Director, People Capability Business Partners - Corporate

Corporate:

Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

Position Summary:

The Director of People Capability for the Corporate Function will be a key leader in a highly matrixed, global organization. This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, coordination, and communication with business unit (BU) People Capability Business Partners (PCBPs) across multiple geographies and time zones. The Director will partner with senior leadership and their global functional teams, serving as a consultant and advisor regarding people strategy, ensuring that Corporate goals are balanced with BU initiatives.

This position is responsible for leading People Capability strategy development and execution, representing Corporate priorities while aligning with the broader needs of business units. The ideal candidate will effectively collaborate with Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and partnering functions to ensure an integrated approach to HR solutions and people strategies across the company.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Leadership in a Global Matrix Environment

• Leads, manages and attains high performance of a team of PCBPs who are aligned to the global Corporate Function
• Understands and keeps current on Corporate business objectives and ensuring the people strategy remains aligned to support and drive business objectives.
• Develop and implement people strategies that align with overall Corporate and business unit goals.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, influencing and guiding on all People Capability related matters across functional teams globally.
• Balance BU-specific initiatives with Corporate objectives, ensuring alignment and integration across regions and functions.
• Identifies future people capability needs and proactively develop solutions to address any gaps by collaborating with leadership and people capability centers of expertise.

• Partners with executive, senior management teams and PCBPs to identify, develop and drive global talent management programs & processes, succession plan retention of top talent, and facilitate talent movement across the business where applicable.
• Collaborate with corporate leaders and PCBPs to drive global talent management programs, including recruitment, development, and retention of top talent.

• Serve as a trusted change agent who expertly understands and communicates changes while actively capturing feedback and relaying that to continually improve. 
• Fosters an overall positive and productive experience for creators and teams.
• Implements business change programs which may include mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, restructuring or outsourcing initiatives, office relocations or changes, return to work initiatives, etc.
• Utilize people capability metrics, market data and analytics to drive informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with global labor laws and regulations, advising leadership on risks and proactive strategies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Coordination

• Partner closely with PCBPs from different geographies to ensure HR solutions are consistently aligned with Corporate priorities and BU needs.
• Facilitate global coordination and collaboration across People Capability and other key business functions, ensuring alignment of people strategies in a matrix environment.
• Ensure effective communication and execution of People Capability initiatives across time zones and cultural perspectives.

Culture & Engagement

• Serve as a consultant to Centers of Excellence (e.g., Talent Acquisition, People Tech & Operations, Total Rewards, Learning & Development), advising on people strategies that represent the priorities of the Corporate function and its client groups.
• Effectively develops and maintains relationships with members of the leadership team to serves as a trusted advisor providing guidance on talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, and change management initiatives.
• Coaches PCBPs along professional acumen lines and consistently embodies high performance and company values as a positive role model. 
• Champions the company as a Great Place to Work and seeks to improve the creator value proposition internally and externally.
• Strives to enhance