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HR Director
Discovery Communications
London, , United Kingdom
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Position Summary
Discovery’s Human Resources team provides leading edge solutions to support the growth, development and overall health of our organization. Our group partners closely with the business to anticipate and deliver programs, products and solutions to keep our talent engaged and our company competitive.
The Director, Human Resources leads all employment and engagement related initiatives for several of Discovery’s corporate groups including media operations and IT. This role is a key strategic member of the team, driving the development and implementation of all people strategies including workforce and resource planning, succession planning, employee engagement in alignment with business objectives. This role will also ensure talent management; organizational development, compensation, benefits and learning initiatives are rolled out and aligned with Discovery’s overarching philosophies supporting a high performance, creative and inclusive environment
Responsibilities:
• Develop and drive a proactive, business human resource strategy
• Coach leaders in developing organisational and leadership capabilities – and diagnose (and overcome) issues
• Lead the development and ongoing management of a culture that supports high performance in order to position the business appropriately to deliver on long-term goals
• Challenge and coach leaders to understand and address difficult people issues
• Drive and sustain culture changes
• Lead the analysis of talent resource plan to ensure alignment and positioning for growth
• Take the lead on resolving complex employee relations issues that create significant risk to the organisation
• Lead talent review and succession planning initiatives, taking a wide look at both internal and external talent
• Partner with specialist groups to develop and deliver industry leading programs
Requirements:
• CIPD qualified or equivalent
• At least 10 years HR business partner experience in a fast paced matrix environment
• Employee/labour relations experience a plus
• Strong influencer with ability to coach and counsel employees and senior executives.
• Confident, effective leader with a track record of success that is approachable and capable of working with people at all levels
• Must be effective working autonomously while ensuring key clients and HR colleagues are looped in or consulted as necessary
• Able to create a strategy and motivate others to achieve necessary deliverables
• Proven experience in problem-solving and organizational management practices within a sophisticated, complex work environment
• Strong interpersonal skills, sensitivity and understanding of cross-cultural complexities, adept at influencing and achieving collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively
• Extensive experience in organisational design and change management