Lead HR Business Partner

About Gram Games

Gram Games is the studio behind popular titles like 1010!, Six!, Merge Dragons!, and Merge Magic!, with more exciting projects in the pipeline. We are proudly part of the Zynga & Take-Two Interactive family. We do things differently here: we work in small self-managing teams, giving you an incredible amount of ownership, autonomy, and impact. 

At Gram, everyone is expected to have a razor-sharp focus on creating a tangible impact on their team, their work environment, and on the overall company strategy. If you are motivated by autonomy, constant improvement, collaboration, and a sense of belonging, this is the place for you.

Job Purpose

As the Lead HRBP you will be an experienced, strategic minded partner who works directly with the Gram Games senior leadership team.  The role is accountable for all aspects of the employee experience, as well as leading HR initiatives at a local level and participating in those at an enterprise level.  The ability to influence and tackle organisational changes and challenges is key, as well as having deep business acumen and advanced problem solving skills.

Reporting to the Vice President, HRBP, you’ll partner closely with our Workplace Services, Business Operations and central Corporate teams in support of the Gram Games studio.

At Gram we embrace a hybrid work environment. Within this role, you would work 2 days per week in our London office and the remaining days at home.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor for our senior leadership team, providing thought leadership and direction in every phase of the employee lifecycle
• Own the people roadmap and strategy for Gram Games, ensuring it aligns with the business as well as the global HR strategy, and moves us towards continued growth, speed, innovation and improvement
• Partner and collaborate with various COE functions such as Compensation, Benefits, HR Ops, Global Mobility, Employment Legal, Payroll, Talent Development and all other allied teams in order to deliver a unified, first class employee experience
• Partner and coordinate on integration efforts with our parent company Take Two as needed
• Partner closely with senior leadership, HRBPs, Business Operations and teams across Zynga and Take Two to support successful and effective roll out or evolution of processes and policies
• Ensure we create an incredible hybrid working environment where people can collaborate and do their best work
• Monitor internal people systems and databases - conduct periodic data audits and reviews of processes to continuously improve the quality of data
• Utilise surveys (annual and pulse) and other people data and analytics to make recommendations for new interventions and projects, which may include collaboration with other HRBPs globally
• Work with Employment Legal to  ensure we always remain compliant

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in Human Resources at a Lead/Senior level, with some of that being specifically in Business Partnering, in a global/matrix en