Learning, Development & Performance Business Partner

1 Month ago • All levels • Business Development

Job Summary

Job Description

The Learning, Development & Performance Business Partner will collaborate with HR Directors and business leaders to design and implement learning solutions aligned with King’s strategic priorities. This role involves acting as a trusted advisor, identifying learning needs, and providing tailored development solutions. The partner will also facilitate collaboration across teams, drive HR processes, and promote a culture of continuous growth and inclusion. They will design blended learning solutions, enhance leadership capabilities, and manage performance and talent development initiatives. Additionally, they will measure the impact of learning efforts and embed King’s values and DEI priorities.
Must have:
  • Ability to thrive in a matrixed environment.
  • Strong skills in designing and facilitating learning programs.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Excellent project management skills.
  • Analytical mindset with data analysis experience.
Perks:
  • Hybrid working model.
  • Coverage for important life stuff.
  • Generous holiday allowance.
  • Inspiring workspaces.
  • Plentiful learning opportunities.
  • Employee networks.
  • Wellbeing offerings.
  • Free merch.
  • Annual Community Day and charity donation matching.

Job Details

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Job Description:

Role Description
At King, curiosity, experimentation, and a growth mindset are at the heart of our culture and the success of our beloved franchises. We are on a mission to elevate learning, development, and performance through innovative strategies that empower our leaders and teams to achieve their best.

We are looking for a Learning, Development & Performance Business Partner to support King’s continued growth. This manager-level role will drive initiatives to enhance management capability, build future-focused skills, and support our global workforce across a hybrid environment.

As a key member of the Learning, Development & Performance team, you will partner with senior leaders and HR teams to design and implement impactful learning solutions aligned with King’s strategic priorities. You will also work closely with the LD&P Ops Team (who manage the LMS and learning experience), the Core Team (who create and facilitate new learning content), the Performance Development Team (who create performance and talent
development processes), and the Business Partnership team on group-wide initiatives.

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be a hands-on, strategic partner in shaping King’s learning and performance journey while promoting a culture of continuous growth and inclusivity.

Your role within the Kingdom
Strategic Partnership

  • Collaborate with HR Directors, business leaders, and the LD&P Leadership Team to define and execute a robust learning and performance strategy aligned with King’s strategic priorities.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to managers and senior leaders, identifying learning needs and providing tailored development solutions to support team and individual growth.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Act as the primary LD&P contact for King, building strong relationships with stakeholders to understand their needs and deliver impactful solutions.
  • Partner effectively with the wider LD&P Team to align efforts and ensure consistency in learning and performance initiatives across King.
  • Facilitate collaboration between teams to support the successful delivery of groupwide learning and development initiatives.
  • Collaborate with colleagues across EMEA and the wider ABK organisation to align and share best practices, ensuring a unified approach to learning and performance.

Learning and Development Initiatives

  • Design and deliver innovative, blended learning solutions (e.g., workshops, elearning, coaching) that cater to employees across all levels and functions.
  • Lead initiatives to enhance leadership and management capabilities, ensuring alignment with King’s leadership and DEI goals.
  • Facilitate learning sessions as needed, supporting the delivery of key content created by the LD&P Core Team.

Performance and Talent Development

  • Partner with stakeholders to drive key HR processes, including performance management, succession planning, and other talent initiatives.
  • Provide managers with tools and training to effectively support talent progression, engagement, and retention.
  • Advocate for a feedback-rich culture by promoting best practices for performance reviews and coaching conversations.

Programme Management and Measurement

  • Track, measure, and analyse the impact of learning and development efforts, presenting data-driven insights to inform future strategies.
  • Pilot and iterate new programmes based on employee feedback and ROI analysis.

Culture and Inclusion

  • Embed King’s values and DEI priorities into all learning and development initiatives.
  • Promote an inclusive learning environment by ensuring equitable access to training opportunities for all employees.

Skills to create thrills

  • Demonstrated ability to navigate and thrive in a highly matrixed environment, working effectively across multiple teams, geographies, and levels of the organisation.
  • Strong ability to design and facilitate impactful learning programmes, both in-person and virtually.
  • Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels.
  • Excellent project management skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality programmes on time and within budget.
  • Analytical mindset with experience using data to measure the impact of learning initiatives and identify improvement opportunities.

Our award-winning culture and sweet benefits

What makes King a great place to work is our playful culture, work-life balance and a growth mindset focused on learning every day. And don’t just take our word for it – we’ve featured in both Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces and the Sunday Times Best Places to Work.

Our sweet benefits and perks support you to get your best work done and have fun along the way. These include:

-Hybrid working: A Team First, Hybrid Working model that provides working patterns based on the needs of the team – allowing time for connection, collaboration, and celebration, and helping Kingsters balance their personal and work lives.

-Coverage for the important life stuff: The specifics vary location to location, but benefits may include private medical, dental, critical illness, and pension plans.

-Generous holiday allowance: With additional close-down time off between 25th December and the New Year.

-Inspiring workspaces: Next level offices which provide numerous creative spaces as well as free breakfast, snacks, and drinks.

-Plentiful learning opportunities: Access to our dedicated learning platform, LEAP, plus other development programmes and leadership coaching.

-Employee networks: Four employee-led diversity-focused networks and other community groups that raise awareness and help to make the Kingdom even more inclusive.

-Wellbeing offerings: Reimbursements for both physical and mental health related activities, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and mental wellbeing platforms AbleTo and Total Brain. Some offices also have their own onsite gyms.

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Free merch: Through our very own Royal Store, where you can get your hands on some exclusive goodies.

-Other perks: Far more than we can list here, but we also offer an annual Community Day for you to help a good cause, charity donation matching, free and discounted Activision Blizzard games, and our Royal Recognition Awards that reward the commitment of long-serving Kingsters. 

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @king_games on X.

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We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players. Who we areKing is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company. Our passionMaking great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead.

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