Electronic Arts

EA is looking for a HR professional to join our People Partnerships team working in a hybrid setting, located in Vancouver, BC working with our Canadian regional team. You will report into the Regional Head of People Partnerships.

The Challenge Ahead:  Our People Partnerships Partners are passionate about delivering simple and awesome people experiences while creating programs and support in meaningful and efficient ways.  You will connect with employees, enabling people managers, supporting team effectiveness and engagement initiatives, planning and delivering people programs and being a cultural steward for EA.

What the People Partnerships Manager does at EA:

• Coaching: You will partner with employees and managers to provide candid, unbiased coaching and counsel to enhance manager effectiveness and improve personal and team capabilities to meet current and future business needs;
• Collaboration: Builds relationships and collaborates with internal partners, including business leaders, People Experience business partners and COE partners, to deliver simple and effective programs and people partnership for the business/region; develop creative and enhanced solutions for complex project or program related needs;
• Talent Readiness: Supports talent initiatives including talent planning, performance management, career and development in partnership with respective COE partners and HR business partners to attract, retain, and develop key talent;
• Insights & Analytics: Leverages HR technology and business intelligence to provide data-driven insights that enable sound results. Educate management on workforce analysis, headcount planning and related HR metrics to assess and influence / drive business decisions;  
• Business Acumen: Proactive in understanding client and market business models/cycles, priorities and cultural nuances as an input into operational strategy and execution;
• Project Leadership: Drives talent initiatives and programs across multiple client groups and regions including engagement, talent management and focal programs; develops creative and enhanced solutions for complex project or program related needs;
• Change Management: Supports our ability to change by developing the capacity and readiness for change and facilitating change initiatives for client group(s) including coaching management on planning and communications and ensuring change acceptance;
• Reward Management: Facilitates creative approaches to employee recognition and rewards that attracts and retain talent of a diverse workforce and reflect EA’s philosophy and growth plans.  Support the successful implementation of performance and compensation life cycle across all assigned client group(s)/regions.
• Cultural Steward: Works with managers, employees and COEs to develop overall capability to foster a healthy, cohesive, collaborative, fun, fair and equitable workplace.

The next great People Partnerships Manager at EA also needs to have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field combined with a minimum of 7 year’s progressive experience as an HR business partner;
• Experience using data and data-driven insights to support the business;
• A business partner, who is equally a builder of HR solutions based on HR best practices, as well as, an astute business member who employs solutions that affect the current and future performance of the business;
• Subject matter expertise, with demonstrated experience in coaching and development, change management, and overall talent management.
• Strong change management skills - Excels in a dynamic environment, approaches complex challenges with a systematic mindset, prioritizes effectively, and follows through on responsibilities.
• Outstanding project leadership and delivery experience; oversee region-wide, high impact talent programs across the business;
• Experience with local employment law combined with the ability to gain a high-level understanding of regional employment customs and practices;
• Has experience creating healthy organizations, driving transformation and helping culture be a competitive advantage;