Senior People Partner, Global Tech (Fixed-Term)

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 sits at the heart of Warner Music Group and is focused on attracting, retaining and developing exceptional people, enabling them to be the best they can be to drive Warner’s continued success in the marketplace. The team designs, implements and facilitates People programs around Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement, Compensation and Benefits and People Experience and Solutions. Our team also partners with the business to support key organisational initiatives. We are passionate about what we do, always striving for better, willing to go the extra mile and happy to roll up our sleeves to support our colleagues.

Your role:

The Senior People Partner, Global Tech is a fixed term role (12-18 months) and will act as a hands-on strategic partner for global business leaders on all matters regarding People. This individual will act as a liaison between COEs and business partners in support of thoughtful organizational growth and people development. The Senior People Partner will develop an intimate understanding of the Technology organization and use data to be a partner to senior leadership and department heads on both reactive and proactive initiatives including: employee engagement, organizational development & restructuring, defining and monitoring good org health, talent development and employee relations.  

Here you’ll get to:

• Drive people programs for distributed Engineering and Technology business units across North America, Europe and India, partnering seamlessly with local partners to deliver unified, high-impact people solutions.
• Take a leadership role in influencing cultural transformation and the adoption of new technologies and people processes.
• Be a strategic advisor and coach to senior leaders on all matters regarding people. 
• Manage the successful investigation and resolution of employee relations matters. 
• Own end-to-end change management initiatives delivering meaningful impact to the organization.

About you:

• 8+ years experience as a People Partner (HRBP), HR generalist or equivalent.
• Global experience in talent and organizational development, employee relations, compensation & benefits, and employment law.
• Experience leading business groups through change in a hyper-growth/fast paced environment.
• Strong organization and project management skills.
• Outstanding influencing, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and pivoting focus as business priorities evolve.
• Proven ability to effectively manage senior stakeholders and clients.
• Working understanding of employment law and other government compliance regulations.

We’d love it if you also had:

• A progressive, creative outlook towards the People function and partnering.
• HR experience in tech-like environments with globally dispersed teams.
• Results-oriented with strong execution and follow-up skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personalities.
• Familiarity working with Google Workspace and Workday.

Compensation:

This fixed-term 12-18 month position offers a base salary of $130,000 - $160,000 CAD. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a performance based annual bonus.

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.
 

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.