People Experience Business Partner (Central)

At Sony Music Publishing (“SMP”), we believe every voice matters. We are the #1 global music publisher, advancing the artistry of the world’s greatest songwriters and composers for over 25 years. We keep songwriters at the forefront of everything we do, and design our suite of services to amplify opportunities, build connections, and defend their rights. Our roster benefits from an international team committed to providing support at every career stage. From classic catalogues to contemporary hitmakers, history is always being written. We are a part of the Sony family of global companies. Learn more about SMP at https://www.sonymusicpub.com/en.

Why join Sony Music Group?

Here at Sony Music Group, we are shaping what’s next in a way that creates impact. Forging powerful new ideas at the heart of music, technology, and culture that entertain and move people.

This is your opportunity. Part of a global community, united by individual passion, rising to that challenge every day. Adapting at pace and supporting one another, inspired to influence the future. For the benefit of you, our people; our creators, our business, and wider society too.

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.

Job Purpose: The People Experience Business Partner is a progressive HR professional responsible for supporting identified strategic and operational initiatives that align with the business strategy and driving organizational effectiveness and success across the Americas (US, Canada, Latin America). More specifically, this role will serve as primary support for employees in Tennessee & Canada.

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 establish performance/development/succession management 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

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), gender, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or family status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.