People Experience Business Partner Central jobs at Sony in United States, Nashville

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.

What You’ll Do:

• Work in close partnership with the Vice President, People Experience (Americas), the broader People Experience team and other 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 thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategies and execution.

• Serves as a key liaison and trusted business partner on all HR initiatives, programs, and processes including, but not limited to strategic workforce planning, recruitment, career planning, performance management, rewards and recognition, employee relations, engagement, leadership, and organizational development.

• Partners closely with Sony Music Group’s People Relations team and Sony Corporation of Americas Litigation and Employment Attorney to coach, support, mentor, and challenge managers in the application of HR policies and practices, providing advice and counsel on complex HR issues to minimize risk and financial exposure.

• Partners with other Sony HR functional teams to champion HR initiatives and implement people strategies, polices and best practices effectively.

• Supports stakeholders during the annual salary review, open enrollment, leave of absence and other business processes adhering to the business practices and critical deadlines.

• Facilitates a culture of continuous learning, growth and development for our leaders and staff through the innovation, promotion, and coordination of developmental programs in partnership with Sony Music Group’s Learning & Development team. Also, tailors L&D solutions that address both individual and departmental needs, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Drive and support the development and delivery of cultural change plans and interventions. Partner with leaders to establishperformance/development/successionmanagement plans that align individual and team goals with organizational objectives.

• Partners with Sony Music Group’s Office of Diversity Equity & Inclusion to manage programs, practices, and processes that make a strategic connection between diversity and inclusion practices and organizational success.

• Partners with Sony’s Global Total Rewards team to ensure we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages, using both internal and external market data.

• Participate or lead assigned People Experience projects; creating, managing, and executing various projects to standardize and strengthen the function and practice across the organization and in alignment with business needs.

• Partners with Sony Corporation of America’s Compliance, Risk & Control departments to stay abreast with trending and ever-changing legislation and ensure employee base is compliant with required compliance training. Also ensures compliance with all local employment laws by continuously monitoring legislative updates, regulatory changes, and case law developments, providing timely guidance to leadership and staff.

• Partners with Sony’s HR Service Delivery, Payroll & Benefits (Shared Services) teams to ensure proper support of our employee base. Submits and ensures the timely processing of transactions in alignment with payroll deadlines while ensuring HR data integrity; accurate and complete HRIS (Workday) employee records & reporting.

• Other duties as reasonably assigned.
  

Who You Are:

• Minimum 5 or more years of HR Business Partner or Generalist experience supporting leaders in a global company.

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Professional HR Certification required

• On-site presence required Monday – Thursday each week

• Workday (HRIS) experience preferred

• Extensive HR operational experience across the full lifecycle

• Demonstrated business acumen to drive organizational and people-related strategies

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with senior leaders and a range of stakeholders to drive organizational change

• Experience in HR transformation, process changes and implementation

• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to analyze data, understand trends and develop recommendations for action based on the analysis

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, One Note, Teams, SharePoint, One Drive)

• Must possess sound professional presence, having good sound judgment, thought leadership and high emotional intelligence

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong client-support orientation

• Demonstrated ability to communicate successfully with people from a variety of background and cultures; proven ability to build trusted partnerships and maintain effective relationships with senior business leaders, managers, and peers

• Proven project and process management skills; demonstrated track record of delivering high quality results; expertise in ability to design, lead and execute complex HR projects including experience facilitating change management initiatives, building & successfully implementing people and leadership development, as well as organizational development tools and processes

• International Travel Required (30%)

• Must be authorized to work in the United States

• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extended working hours for evening and late-night events
  

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you can fuel the creative journey

• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork

• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans

• We invest in your professional growth & development

• Time off for a winter recess and flexible time off

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.

What You’ll Do:

• Business Partner : Work in close partnership with the Vice President, People Experience (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, andprocesses
  

• 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 Services): Continuously partner with HR Service Delivery, Payroll & Benefits to ensure proper support of our employee base.
  

• HRIS Reporting & Data Integrity: Assists in the day-to-day administration and support of Workday including overseeing all HR transactions to ensure timely processing, alignment with payroll and, accurate and complete system records. This position is also responsible for maintaining employee files and overseeing the processing of all HR related information.
  

Who You Are:

• 5 or more years of successive HR experience in Talent Acquisition, HR Shared Services, Employee Relations, Organizational Structure & Design, HR Project Management and Performance Management.

• Bachelor’s Degree required

• Professional HR Certification preferred

• Workday (HRIS) experience required

• Must possess sound professional presence, having good sound judgment, thought leadership and high emotional intelligence

• Must have exceptional attention to detail

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong client-support orientation, and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization and with a wide range of clients, individually and in groups; demonstrated ability to communicate successfully with people from a variety of background and cultures; proven ability to build trusted partnerships and maintain effective relationships with senior business leaders, managers, and peers

• Established influencer; ability to coach and counsel both employees and executive-level management

• Technologically savvy; experience with automation, standardization and modernization is critical to be successful with specific process improvement initiatives

• Proven project and process management skills; demonstrated track record of delivering high quality results; expertise in ability to design, lead and execute complex HR projects including experience facilitating change management initiatives, building & successfully implementing people and leadership development, as well as organizational development tools and processes

• Travel Required

• Must be authorized to work in the United States

• 7.5-hour business workday but variations in work volume frequently require extended working hours for evening and late-night events
  

What We Give You:

• You join an inclusive, collaborative, and global community where you can fuel the creative journey

• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork

• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans

• We invest in your professional growth & development

• Time off for a winter recess and flexible time off

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.

What You’ll Do: (job responsibilities)

• Support the vision of the Global IT/Data Warehouse & Analytics team, assist with product requirements, and translate abstract requirements into technical user stories for Scrum teams.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager on roadmap planning and prioritization.
• Closely communicate with internal/external teams to understand overall business situation and key topics of concern.
• Test business processes and recommend improvements.
• Create reports, dashboards and visualizations to understand business performance or team performance.
• Provide support to internal/external teams for any data, reports, or tools inquiry.
• Collaborate with the scrum team to resolve product-related problems and make decisions that represent the strategic goals of the Data and Insights team.
• Partner with the Product Manager and Scrum Master to resolve issues with the Business throughout the sprint.
• Work with Stakeholders, Developers, and cross functional team on Sprint Planning.
• Maintain system protocols by writing and updating procedures.
• Prepare detailed documentation and maintain product, project, and process standard artifact.

Who You Are: (skills and experience required)

• 6+ years as a Business Analyst.
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog refinement.
• Experience working with web-based enterprise applications.
• 2+ years with Jira/Confluence, Excel.
• Knowledge of basic SQL to run ad hoc analysis.
• Knowledge of Agile software development life cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer, business or music related field.

Nice to have:

• Develop powerful data visualizations and storytelling using Business Intelligence tools such as PowerBI.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and concepts such as Agile, SAFE, scrum, CI/CD, and DevOps Skills/Competencies.
• Must be aligned with Sony’s Values and Purpose.
• Strong communication skills: Ability to explain detailed and intricate concepts and ideas.
• Good organizational & time management skills with ability to successfully manage and prioritize numerous time pressured analytical activities / projects.
• Capable of managing performance indirectly.
• Ability to work both individually and within a high-performing team.
• Ability to manage Product scope, releases, and stakeholders.
• System and data analysis.
• Product Ownership.
• System design and thinking.