Company Summary
MGA Entertainment, headquartered in Chatsworth, California, is a leading consumer entertainment products company. We design and manufacture innovative proprietary products for the toy and consumer electronics market and also license our intellectual property in categories such as apparel, home décor, stationery, and sporting goods. Our portfolio includes award-winning brands such as LOL Surprise, Little Tikes®, Project MC2, and Zapf Creation®. For more information, visit www.mgae.com.
Role Mission
The Director, Talent and Learning, is responsible for the design and implementation of MGA’s enterprise-wide talent and succession planning, performance management approach and career development infrastructure and framework. The person in this role also provides exceptional thought leadership and expertise in the talent. Learning, development and performance management.
Reporting to the VP of HR, The Talent and Learning Director will collaborate with the SVP of HR, VP of HR and COEs to ensure our talent strategy aligns with our business objectives and supports our employees career lifecycle. The ideal candidate couples tactical and strategic command of talent management with proven executive expertise, exceptional analytical rigor, and the influence to guide complex stakeholder groups with confidence and clarity.
Key Result Areas
- Lead the creation / development and implementation of enterprise- wide talent, succession planning, performance management and career development strategies.
- Communicate and advocate philosophy and approach to HR leadership, influencing the strategic direction the organization chooses to take.
- Develop and implement practices, tools, solutions, career lattices and frameworks that enable an integrated approach to talent, performance and career development.
- Explore and adopt cutting-edge AI-enabled technologies that help facilitate a more streamlined and effective approach to managing talent, performance and careers.
- Explore and use contemporary approaches to accelerate adoption of practices that create sustained behavioral and culture change, enabling MGA to be a high-performing organization.
- Monitor effectiveness and seek out client and HR business partner feedback to continuously improve and advance practices.
- Manage projects of high complexity that promote the effectiveness of programs along with refining strategies.
- Contribute as a leader in the Talent & Learning and HR space, supporting the broader strategy of the HR organization.
Talent Development & Engagement
- Support the creation of programs and resources that encourage career development, growth, and retention of top talent.
- Provide tools and coaching to managers and employees on effective goal-setting, feedback, and performance conversations.
- Align talent management practices with succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
- Embed inclusive practices into all performance management systems, ensuring processes are fair, transparent, and foster belonging.
- Recommend strategies that support diverse talent pipelines and equitable career growth opportunities.
- Work with HRBP team and leadership team on creating career lattices
- Data & Insights
- Define and track KPIs to measure effectiveness of talent management programs.
- Provide insights to senior leaders to support data-driven talent decisions.
- Monitor industry trends to keep programs competitive and innovative
- Other duties as needed
- Must be able to collaborate in-person with occasional impromptu in-person meetings
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- 10+ years of job-related and/or management experience, preferably in training, talent selection & development, performance management, or a related field.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in a global or multi-national company.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, AI, ChatGPT and CoPilot
