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Vice President of Human Resources
IGN EntertainmentLos Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Mar 2025
💰 $215,000/yr($165,000/yr – $215,000/yr)
About the role
About UsIGN Entertainment, a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., is one of the world’s largest gaming and entertainment media platforms and the go-to destination for fans to explore and celebrate games, film, TV, comics and much more. Across its 16 digital properties, IGN Entertainment reaches more than 490 million monthly users in 110 countries and engages with 85 million fans on social media. Its portfolio includes favorites such as IGN, Eurogamer, Digital Foundry, Rock Paper Shotgun, and MapGenie, delivering daily content across 46 platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and connected TV. Through its online digital store Humble Bundle, IGN Entertainment has donated over $250 million to more than 38,000 charities worldwide, underscoring its commitment to making a positive impact. Headquartered in Los Angeles, IGN Entertainment's content is localized in 20 languages. Learn more at corp.ign.com.Job SummaryThe Gaming and Entertainment division is looking for an experienced Human Resources Vice President who will build strong relationships with our leaders and employees and will partner with teams on all activities from employee relations, performance management and compensation, organization support, talent acquisition, onboarding and learning and development. You’ll collaborate with our divisional HR team for benefits, payroll and HRIS. The Gaming and Entertainment team is made up of all kinds of people that share a common love of games, TV, movies, comics, tech, and all things geeky. We strongly encourage people of every race, gender, sexual orientation, and background to apply. This is a critical role which sits on the Gaming and Entertainment leadership team. You will report to the President of the Gaming and Entertainment Division with a dotted line to the Ziff Davis Chief Human Resources Officer. The role is based in Los Angeles, CA and you will be expected to be onsite in the office several days a week.THE ROLE Reporting to the President of the Gaming & Entertainment division, the VP of HR will lead the development and execution of the employees lifecycle. We are looking for an effective hands-on leader with a proven track record who can support the scaling of our division, with nearly 400 employees across the world, through organic and M&A activities. This strategic partner will drive business partnerships through cross functional alignment with various operating departments and key stakeholders. This leader will manage a team of approximately 5 HR professionals, supporting employees across the globe with most employees residing in the US, UK, and Australia. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Vision and Strategy: Partner with the executive leadership team and strategic stakeholders to help establish and execute on the long-term vision for key people operation functions, drive future organizational design and change management initiatives to maintain a high-performing, motivated, and impactful team. Foster an environment which stimulates open communication, collaboration, imagination and engenders a team spirit in solving problems and achieving growth expectations
- Values and Culture: Promote our core values while making us an employer of choice in the gaming industry. Act as a steward to ensure that all decisions, programs, and processes are aligned with those values and goals. Help us to scale the organization quickly (organically and through M&A) while maintaining our performance-oriented culture
- Performance Management and Recognition: Enhance our company-wide performance management program to help us identify high and low performers, promote and reward excellence, and drive continuous, transparent feedback across all disciplines
- Professional Development: Build scalable professional development programs that aid in growing our team’s capabilities and drive employee retention
- Management and Leadership Training: Drive scalable solutions around making our leaders better managers; provide coaching and feedback to our existing leadership team and develop programs that prepare high-potential employees
- Talent Management: Attract, develop, motivate and retain top talent throughout the employee lifecycle
- Data and Compliance: Improve the collection and use of people-related data to aid in better decision making; develop key metrics to measure employee happiness, performance, engagement, and retention; ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local requirements across each of our offices
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