and success in our North American territories.  

What You’ll Do:

• Business Partner: Work in close partnership with the Vice President Human Resources (Americas) and other mid-level leaders, to lead change, growth, transformation and to deliver highly effective HR strategies and services for North American and Latin American territories.  Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and staff to provide strategic and tactical planning, direction, coaching and support; serve as a key liaison and trusted business partner on all HR initiatives, programs, and processes          
   

• Strategic and Operational Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for strategic and operational improvement (i.e., automation, streamlining and best practices) as it pertains to  systems, processes, adoption of new technologies, integration of new workflows, staffing models, and organization structures
   

• Talent Acquisition:  Support the full life cycle recruiting process by engaging diverse talent for key positions across our business functions and serving as a strategic partner and subject matter expert in attracting top talent. Implement best practices to ensure we are actively identifying and acquiring key talent and top performers in a competitive landscape. Working closely with business leaders; oversee creation of efficient and high-quality sourcing/recruiting planning and processes; network external relationships to build an active talent pipeline
   

• Learning & Development: Facilitate a culture of continuous learning, growth and development for our leaders and staff through the promotion and logistics management of LinkedIn Learning, Women in Leadership, and other related developmental programs.
   

• Diversity and Inclusion: Manage programs, practices, and processes that make a strategic connection between diversity and inclusion practices and organizational success; partner with other Sony divisions to align on D&I practices and initiatives
   

• Compensation and Benefits: Assessment and use of research, data and analytics in order to ensure we are offering competitive compensation and benefits packages; partner with internal Compensation staff to identify appropriate compensation, using market analysis information; partner with benefits department to actively identify competitive benefit offerings
   

• Employee Relations: Oversee and provide guidance on employee relations issues by consulting with ER partners and escalating issues as appropriate
   

• Compliance & SOX Audits: Partner with Sony’s Compliance, Risk & Control departments to stay abreast with trending and ever-changing legislation and ensure employee base is compliant with required compliance training. Additionally, ensure internal processes are aligned with SOX requirements in preparation to respond to SOX audits.
   

• HR Service Delivery, Payroll & Benefits (Shared Services): Continuously partner with HR Service Delivery, Payroll & Benefits to ensure proper support of our employee base.
   

• HRIS Reporting & Data Integrity: Assists in the day-to-day administration and support of Workday including overseeing all HR transactions to ensure timely processing, alignment with payroll and, accurate and complete system records. This position is also responsible for maintaining employee files and overseeing the processing of all HR related information.
   

Who You Are:

• 5 or more years of successive HR experience in Talent Acquisition, HR Shared Services, Employee Relations, Organizational Structure & Design, HR Project Management and Performance Management. 

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Professional HR Certification preferred

• Workday (HRIS) experience required

• Must possess sound professional presence, having good sound judgment, thought leadership and high emotional intelligence

• Must have exceptional attention to detail

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong client-support orientation, and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and with a wide range of clients, individually and in groups; demonstrated ability to communicate successfully with people from a variety of background and cultures; proven ability to build trusted partnerships and maintain effective relationships with senior business leaders, managers, and peers

• Established influencer; ability to coach and counsel both employees and executive-level management

• Technologically savvy; experience with automation, standardization and modernization is critical to be successful with specific process improvement initiatives

• Proven project and process management skills; demonstrated track record of delivering high quality results; expertise in ability to design, lead and execute complex HR projects including experience facilitating change management initiatives, building & successfully implementing people and leadership development, as well as organizational development tools and processes

• Some Travel Required. 

• Must be authorized to work in the United States

• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extended working hours for evening and late-night events
   

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you can fuel the creative journey

• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork

• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans

• We invest in your professional growth & development

• Time off for a winter recess and flexible time off
  
   

  DISCLAIMER:

  The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $87,370-$120,000. This range does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for.  The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

SMP has good cause to conduct a background investigation because honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the performance of the responsibilities of this position

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.