People Experience Business Partner

At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters. We are the #1 global music publisher, advancing the artistry of the world’s greatest songwriters and composers for over 25 years. We keep songwriters at the forefront of everything we do, and design our suite of services to amplify opportunities, build connections, and defend their rights. Our roster benefits from an international team committed to providing support at every career stage. From classic catalogues to contemporary hitmakers, history is always being written. We are a part of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about SMP at https://www.sonymusicpub.com/en.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

Be a part of an organization that is creator first. Committed to fueling excellence and always imagining more, while fostering a supportive culture, one where we elevate each other and act responsibly.

Job Purpose:

The People Experience Business Partner is a progressive HR professional responsible for supporting identified strategic and operational initiatives that align with the business strategy and driving organizational effectiveness and success in our North American territories.  

What You’ll Do:

• Business Partner: Work in close partnership with the Vice President Human Resources (Americas) and other mid-level leaders, to lead change, growth, transformation and to deliver highly effective HR strategies and services for North American and Latin American territories.  Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with business leaders and staff to provide strategic and tactical planning, direction, coaching and support; serve as a key liaison and trusted business partner on all HR initiatives, programs, and processes          
   

• Strategic and Operational Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for strategic and operational improvement (i.e., automation, streamlining and best practices) as it pertains to  systems, processes, adoption of new technologies, integration of new workflows, staffing models, and organization structures
   

• Talent Acquisition:  Support the full life cycle recruiting process by engaging diverse talent for key positions across our business functions and serving as a strategic partner and subject matter expert in attracting top talent. Implement best practices to ensure we are actively identifying and acquiring key talent and top performers in a competitive landscape. Working closely with business leaders; oversee creation of efficient and high-quality sourcing/recruiting planning and processes; network external relationships to build an active talent pipeline
   

• Learning & Development: Facilitate a culture of continuous learning, growth and development for our leaders and staff through the promotion and logistics management of LinkedIn Learning, Women in Leadership, and other related developmental programs.
   

• Diversity and Inclusion: Manage programs, practices, and processes that make a strategic connection between diversity and inclusion practices and organizational success; partner with other Sony divisions to align on D&I practices and initiatives
   

• Compensation and Benefits: Assessment and use of research, data and analytics in order to ensure we are offering competitive compensation and benefits packages; partner with internal Compensation staff to identify appropriate compensation, using market analysis information; partner with benefits department to actively identify competitive benefit offerings
   

• Employee Relations: Oversee and provide guidance on employee relations issues by consulting with ER partners and escalating issues as appropriate
   

• Compliance & SOX Audits: Partner with Sony’s Compliance, Risk & Control departments to stay abreast with trending and ever-changing legislation and ensure employee base is compliant with required compliance training. Additionally, ensure internal processes are aligned with SOX requirements in preparation to respond to SOX audits.
   

• HR Service Delivery, Payroll & Benefits (Shared S