Sr Manager, HR & Crew Experience

Disney is a leading entertainment company, and they are seeking a Senior Manager, HR & Crew Experience to enhance the production crew experience by providing strategic HR support to various productions and stakeholders. This role involves advising production and business leaders, coaching on HR policies, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor, coach and consultant to production leaders, business leaders, and crew members on Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studio and Searchlight live-action productions
• Continuously develop and maintain an intimate understanding of the production business while building effective working relationships with stakeholders and clients, at all levels of the organization
• Coach production leaders and business leaders on crew issues, HR policies and processes
• Proactively assess production performance to recommend and drive action through a consultative, “influence without authority” approach
• Identify and analyze trends related to recurring issues and develop strategies to help resolve the issues
• Facilitate conversations and training sessions to develop the next generation of production leaders
• Oversee state production incentive submissions through the HR & Crew Experience Partner, in collaboration with production leaders and filmmakers, to ensure consistent execution and best practice sharing across teams
• Collaborate with the Corporate Social Responsibility team and external organizations to identify opportunities that strengthen the crew pipeline into production
• Support Labor Relations with union negotiations by providing documentation and workforce data for relevant populations
• Promote and enable a fair and inclusive workplace that safeguards the company’s employment brand by ensuring that employee and company interests are handled in a fair and consistent manner
• Embrace and integrate inclusion and diversity into business and production strategies, nurturing an environment that is open-minded and that embodies the Disney values
• Identify, and recruit talent to meet the needs of the business and create a diverse workforce focusing on early career/ production intern processes and programs
• In partnership with local production teams, develop, refine, and execute production intern programs, including community partner engagement, collaboration with production leaders, and program management
• Demonstrate ability to attract, influence and hire diverse talent by understanding production-specific requirements