Senior Manager, HR Business Partner

Why PlayStation?

PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.

PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.

The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.

Role Overview:

The Global Sales and Business Operations (GSBO) team brings together staff from around the world, with a passion for engaging gamers with PlayStation’s extraordinary products and services. Across our Direct to Consumer, channel partners, and services business, our teams work cross-functionally to bring the best of the PlayStation experience to our customers.

We seek a Sr. Manager, Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) to be a thought partner on all things people for executives within our GSBO organization. A passion for business and people strategy is essential to success. You will build and implement the human capital plan to deliver measurable business impact in a dynamic, globally matrixed environment. You’ll also play an instrumental role in the People team’s evolution to a global shared services model.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand business and strategic objectives and develop the appropriate organizational design that connects capabilities to deliver business strategy.
• Lead talent enablement projects and initiatives to strengthen the commercial organization.
• Partner on People initiatives and programs across GSBO to drive increased organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Own the people-side of transformation projects including but not limited to organizational design and sales compensation.
• Lead all aspects of workforce planning to include regular collaboration with talent acquisition and talent enablement to ensure business needs are realized.
• Partner with People Analytics to predictively identify issues and opportunities with a data-driven, evidence-based approach.
• Instill DE&I as an ever-present focus, challenging the status quo and advocating and supporting diversity initiatives that improve market penetration and attract and enable a richly diverse team.
• Strengthen the organization by coaching senior leaders to further develop their leadership capability.

Required knowledge and experience:

• 8+ years progressive HR experience including successfully influencing senior leaders and achieving results in a complex, global business environment
• Experience in an HR role with direct ownership for developing organizational design to support business transformation.
• Ability to build and develop relationships with leaders and employees throughout the organization.
• Outcome oriented leader with a bias for action who owns and drives things forward to resolution while managing competing initiatives.
• Experience in using data to drive relevant success metrics across the People agenda.
• Experience in partnering with Global HR Shared Services team to support employees and business.
• Experience in leading change management initiatives at all levels of the organization.
• Excel at influencing without authority.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.