Advisor – HR Optimization and Operations

Who We Are:

WWE® is an integrated media organization and the recognized global leader in sports entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, premium live events, digital media, and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG programming can be seen in more than 1 billion households worldwide in more than 20 languages through world-class distribution partners including NBCUniversal, The CW and Netflix. In the United States, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, is the exclusive home to all premium live events, a variety of original programming and a massive video-on-demand library. Netflix is the exclusive home for WWE programming around the world, other than select international markets. WWE is part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Additional information on WWE can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

Title: Advisor, HR Optimization & Operations

Reports To: Sr. Director, HR Optimization & Operations

Location: Stamford, CT; New York City, NY, Remote PA; Remote, NJ

Who We Are:

TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

The Role and What You’ll Do:

Advisor, HR Optimization & Operations

Advisor, HR Optimization & Operations will serve on the HR Optimization team in HR Operations to focus on collaborating with our HR Stakeholders to continually improve on the HR service and delivery model across the function. This role will specifically focus on helping the team organize, optimize and develop efficient processes for dealing with HR projects, company policy, and applicable tools for HR service delivery. This role will support the Sr. Director, HR Ops. in supporting and executing project initiatives to contribute back to annual optimization goals.

• Work closely with the Director to gather business intelligence from HR stakeholders via regularly scheduled sessions.
• Identify areas for growth and opportunity within the HR functions and use insight to help shape and impact HR projects.
• Ensures feedback related to all stages of project life cycle with related stakeholders and evolve/create project recommendations as needed.
• Make recommendations on project initiatives in tandem with the Director based on feedback from HR stakeholders.
• Creation of tools and resources to support project management, process reference, and communication across HR Stakeholders.
• Research and procurement of best practices and tools to support HR service and delivery.
• Ensure HR consistency in new processes and programs through global project work.Work with shared services on project work, benchmarks, and deployments as warranted.
• Serves as HR subject matter expert for relevant project work.
• Ensures new resources, processes, and project outcomes are comprehensively deployed to the existing and future HR team with reference tools and learning reinforcement as needed.
• Coordinate operationalizing company policy management for the Human Resource team.
• Support compliance related processes as needed.
• Ownership and maintenance of HR tool warehouses
• Other duties as assigned.

You Have These:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field such as Human Resource Management or Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• 3-5 years’ experience working in Human Resources
• Experience working with Office 365 programs 
• Experience working with HR technology including HRIS systems
• Maintain an active passport with ability to travel internationally

We’d Love If You Also Have These:

• 1-2 years HR operations experience
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships across interdisciplinary organizational teams.
• Strong understanding of change management and resource development related to HR initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and develop solutions in an HR environment.
• 1-2 years’ experience with project management or project delivery in an HR environment

Travel:15-25% travel both domestically and internationally

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.  WWE strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which includes, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:
$80,000 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$85,000 annually

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