Manager, People Team

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: 

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future. 

• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.

• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone.  We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
 

A little bit about our team: 

The People team at Warner Music Group is central to attracting, retaining, and developing exceptional talent to drive success. They design and implement People programs across various areas and partner with the business on key initiatives. The team is passionate, strives for improvement, and supports colleagues.

We're looking for a creative, curious, and commercially-minded People Partner to support our Global Finance People Team. This role supports US client groups of 300+ employees, acting as a trusted operational partner to local management and employees. The role collaborates with specialist teams to deliver initiatives and enhance the employee experience, leveraging cultural curiosity for innovative and pragmatic solutions.

Here you’ll get to: 

• Provide consultative and operational people partner support to the Finance organization. Act as the first point of contact for employees and bring up complex issues to senior leaders.
• Partner with wider people team to drive transformation and organizational change in global finance
• Complete established workforce plans and collaborate with leadership to implement standardized talent and development programs
• Enabling People Team deliverables such as: Performance & Talent Planning, Immigration Support, Leaves of Absences, and other special programs and initiatives
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to ensure timely and effective hiring for open positions
• Handle routine and moderately complex employee relations issues and support senior leaders on formal investigations by gathering facts and documentation.
• Support performance management processes, including goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, and development planning.
• Support team coordinator to ensure onboarding and offboarding actions are undertaken to our high standards, including and not limited to: owning transacting in Workday HCM; delivering orientation and supporting compliance actions e.g. I-9 verification; conducting exit interviews and processing terminations 
• Act in a reliable role supporting delicate and private matters while engaging with all levels of employees

About you: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
• 5-7 years of progressive HR experience, including employee relations, performance management, and HR business partner preferred
• Experience supporting small-to-medium scale organizational changes or departmental restructuring
• Experience working with leadership (Manager, Director level)
• Solid knowledge of employment laws and HR guidelines
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• You have high emotional intelligence, and exercise sound judgment when dealing with sensitive and confidential matters
• You must possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personalities
• You must be adept at problem-solving, including being able to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
 

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite Salary Range: $90,000 to $100,000 Annually Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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