Head of Employment - Director

Who We Are: IMG is a global sports, events and representation company. It is a leader in rights management, multi-channel content production and distribution, consultancy and fan engagement; owns, produces and commercially represents hundreds of live events and experiences; and manages licensing programs for the world’s best-known brands and trademarks.

As the Director, Human Resources you will lead the delivery of a strategic HR plan that executes the business objectives through its People Strategy. Supporting the RIGHTS business as a thought partner, challenger, and supporter you will lead the HR Business Partnering function and help foster an environment where innovative and creative people can do their best work.

Partnering with the HR centres of excellence, you will drive the HR agenda, promote change and foster productive and positive cross-functional relationships in all parts of the company. Reporting into the SVP, HR, IMG you will play a strategic role on the IMG HR Leadership team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the RIGHTS Senior Leadership team on all matters related to HR strategy, internal growth, talent attraction, retention, employee direction and development and engagement.
• Oversee the strategic direction of the HR function for RIGHTS with responsibility for all departments across RIGHTS globally.
• Recognise divisional and departmental challenges, develop practical strategies and solutions, and coordinate with leadership to ensure effective implementation.
• Work with leadership to drive strategic initiatives that enhance business performance and maximise productivity at an individual, team, and divisional level.
• Take accountability and management for complex employee relations case management and work closely with Employment Counsel.
• Provide guidance, development and direction to the RIGHTS HR team to ensure deliverables are met in a timely and efficient manner.
• Proactively identify and implement procedures that promote employee performance and job satisfaction.
• Ensure fair and consistent application of company policy and regulation while promoting positive employee morale.
• Identify, develop and implement innovative HR projects in order to improve employee engagement.
• Utilise employee information and data (quantitative and qualitative) and interpret to inform and support business decisions.
• Work in partnership with the Recruitment team to ensure that resourcing plans are agreed in advance of recruitment processes commencing, ensuring the selection and assessment processes are viewed through a D&I lens.
• In conjunction with the Compensation and Benefits team, work on the reward strategy and ensure consistency across the wider company and industry.
• Partner with the Learning and Development team to implement L&D initiatives which embed a mindset of continuous improvement, allowing the opportunity for employees to continually develop.
• Develop the team of business partners to progress and support their career growth, providing guidance while stretching to fulfil their potential.
• Partner with the wider HR business partner team on enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Any other ad hoc responsibilities that are in scope of the role.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Management, or related field required; relevant Master’s degree preferred.
• Significant experience in a senior HR business partnering role working as a key member on HR and business leadership teams.
• A strong working knowledge and understanding of relevant employment/human resources laws and regulations is required.
• Significant experience in managing complex employee relations cases, organisation design and employee resourcing strategies.
• Experience of leading HR teams and a proven record of developing careers over multiple sites and regional locations.
• Be comfortable taking responsibility and ownership for HR matters across a sizeable population.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong commercial and project management skills.
• Exceptional time management skills coupled with the ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally in a team environment to build and lead an effective and high-performing team.
• Experience of prioritising workloads in an agile environment to serve business needs.
• An ability to analyse and interpret data to identify strengths and weaknesses.

This role will be based at Chiswick Park, with some flexibility on remote working as appropriate. Maternity Cover, 12 months. May be required to attend (and travel to) locations, including other IMG buildings and meetings.