Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery... the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are...
When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next...
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
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Your New Role
The Vice President People & Culture for Revenue & Strategy is a key position within the Warner Bros. Discovery's People and Culture team. As Vice President, you will partner with senior leaders and their teams across Warner Bros. Discovery Revenue & Strategy and use your expertise and commercial understanding to provide strategic P&C partnership to the Revenue & Strategy organization with specific focus on Content Sales, Global Consumer Products, Global Franchise and DC Publishing/Comics.
In addition to supporting these teams, the role will also have responsibility for leading a P&C Partner team predominately based in LA with a global remit. This role is located in Burbank, CA, with some travel.
A successful candidate is respected for their competency in HR as well as business acumen. The leader will be a positive self-starter who can think strategically about big picture business goals as well as support teams tactically to execute across a range of People & Culture initiatives. This role will engage with colleagues across different levels, global locations, and disciplines. The role must effectively work in a fast-paced creative environment, bringing an energy and enthusiasm to the function, founded in sound strategy.
Your Role Accountabilities
- Develop and execute the People Strategy for the businesses you support in line with both WBD and business goals while having a deep understanding of the business priorities.
- Work with the leadership team to continuously review business and people strategy and ensure the organization structure and talent align to deliver commercial success in the future.
- Act as one team; proactively and positively support initiatives and organization changes to align with the wider WBD business and other organizational initiatives.
- Be a trusted and strategic partner to the leadership team and act as an active and influential member of that team.
- Strategically partner with P&C CoEs to provide support and guidance to the business including Staffing, Learning & Development, Change Management and Talent Development customizing materials where necessary to be relevant for your groups.
- Create what's next; role model a continuous journey of self-development - ask questions, network externally and with WBD colleagues to ensure you have the best understanding of the future business priorities, talent, organization and roles.
- Continually strive to provide HR 'best practices' through information sharing internally and external benchmarking.
- Build a rich and diverse leadership talent pipeline to fill the succession plans for leadership and critical roles - through effective conversations both externally and internally to source and recruit great talent.
- Know our Top Talent. Facilitate calibration sessions, conversations, development opportunities and retention strategies for our Talent on an ongoing basis. Challenge assumptions and routine approaches to ensure a robust, diverse and inclusive pipeline of Talent.
- Proactively implement principles that ensure implementation of inclusive, fair and equitable processes for recruitment and in-role promotions.
- Lead or partner (as applicable) on P&C related projects and support the roll out of annual global P&C initiatives.
- Dream It & Own It; be the P&C Partner on new and innovative business projects and lead on organization and people focused priorities. Liaise with specialist functions (Reward, Legal etc.) as needed.
- Design and implement a P&C strategy for your team and to align with the broader strategies of both the wider P&C function and of the businesses you support.
- Leadership: mentor, develop and coach your P&C team.
- Champion inclusion; proactively build a rich and diverse organization.
- Instill a culture of trust, assume positive intent, and actively find and celebrate the joy in our work.
Qualifications & Experience
- A bachelor's degree in business, Human Resources or related field, or equivalent experience
- Previous experience business partnering a global media organization preferred
- Relationship building and influencing skills
- Organization Design and Change Management skills
- Courage - willing to uphold the values of ethics, integrity, inclusiveness, and fairness
- Commercial - curious about the business and actively influences and contribute to discussions
- Clear thinking - willing to make sound and prompt decisions
- Credible and Results Driven - able to lead major projects and change programs
- Leader - share own HR knowledge and skills to develop others and embody collaboration
- Deep knowledge of employment practices and legislation
- Ability to lead and inspire diverse teams
- Collaborative - Ability to partner with peers, as well as in partnership with the COE teams (Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, Learning & Development, Operations, Compensation & Benefits, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
- Expertise in creating people scorecards and using data to drive business decisions
- Flexible and agile with a comfort in managing work and teams spanning multiple time zones.
- Comfortable working in a global, fast paced and constantly evolving environment.
- Excellent communication skills and executive presence
- Ability to see the bigger picture and supports leaders in being able to do this
- Experience working in a highly matrixed organization.
- Committed to constantly refining and improving all areas of the organization.
- High executive presence with the ability to exert influence within the organization by clearly expressing goals and initiatives that garner buy-in and enthusiasm.
- Must be willing to travel globally
How We Get Things Done...
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $167,020.00 - $310,180.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.
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