Senior Manager, Employee Relations

Role Overview

We are seeking a strategic, influential, and forward-thinking Senior Manager to lead our People Experience (PX) function for the AMER region. This role is responsible for driving high-quality HR Generalist delivery, shaping Employee Relations strategy, and orchestrating complex organizational change across a dynamic, global matrix environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Strategic HR Organizational Change Orchestration
  • Partner with HRBPs, Legal, and senior leaders to assess, map, lead, and implement AMER organizational change.
  • Lead the assessment of timelines, processes, interconnectivity with other HR teams, and creation of change plans.
  • Ensure timely execution with effective communication, stakeholder management, creative problem-solving, and curiosity to improve internal ways of working.
  • Develop and deploy high-quality content for various audiences, including leadership communication, presentations, training material, and management information reports.
  • Support the PX AMER Senior Director with team design, measurement and development and execution of a full and robust roadmap of HR Generalist (PXC) & AMER ER projects.
  • Synthesize business information and build positive relationships with HRBPs and leadership teams to identify insights, make recommendations and decisions as appropriate.
  • Be an active member of the PX Global Leadership Team (PXLT).
• Collaboration, Stakeholder Management & Team Management
  • Establish trust and influence senior stakeholders while navigating uncertainty.
  • Ability to 'cut through the noise' and identify high vs low impact activity, risk, and advise the business and wider People team with data and best practice.
  • Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Legal, Studio HR and other global stakeholders.
  • Lead and mentor the HR Generalist (PXC) team and Employee Relations (ER) team to provide high-quality support and cultivate an agile, collaborative, and dedicated culture.
  • Build strong connections with diverse stakeholders across various time zones with diverse project demands.
• Employee Relations
  • Collaborate with Legal on ER matters and employment law.
  • Manage complex ER matters with potential reputational/legal risk in conjunction with Legal and the ER specialists.
  • Oversee all AMER ER cases and drive operational efficiency in processes.
  • Partner with HRBP's to present and analyse data to shift from reactive to proactive Employee Relations.
  • Partner with the global PX team to align on system use, processes and ER cadence.
  • Deliver complex OD actions with HR Generalist and ER teams.

What we’re looking for

• A proven senior HR manager with extensive ER and HRBP experience in a matrixed, complex, global environment.
• Minimum 5 years management experience of leading teams at HR Generalist (PXC) and ER specialist level.
• Track record of influencing senior collaborators and delivering strategic HR initiatives.
• Process mapping, evaluation and system thinking mindset.
• High levels of data literacy and insight development.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels.
• Ability to think strategically and act operationally with a proactive, forward-looking perspective.
• Excellent communication skills with data-driven impact analysis.
• Substantial cultural Change Management and HR project experience.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity with strong problem-solving, analytical, and innovative influencing skills.
• Commercial competence with a people-first, efficiency, and compliance-conscious approach.

Pay Range

The estimated base pay range for this role is $185,000—$277,600 USD.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.