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Sr. People Business Partner/Director

Brooklyn, NY

Who We Are

UnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans - empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first - disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through the combination of UnitedMasters’ music distribution platform and its deep ties to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow and earn unlike any other platform.

The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our in-house creative advertising agency).

We are looking for a Sr. People Business Partner (Director) to join UnitedMasters! You will play a key leadership role in developing and implementing people strategies that align with the organization’s business strategy and objectives, and help to create a compelling employee value proposition, enhanced employee engagement, and high performing teams for the clients you support. UMT People Partners must be highly credible, approachable and experienced at providing advice and counsel to senior leaders, managers and employees. You will be expected to be a trusted advisor to management and an employee advocate and have the experience and judgment to balance the needs of stakeholders.


Please note this is a hybrid position based in our Brooklyn, NY Office and will be expected to be in the office 3 days a week.


What You'll Do

  • Consult with business leaders to translate business strategies and objectives into a People roadmap.
  • Serves to coach, advise, partner, and provide people leadership and guidance to client areas to both influence and deliver on people objectives aligned to business priorities.
  • Coach leaders on people-related matters including talent assessment, development and succession, organization effectiveness, and high-performing team dynamics.
  • Enhance employee development & management throughout the year by providing coaching, mentoring, and timely feedback; execute a goal-setting agenda with 360 performance evaluations and oversee the formal performance review and calibrations process for your client groups.
  • Build career pathing and advancement opportunities that drive results and retain/ develop top talent within your client groups.
  • Provide guidance and assist in the implementation of org design planning, business restructures, workforce planning, and headcount modeling.
  • Develop and implement change management strategies to drive successful adoption of organizational changes, ensuring alignment with business objectives and minimizing resistance.
  • Drive plans to attract, retain and develop talent, build a pipeline for leadership succession, ensure a talent pipeline exists to support future needs.
  • Understand business priorities within client groups and leverage that information in broader people department planning and prioritization efforts.
  • Deliver key communications within the business and influence messages as they are developed.
  • Measure and monitor trends and the impact of key HR metrics and dashboards to drive HR needs planning.
  • Proactively manage and resolve employee relations issues; ensure manager and employee compliance with company policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Strong coaching/ consulting capabilities.
  • Demonstrated business acumen, organization savvy, judgment and decision making
  • Collaborative style; positive can-do attitude. A team player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment.
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills including ability to engage, influence and keep informed.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to analyze data, understand trends and develop recommendations for action based on the analysis.
  • Excellent communication skills – a strong verbal communicator and writer; ability to frame a message.
  • Demonstrated change management capability.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or related field or equivalent years of experience.
  • 5+ years experience in an HR/People Business Partner role.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience working within the music industry or a related creative sector, with a deep understanding of its unique culture, talent dynamics, and business operations.
  • Experience resolving employee relations and knowledge of employment practices 
  • Experience developing talent management, talent development, and succession planning solutions
  • Proven ability  communicating and customizing messaging to various audiences
  • Experience building career pathing frameworks
  • Experience coaching senior leaders, managers, and employees
  • Experience working across multiple business functions with first line and senior leadership
  • Experience executing strategic initiatives and operational plans

 

About UnitedMasters, Inc.

UnitedMasters Inc. represents the creative solutions company, Translation, and the leading software and services platform for independent creators, UnitedMasters. UnitedMasters enables ownership, exposure, and new paths for financial return for independent creators, while Translation helps brands leverage the power of contemporary culture to achieve transformational growth. Combined, UnitedMasters, Inc. is the world’s leading marketplace for cultural capital, connecting independent artists and brands to realize a future in which all creators own their future. Backed by Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz, and Apple, UnitedMasters, Inc. is reimagining how brands and artists come together to tell their stories, build profitable growth, and push culture forward.

Salary Hiring Range: $185,000 - $225,000

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of many compensation, benefits and other reward opportunities we provide (e.g. bonus, stock options, 401(k) match, etc.)

Individual pay rate decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company.  We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. 

The range above is for the expectations as laid out in the job description, however we are often open to a wide variety of profiles, and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted.  If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

The salary range above is for the NY/CA.  As a company, we have a location based strategy, which means the salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired in another location.

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