ESPN, Inc. is the leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities. Sports media assets include six domestic cable television networks, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN International (31 international networks and syndication), ESPN Radio, ESPN, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Enterprises, and other growing new businesses including ESPN360 (Broadband), Mobile ESPN (wireless), ESPN On Demand, ESPN Interactive and ESPN PPV.

Major Responsibilities

Serves as a strategic HR business partner closely partnering with business leadership to align and provide HR service, expertise, insight and solutions to advance the client group’s and ESPN’s mission, values, and business objectives

Manages and assists with the day-to-day delivery of HR services to client groups and is a known and available resource to employees at all levels

Partners with HR Centers of Excellence and client groups to effectively design, implement, communicate, manage and enhance HR programs and initiatives

Provides HR project leadership on significant business events within assigned client groups such as department reorganization.

Partners with management on organizational design, talent planning, employee training and development, diversity initiatives and strategy, employee relations and individual coaching and mediating

Drives performance management actions within client groups, including ensuring working familiarity with performance management tools, programs and guidelines

Liaison between the HR department and client group to ensure consistency in policy interpretation and application

Specific Competencies

8 or more years of progressive Human Resources experience with 6 or more years in a business partner/general