Manager, Research & Intelligence of Executive Search

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

NBCU Global Executive Search

Our team is a hard-working, energetic, and deeply engaged group of individuals providing senior executive search leadership and consultative services across the entire NBCUniversal global enterprise – TV & Streaming (Entertainment, News, Sports, Peacock), Film, Animation, Parks & Resorts, Consumer Products, Digital, Shared Services, and Corporate. Our people are our greatest asset, so we have an incredibly important job of identifying, recruiting, and hiring a diverse mix of exceptional leaders. We partner closely with enterprise wide business leaders and HR colleagues and identify internal and external candidates for mission critical leadership roles. In addition, the team provides talent advisory services: including external talent mapping, competitive market and organizational/leadership intelligence, and proactive pipelining to support near-, mid- and long-term succession and talent planning needs. High impact results, combined with a great client and candidate experience, are equally important to us.

The Position

Acting as a strategic advisor, the Manager, Research & Intelligence partners closely with recruiters, business leadership, and HR colleagues in delivering best-in-class consultative services supporting executive talent planning. Executive research and intelligence is an integral part of the recruitment team, leading customized talent mappings, mission critical and diverse pipeline initiatives, market analysis, and competitive business intelligence briefings to provide insight and guidance around leadership talent in support of the on-going evolution of our business.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Deliver high-impact executive-level research and intelligence in a fast paced and highly dynamic environment, providing strategic guidance and advice on real-time industry trends and insights
• Act as a talent scout, utilizing various tools, resources, and out-of-the-box research strategies to uncover top leaders and further understand the competitive marketplace
• Constant curation and understanding of the market and competitive landscape; including competitive insights, business intelligence, and organizational charts
• Analyze and breakdown new industries and functions, talent information, and trends in order to better understand clients’ needs and apply intel to research strategies and decision making
• Ability to rigorously prioritize, organize, and multitask; simultaneously building and managing diverse candidate pipelines for multiple roles and projects
• Strategically partner with key stakeholders; calibrate deliverables for highly mission critical and/or hard-to-fill positions
• Act as a SME across a variety of industry segments and functional disciplines
• Establish and build trusted relationships across the global enterprise
• Serve as database subject matter expert (SME); refine and establish best practices to streamline recruitment processes in accordance with strict confidentiality and all relevant regulations
• Champion importance and value of data capture and quality in project deliverables and in CRM; ensuring information is accurate, up-to-date and client ready
• Actively monitor industry trades; tracking key industry moves, M&A activity, and ad-hoc reports, as necessary
• Constantly on the lookout for new resources, tools, programs, and approaches to support the research and intelligence function
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