Senior HR Business Partner, King

• You will be passionate about all thing’s people, getting to know the business, and providing pragmatic solutions to their everyday challenges
• Curious, with an eye for detail, data, and employee relation matters, you will be driven and will thrive in creating great workplaces, working on a complete cycle of HR services, and establishing trusted partnership with the business
• You will be a collaborative, influential and skilled at navigating a complex matrix organization you will partner closely with Center of Excellence (COE) and global HR partners to deliver impactful, results-driven initiatives
• To thrive in this position, you must be a people-focused problem solver with exceptional emotional intelligence and integrity
• You will bring outstanding attention to detail, a proactive approach, and strong critical thinking skills to drive meaningful outcomes
• Demonstrated track record of operating as a HR Business Partner role partnering leaders at all levels
• Ability to build trusted relationships and experience in influencing senior stakeholders and partnering with leaders to drive high-performance teams
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a strategic HR partner in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, ideally within a global or matrixed organization
• Results orientated combined with commercial acumen and a focus on achieving results through effective HR strategies that support business goals
• Change Agent: Ability to lead and support organizational change,
• Ability to manage all elements of organisational transformation, think strategically, manage operationally
• Employee Relations knowledge with the ability to coach and advise managers and drive necessary actions
• Mediation skills, with the ability to guide and support to successful conflict resolution
• Desire to drive continuous improvement in HR processes and practices and lead on facilitation, and training
• Excellent project managing skills with experience of owning and manage cyclical people processes and projects
• Data driven with the ability to use data to demonstrate insights, inform decisions and visualize it to influence others through storytelling
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across different levels of the organization, tailoring messaging for diverse audiences
• Business Fluent in English and Spanish (written and spoken) essential

Desirable

• We’re looking for a passionate and strategic Senior HR Business Partner who thrives in dynamic environments, loves working with high-performing teams, and is driven to shape inclusive, engaging, and high-impact cultures
• In this role, you’ll partner with leaders across Activision Blizzard EMEA and King, giving you the opportunity to influence at scale and contribute meaningfully across our organisation
• This is a unique opportunity to support multiple parts of our business
• Within King, you’ll partner with Shared Tech the powerhouse behind our games, delivering engineering, product, AI, and machine learning excellence at scale
• You’ll work with some of our most talented engineers and technical leaders to help unlock their full potential
• In parallel, you’ll serve as a trusted partner to Activision Blizzard’s Go-to-Market (GTM) team, who lead franchise marketing and communications for our biggest titles
• In addition, you’ll also support our Corporate Functions across both Activision Blizzard and King, including Finance, HR, IT, Information Security, and more
• This is a highly varied and visible role where you’ll influence people strategies across diverse disciplines making every day different and impactful
• Reporting into the Senior People Director and as a key individual of the People Team, you’ll play a key role in driving impactful people initiatives that support the company’s strategic goals and help foster a culture of excellence
• You will co-create and execute business strategies across the end-to-end employee life cycle with a particular focus on talent management, organisational effectiveness, employee engagement as well as partnering and coaching your stakeholders to integrate our culture and values into our employee experience
• Establish a true partnership with a diverse set of managers, influence people-related decisions and be accountable for creating and driving elements of the people strategy for your area
• Partner managers across the business to support and drive all people related processes, topics, and priorities. This will include performance management, talent identification, org design, employee engagement & communications, managing bonus and merit processes, ensuring recognition and reward attracts and retains talent
• Apply HR expertise and business acumen to establish a trusted partnership with a diverse set of business leaders, coaching, advising, and supporting them with their people plans, talent needs and employee relations support
• Be accountable for completing talent planning, succession, assessments, and similar processes that drive the people strategy with high quality and integrity
• Drive organisational development, re-design, change & engagement in your areas. Including project management and employee communications
• You will have strong initiative, creativity, and facilitation skills, supporting leaders and teams with workshops, career and development sessions, engagement, and high performing team initiatives
• Work closely with HR Centres of Expertise (CoE) to resolve complex and challenging problems through innovative and agile thinking
• Actively drive D&I strategy looking at how this can be improved for your business units across all touch points of the Employee lifecycle. Support initiatives and actively contribute to embed D&I nudges across HR processes
• Champion our values and culture, being a role model and supporting the continual embedding of them in everything we do
• You will have a growth mindset, prioritise your own growth and development and be curious about understanding and driving external benchmarks across both functional and HR areas
• Use data and HR metrics to gain insights and inform talent decisions, workforce planning, and HR strategy development
• Lead and manage HR projects and initiatives that contribute to the broader People Team and organizational objectives