Senior Director of People Business Partnerships, Crunchyroll
$196-246k
Plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
Streaming service for anime and manga
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Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$196-246k
Plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create experiences for anime and manga fans, and to enable them to connect through the content they love.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a seniorbusiness partner role supporting global executives in a Technology or Gaming environment
- Expertise in organizational development, workforce planning, talent management, and executive coaching
- High integrity, sound judgment, and discretion in handling sensitive matters
- Experience supporting global workforces, with demonstrated knowledge of international HR practices and employment landscapes
- Experience with driving organizational change and transformation in fast-moving, high-growth environments
- Influencing and relationship building skills, with the ability to engage at the C-Suite level
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, prioritizing, and delivering solutions that balance business needs with employee experience
- Experience partnering with executives in large, complex, and matrixed organizations
What the job involves
- We are looking for a dynamic Senior Director of People Business Partnerships to serve as the strategic partner to one of our senior executives and their global organization. You will help shape the future of our workforce, spanning multiple countries, cultures, and functions
- You'll provide executive level counsel, drive scalable global people programs, and lead organizational transformation initiatives that help the business to deliver at scale
- Reporting to the VP of People Business Partnerships, and as a senior member of our People Business Partner team, you'll combine strategic foresight with hands-on partnership, ensuring our people strategy supports both the executive's business priorities and our long-term growth
- This is a visible role with direct influence on executive decision-making, global expansion, and organizational design
- Be a trusted advisor to the executive and their leadership teams, translating business goals into people strategies that promote performance, growth, and innovation
- Partner with cross-functional People Experience Centers of Excellence to provide integrated solutions across Talent Attraction, DEIB, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, and Workplace Experience
- Coach and develop senior leaders to strengthen leadership effectiveness, decision-making, and talent management capabilities
- Facilitate leadership team effectiveness sessions, succession planning, and talent reviews
- Lead the implementation and deployment of People Experience initiatives within the executive's organization (performance management, engagement, talent planning), ensuring global consistency with local adaptability
- Provide feedback and insights to refine programs based on operational business needs
- Drive workforce and organizational design planning aligned with our strategy
- Lead change management efforts for operational transformations, process optimization, and global scale
- Partner with the executive and People Leadership Team to support new market entry, acquisitions, and integrations
- Provide organizational readiness assessments and workforce transition planning
- Collaborate with the Employee Relations team to manage complex organizational issues, ensuring fair, and risk-mitigated outcomes
- Partner on proactive strategies to strengthen culture, morale, and engagement across a global workforce
Our take
In recent decades, anime - encompassing Japanese, Korean, and Chinese animation 0 has transitioned from a niche interest to a formidable industry, boasting a global market worth approximately $30B. Despite this growth, distribution has historically posed challenges, with series and films often reaching overseas audiences through disparate channels, if at all. Crunchyroll emerged to address this issue by consolidating the largest collection of anime into a single streaming service.
Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021 for $1.75B expanded the platform's reach, integrating Sony's extensive animation library into its offerings. this move also positioned Crunchyroll for heightened competition against streaming giant Netflix, known for its substantial investments in anime production and acquisition. Currently, Crunchyroll maintains an unrivaled library of anime content, boasting over 44,000 episodes that have attracted over 0M paying subscribers.
While Crunchyroll initially offered a free, ad-supported tier to its vast community, it appears poised to phase out this option, transitioning to a subscription-based model for all new series. Despite this shift, the platform has implemented a global reduction in fees to stimulate subscription uptake. The success of this strategy remains to be seen, but past experiences with companies like Hulu suggest that it may drive subscription growth and mitigate piracy
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2010
$0.8m
EARLY VC
Feb 2008
$4.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $4.9m
Company benefits
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
Company HQ
Lucerne - Higuera, Culver City, CA
Leadership
Kun Gao
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Crunchyroll in 2006 and served as CEO/General Manager/Board Member until 2018. Previously the founder and CTO of Frappr.com as well as a Product Engineer at HOT or NOT.
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