About the role

  • Senior Manager in HR for Disney Entertainment & ESPN focusing on performance management and leadership development. Partnering with business leaders to ensure effective performance practices across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as HR’s primary owner for all formal performance management in partnership with business leaders, from coaching to initial drafting to final issuance
  • Partner directly with business leaders to identify and manage complex performance issues, ensuring best practices for communicating and documenting performance concerns and strategies and expectations for improvement
  • Coach leaders on how to provide effective, consistent feedback and have difficult performance conversations
  • Inform and consult with HRBPs on all performance cases while retaining full accountability for the execution and outcome of the process
  • Analyze data and related evidence to identify and highlight trends in performance issues across the organization to identify root causes
  • Partner with HRBPs, business leaders, Employee Relations, Learning and Development, Legal, Talent Acquisition, and other relevant stakeholders to address and remediate
  • Collaborate with HR leadership to provide strategic recommendations for improving the overall performance and talent management infrastructure, as well as report on trends, progress, and recommendations to senior leadership and other key partners
  • Create and maintain tracking and reporting systems that identify relevant performance management metrics through performance cases and reinforce accountability from the business
  • Stay current on performance management, best practices and trends, sharing relevant information with partners and making recommendations on iterating performance processes as needed
  • Design and deliver trainings for leaders on performance management best practices to business leaders and partners
  • Develop and deliver targeted trainings to various stakeholders based on trends and analytics
  • Create and maintain a library of resources and tools (e.g., templates, guides, checklists) to support leaders

Requirements

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, with a strong focus on employee relations and/or performance management
  • Experience working with various levels of leaders, including senior executives, in an “influence without authority” capacity
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to quickly digest and apply new information
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and partner across a diverse organization to drive business results
  • Solid attention to detail and problem-solving capabilities
  • Independent work style, balancing collaboration with minimal direction
  • Strategic, open, and operational thinker with a “roll-up your sleeves” attitude
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and recommend actionable solutions
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field

Benefits

  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Job title

Senior Manager, Performance Partner

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$168,200 - $205,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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