HR Business Partner (PlayStationのエンジニアリング部門担当) at Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

This HR Business Partner role at Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) supports the engineering division in Tokyo. The Platform Business Strategy HR team, currently with four members, is a strategic HR business partner team focused on a 1000-person engineering organization. This role offers significant autonomy in planning and executing initiatives, working closely with leadership and HR Centers of Excellence.

Role Involves:

• Providing strategic HR business partnership to VP-level executives.
• Developing and executing HR strategies to achieve departmental visions and strategies.
• Supporting organizational and talent-related decision-making critical to business growth.
• Collaborating with other HR teams to deliver HR initiatives, including organizational development, talent development and placement, career opportunities, and culture building.
• Implementing strategic talent management for the technology organization that builds PlayStation consoles, system software, and global user platforms.
• Supporting organizational planning and workforce plans.
• Executing initiatives to improve organizational vitality and people manager capabilities.
• Supporting succession planning for key positions.
• Consulting on performance management and development plans.
• Managing resource planning, including recruitment, transfers, and promotions.
• Managing talent development, retention initiatives, and processes.
• Analyzing employee engagement and implementing improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of HRBP experience and 12+ years of HR experience in a company with 1000+ employees.
• Knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: organizational planning, resource management, and talent management.
• Global project management experience.
• Data analysis skills using tools.
• Business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English (e.g., TOEIC 800+, CEFR B2+).
• Ability to participate in meetings and create business emails in English.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work with global stakeholders, primarily in the US and Europe.
• Involvement in strategic talent management for a technology organization.