Director, HR Business Partner for HR (Gaming)

Location: Hybrid role based in Austin, Texas, United States, or Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Salary: $126,000–$176,000 CAD per year for the Toronto location at the start of employment; compensation may vary by market and candidate factors.

Company

hirify.global Interactive Software develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment through Rockstar Games, 2K, and Zynga.

What you will do

• Partner strategically with HR leadership across hirify.global, 2K, and Zynga to translate enterprise HR strategy into priorities, programs, and operating plans.
• Lead workforce planning and organizational design for global HR teams, including role clarity, resourcing, and structural recommendations.
• Drive talent management for HR leaders and critical roles through succession planning, leadership development, performance calibration, and retention strategies.
• Advise on compensation, mobility, promotions, HR risk, and employee-relations escalations in partnership with Total Rewards, Legal, and Employee Relations.
• Lead change initiatives and coordinate cross-functional HR programs with Centers of Expertise, Business HRBPs, and People Operations.
• Deliver people analytics and partner with Finance on HR headcount, operating spend, budgets, and investments.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience, including direct support for VP-level and above leaders in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience supporting an HR function as a client group and advising senior HR leadership.
• Strong organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, change management, and people analytics capabilities.
• Experience managing HR risk and employee-relations escalations with discretion and collaboration with Legal.
• Strong stakeholder influence, consensus-building, commercial acumen, and budget awareness.
• Working knowledge of multi-jurisdictional employment law, with US and Canada required.

Nice to have

• Experience in gaming, entertainment, or technology.
• Experience with multi-label or multi-brand corporate structures.
• Familiarity with enterprise HR platforms such as Workday.
• Coaching certification or formal leadership development training.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity, philanthropy, and employee development.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA options, 401(k) with company match, and employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, parental and compassionate leave, and discretionary time off eligibility.
• Learning and development opportunities, wellness programs, family planning support, commuter benefits, and fitness reimbursement.
• Employee discounts, free games and events, stocked pantries, company socials, and team activities.