SVP – Talent & Culture @ TKO Group Holdings, Inc

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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 1 billion households across 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.

SVP, Talent & Culture

We’re looking for a bold and future-focused talent leader to help us scale what matters most: our people. In this role, you’ll build and lead enterprise talent programs that drive leadership depth, workforce readiness, and cultural alignment in an AI-enabled environment.

You'll own high-impact work across the employee lifecycle—from succession planning and executive development to onboarding and performance management. You’ll help reimagine what it means to lead and perform in a time of rapid transformation, launching scalable programs that elevate leadership capability and embed high-performance behaviors across the business.

We’re also seeking someone who’s energized by change. You’ll play a pivotal role in enabling AI readiness through upskilling, ethical integration, and strong change leadership—while helping shape a culture that values trust, clarity, and growth.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for someone who thrives on shaping systems, scaling programs, and unlocking potential at every level of the organization. The position will report to the Chief People Officer of TKO.

Job Description:

Talent Management & Leadership Development

Build and run enterprise succession planning and leadership pipelines for critical roles.
Lead enterprise talent reviews and development planning for executive and emerging leaders.
Define and integrate high-performance standards into promotions, development, and reward processes.
Design and launch manager and leader development programs to equip leaders with the skills to drive engagement, performance, and transformation.
Oversee a reimagined onboarding experience that delivers a consistent, world-class first impression for every employee.
Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure new hire experience seamlessly transitions from recruitment into onboarding and early development.

Enterprise Performance Management

Lead the goal-setting process to ensure enterprise, business unit, and individual goals are aligned with strategic priorities.
Drive the performance review cycle, ensuring fairness, calibration, and consistent application of standards.
Provide executives with insights into performance distribution, enabling data-driven talent and reward decisions.

AI-Enabled Transformation & Change Leadership

Collaborate with business, product, and technology leaders to translate the enterprise AI strategy into workforce priorities. Ensure the organization is structurally and culturally prepared to adopt AI-driven workflows, decision-making, and operating models.
Launch a scalable learning strategy focused on AI literacy, digital fluency, and emerging skills. Combine in-house programs with external partners as needed and embed ethical and responsible AI use into all training.
Ensure the talent and change agenda accounts for the cultural, ethical, and human impact of AI transformation, helping leaders build trust and confidence across the organization.
Establish KPIs for adoption, upskilling, and readiness. Continuously assess workforce preparedness and adjust programs to maximize business impact and employee success.

Culture & Organizational Belonging

Shape a culture that inspires high performance, collaboration, and connection across the holding company and its diverse business units.
Ensure employees feel valued and supported through fair opportunities, strong leadership, and engaging employee experiences.
Partner with executives to align culture initiatives with brand values and operational goals, ensuring consistency while respecting local business unit identities.
Build programs that improve retention, employee engagement, and diversity outcomes.

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:
$275,000 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$350,000 annually

TKO EEO Statement:

TKO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding non-discrimination in employment. TKO makes employment decisions based on merit and qualifications, without considering an employee’s or applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. TKO also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local laws. For information about Privacy and Information Security for TKO employment candidates, please review our Privacy Policy. For information regarding Terms of Use for this and other TKO websites, please review our Terms of Use.

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. Endeavor strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:

$262,500 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:

$350,000 annually

SVP – Talent & Culture

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