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Senior Vice President, Talent & Culture - Corporate Functions & Initiatives

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks.

Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) welcomes guests around the world to experience epic stories and exhilarating adventures in astonishing and immersive new ways. With innovations inspired by some of the most creative minds in entertainment, Universal’s theme parks are where amazing technology, cinematic greatness and sheer ingenuity come together to bring guests inside the world’s most loved stories.

Job Description

The Senior Vice President, Human Resources/Talent & Culture, Corporate Functions & Initiatives will serve as a key member of the Human Resources leadership team. Reporting to the EVP, Global Head of Human Resources for UDX, the SVP will drive culture and organizational excellence, joining two other enterprise-level globally focused roles, including the SVP, Talent & Organization Development and VP, Total Rewards.

As UDX continues to build out and formalize its corporate center to support the global business unit’s ambitious growth priorities across the US, Asia Pac, and Europe, the SVP, Talent & Culture for Corporate Functions & Initiatives will play an essential role in ensuring the business has the talent and capabilities to scale the organization accordingly.

The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and HR expertise across three primary focus areas.  First, it will support Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX) across its key corporate functions, including Finance, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Sales, Administrative Services, Inclusion, and the Enterprise Transformation Office. The role will also oversee the continued evolution of the HR business strategy and ensure the successful and timely execution of key strategic initiatives and HR change programs.

Qualifications

Provide Strategic HR Leadership for Corporate Functions

  • Develop and implement talent and organizational strategies that align with UDX's corporate goals and enhance business performance and talent enablement across Finance, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Sales, Inclusion, and Admin (Enterprise Transformation Office, EHS, Government Affairs, Communications, and Real Estate).
  • Serve as the trusted HR advisor and talent strategist to each global functional head to build high performing organizations and drive organizational efficiency.
  • Lead a team of HR leaders dedicated to the Corporate Functions.   They will partner with the centers of expertise to ensure talent and rewards programs drive org effectiveness through the UDX corporate teams. 

Execute HR Strategy

  • Lead the design and execution of HR processes, programs, and tools that empower HR teams to deliver consistent and impactful results across the organization.
  • Champion best practices in functional capability development, talent management, leadership development, and organizational design within the HR function.
  • Ensure effective governance and timely execution of key HR strategic initiatives.
  • Oversee upskilling of HR function and HRBP excellence to expand HR impact over business.
  • Ensure consistent internal global HR communications across the organization and within the function

Transformation Office People & Culture Leadership

  • Provide HR leadership over enterprise transformation office activities, serving as co-pilot to the Transformation Office leader.
  • Serve as an active member of the Transformation Office in defining top priorities and determining most effective approaches to execution.
  • Partner effectively with external consulting partner to provide required data and HR analytics to support Transformation Office.
  • Ensure successful change management and internal communications to support successful implementation of key transformation activities.

Other responsibilities and areas of focus include:

  • Provide strategic human resources leadership and operate as the senior-most HR business partner in supporting the Corporate Functions goals and objectives. Drive HR initiatives including organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition, team member relations and engagement, performance management, compensation planning, succession planning, training and development, rewards & recognition, and team member communication.
  • Partner closely with UDX Global HR leadership team to ensure they and their teams are well positioned to deliver on strategic UDX priorities. This includes organization capabilities, talent management, talent acquisition, total remuneration, engagement, and talent mobility.
  • Partner with the UDX Inclusion team, as well as internal Inclusion and Team Member Advocacy Groups (TAGs) to cultivate a positive work environment that encourages all Team Members to apply their diverse talent and abilities and to achieve their full potential, in alignment with corporate and division business initiatives.
  • Foster HR Team Member engagement through integrated lifecycle experiences, recognition, and communication programs, tools and events.
  • Foster an open environment in which diverse Team Members perspectives are actively sought, development is encouraged, and questions and concerns can be safely raised.
  • Work with HR leaders to build a career path for HR team members, identifying opportunities for training, new skill acquisition and advancement.
  • Partner with business leadership, legal and external representatives on employee contract discussions.

The Person:

  • Experience: 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, preferably within large, matrixed organizations.
  • Expertise: Proven track record in HR business partnering, talent management, and organizational development, and developing and driving human capital strategies. Experience in leading HR for HR preferred and HR Shared Services. International experience is strongly preferred.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field (master’s preferred).

Desired Characteristics

  • Strategic Thinking & Execution: Ability to align HR initiatives with long-term business goals, anticipate future challenges, and provide innovative solutions. Versatility to efficiently flex between big picture, innovative thinking to practical, short-term execution.
  • Executive Presence: Effectively influence and engage senior leaders while inspiring confidence and trust across the organization.
  • Relationship Building & Partnership: Build strong cross-functional partnerships and act as a credible advisor to business leaders. Foster strong alignment and partnership across various HR teams.
  • Business Acumen: Understand and translate business needs into impactful HR strategies. able to establish credibility and rapport with operating leaders; proficient in labor staffing, budgeting processes, strategic workforce planning
  • Change Leadership: Navigate complex change processes with agility and inspire commitment to organizational transformation.
  • Data-Driven Decision-Making: Utilize HR analytics to inform strategies, measure effectiveness, and identify areas for improvement.
  • Program Management: Effectively operationalizes time and resource requirements and interdependencies required to translate strategic priorities into project-based initiatives. Monitors progress against portfolio of projects and proactively surfaces risks accordingly.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].

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