HR Manager

Location: London, United Kingdom; external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location.

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, news, theme park, consumer product, and experiential content.

What you will do

• Advise International Operations & Technology leaders and employees and build trusted relationships across local and US-based teams.
• Own the employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding through development, engagement, performance, and offboarding.
• Coach leaders on people decisions, performance matters, difficult conversations, and team challenges.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, including investigations, conduct and performance issues, accommodations, and sensitive cases.
• Drive workforce planning, organisational design, talent reviews, succession planning, recruitment strategies, compensation support, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Lead HR projects end to end, ensure employment-law and policy compliance, and use HR metrics to recommend improvements.

Requirements

• Significant experience managing employee relations matters, assessing risk, exercising sound judgement, and handling issues fairly and confidently.
• Previous HR business partner experience supporting a dedicated client group, ideally in an international, highly matrixed organisation.
• Experience owning the employee lifecycle and delivering HR projects from planning through implementation and follow-through.
• Solid knowledge of HR best practice and employment law across different international markets, with the ability to engage local expertise where required.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for building trusted relationships across local and US-based teams.
• Ability to translate business and workforce needs into practical people actions and solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, and organisational skills, including management of competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, operate through ambiguity, and take accountability for delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a unionised environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Highly matrixed and collaborative environment with partnership across international, local, US HR, and specialist teams.
• Focus on inclusion, employee experience, community impact, and equal employment opportunity.
• Reasonable accommodation is available throughout the application and recruitment process for qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an hirify.global employee at one of the company's locations before a hiring decision.
• Applicants requiring disability-related support may request reasonable accommodation through AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.