HR Department Manager

Company Description

Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential.

Nominated for multiple Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 800 artists crafting from studios in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros. and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC and Apple. Current projects include Dune: Prophecy, Silo Season 2 and Sonic 3 . Recently released projects include The Rings of Power S eason 2 , Venom: The Last Dance, Taika Waitit's Time Bandits, and House of the Dragon Season 2.

Work arrangements:

As an artist-founded and artist-led company, creativity is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is to give our talent the freedom, resources, and environment they need to produce high-quality work and thrive in a stimulating, collaborative, and supportive setting.

Given their key role in operational and production support, support functions, including Finance, HR, and IT, are expected to work from the studio at least four days per week .

This increased presence helps strengthen collaboration, maintain closer proximity with teams, support operational needs more effectively, and sustain a strong, vibrant, and aligned studio culture.

Job Description

The HR Department Manager acts as the primary HR partner for employees and managers within the corporate functions, supporting leaders across a broad range of people-related matters, including performance management, employee relations, organizational changes, workforce planning, employment conditions, talent development, and recruitment.

Working closely with corporate functions leaders and the broader HR team, the HR Department Manager helps translate business needs into practical people solutions while ensuring a consistent and positive employee experience across the organization.

This role requires strong business partnership skills, sound judgment, and the ability to balance operational HR support with longer-term organizational and talent priorities.

Key Responsibilities

HR Partnership & Workforce Planning

• Act as the primary HR partner for leaders and employees within assigned Global and regional corporate functions.
• Develop a strong understanding of each function’s structure, priorities, challenges, and talent needs in order to provide relevant HR guidance and support.
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, organizational structure, role evolution, succession needs, and other people-related business decisions.
• Support organizational changes, employee movements, promotions, transfers, and other changes impacting teams.

Manager & Employee Support

• Advise managers on employee relations, performance management, career development, employment conditions, policies, and day-to-day people matters.
• Coach managers in addressing performance issues, providing constructive feedback, and managing sensitive employee situations effectively.
• Act as a trusted point of contact for employees, providing guidance and ensuring appropriate follow-up on HR-related questions and concerns.
• Support leaders in maintaining strong team dynamics, employee engagement, and effective communication.

Performance & Talent Management

• Coordinate and support performance management processes within assigned functions.
• Partner with managers to identify development needs, career opportunities, succession considerations, and high-potential talent.
• Identify training and development needs in collaboration with managers and the Learning & Development team.
• Support onboarding and integration of new employees and leaders within Global corporate functions.

Recruitment & Talent Planning

• Partner with leaders and Talent Acquisition to identify current and future hiring needs.
• Support the definition of roles, organizational needs, and candidate profiles in collaboration with hiring managers and Talent Acquisition.
• Participate in key selection decisions when appropriate and support the successful integration of new hires.
• Help ensure hiring decisions remain aligned with organizational structure, internal equity, and longer-term workforce needs.

HR Programs, Policies & Processes

• Participate and or lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of HR policies, programs, p