At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
- Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
- Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
- Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title: People Partner
A little bit about our team:
Our People team aims to attract, retain, and develop talent to drive success, focusing on culture, talent management, organizational development and engagement, total rewards, and compliance.
As the People Partner, you will serve as a core foundational pillar within our regional ecosystem, acting as both our primary operational anchor and a trusted people partner. In this newly created role reporting directly to the Senior Director, People APAC, this position focuses on driving high-impact HR and People Operations with absolute data integrity, work in collaboration with total rewards and talent management functions to contribute, drive and execute on various People initiatives.
We are looking for a tech-curious, operationally sharp professional who is eager to maximize our Workday infrastructure, explore modern workplace automation tools (like Generative AI and automated data workflows), and deliver seamless regional HR generalist support across a diverse, fast-paced creative landscape.
Here you'll get to:
1. Core People Operations & Data Analytics
- Workday & Data Integrity: Act as the regional super-user and custodian for Workday, which serves as our key source of people data. You will execute the end-to-end operational life cycle of employee changes, contract tracking, and onboarding and offboarding workflows.
- Operational Excellence: Manage day-to-day HR administrative processes, compliance tracking, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure a seamless employee lifecycle experience.
- Data Analytics & Reporting: Track, compile, and visualize regional OKRs and people metrics to provide actionable operational insights to the leadership teams.
- Workflow Optimization: Maintain a continuous-improvement mindset, identifying opportunities to pilot modern tools (such as Generative AI for drafting or low-code automation tools) to streamline routine HR tasks.
2. People Partnership
- Client Group Consultation and Stakeholder Management: Provide essential, hands-on HR guidance to assigned client groups, addressing employee relations, team dynamics, and talent management needs.
- Performance & Calibration: Leverage WMG talent framework to guide local managers through annual performance review cycles, talent calibration, career progression and development.
- Strategic Planning Support: Support in translating global People Team priorities into actionable local and regional initiatives that support business objectives.
3. Regional Synergy & Collaboration
- COE Liaison: Act as a central bridge between shared service center, Total Rewards and Talent Management and affiliates people team.
- Culture & Inclusion: Support regional and global initiatives that champion diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring WMG continues to foster an inspiring and employer of choice environment.
This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it’s essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships
The ideal candidate will:
- Experience Profile: You possess 4+ years of progressive HR experience in matrix and multinational environments, with a proven foundation in hands-on HR operations and a solid exposure to people partnering / HR generalist workflows.
- Workday Proficiency: You have an advanced, practical proficiency with Workday (our key source of people data) or a closely related global HRIS platform, coupled with a meticulous eye for data accuracy.
- The Tech-Curious Mindset: You possess a strong affinity for tech and a genuine curiosity about how AI, automation, or data analytics platforms can optimize traditional HR processes. (Experience with data analytics is a strong plus). Professional proficiency in Google Workspace and its applications.
- The WMG Persona: You are creative, culturally curious, and commercially oriented with a high tolerance for ambiguity. You are happy to roll up your sleeves to support colleagues in a fast-paced and matrix environment.
- Language Fluency: Professional fluency in English and Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese). Knowledge of any other Asian languages is a distinct advantage.
We’d love it if you also had:
- Experience advising colleagues at different levels on team challenges, using good judgment and standard HR practices to find fair solutions.
- A knack for change management, you know how to support colleagues and adapt smoothly when things pivot.
- Great presentation skills and the confidence to speak to groups, whether you're onboarding new hires or rolling out a new initiative.
About Us
As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.
As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.
