Company Description
NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service. Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Click here to learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment and how we are making an impact.
About Us
Universal Products & Experiences is part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. UBD is focused on building our NBCUniversal brands and franchises around the world in consumer products, games and digital, as well as franchise brand management.
Games, fashion, and toys only scratch the surface of ways UBD takes Universal stories and characters from the screen and put them into fans’ daily lives around the globe. We take properties such as Jurassic World, Minions, Back to the Future, and Trolls from our creative content engines like Universal Pictures, Illumination, NBC and DreamWorks and partner with best-in-class category leaders (e.g. Mattel, Lego, Reebok, Target, Microsoft, etc.) to create amazing products for our fans.
Universal Products & Experiences is committed to leading transformation by attracting and retaining a diverse workforce of the highest caliber. We are committed to celebrating diversity, fostering inclusive, equitable environments by honoring the experiences, perspective, and uniqueness of each individual.
Job Description
The Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) HR team in Los Angeles is looking for a Human Resources Manager responsible for providing day-to-day HR support at all levels, operates as a global strategic thought partner and offer input into organization design, manage employee relations issues, ensure a robust talent pipeline, facilitate performance management, and all other HR initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Partner with HR Director to develop and drive the global people strategy by developing and executing on various HR initiatives across UP&E.
- Operate as a business partner providing HR guidance/expertise and demonstrating deep understanding in HR practices, the business operations, and other related areas (ex: coaching and management, organizational design, employee engagement, etc.)
- Manage the execution of key HR initiatives, including performance management, organization planning, compensation planning, and learning and development
- Partner closely with leaders to manage strategic initiatives for UP&E, including: employee engagement, retention, compensation, employee relations matters, and organizational structuring, career development & diversity programs.
- Be a values and culture champion. Support the development of a culture that ‘thinks global and acts local’, as well as drives DE&I efforts ensuring a culture where every employee can thrive and encourages the full use of diverse talents and abilities.
- Coach Managers on leadership development to create an empowered workforce
- Provide coaching to employees & managers, offering feedback and advice on issues in a proactive and compassionate manner
- Responsible for attraction, retention, development and organization design across UBD and broader Universal Parks & Resorts organization.
- Partner with NBCU HR community to work collaboratively across HR matrix and wider HR agenda in a productive, team-oriented way
- Manage performance, corrective action and integrity issues in collaboration with Legal and Labor Relations
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business Management or related field is a plus.
- 5+ years working within the HR function (3 years as a generalist is desirable), or a combination of education and other relevant experience
Desired Characteristics
- Demonstrated ability to drive HR processes and to deliver high quality HR services in a fast paced, high change environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Thorough knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Experience with HR information systems, such as SAP
Salary Range: $85,000 – $110,000; bonus eligible
Additional Information
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. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
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