Labor Relations Data & AI Innovation Analyst

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in Culver City seeks an analytical Labor Relations operations analyst to drive AI-enabled research, data analysis, and contract administration. You will partner with the Labor Relations team to improve processes and research labor agreements.

The role emphasizes data-driven cost analysis, automation, and document management, with opportunity to shape templates, playbooks, and workflows for faster, more accurate bargaining support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 2 years of experience in an analytical support, contract administration, business operations, or similar role involving research, data analysis, document management, and administrative support.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, complex formulas, data manipulation, and analysis of large data sets.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, perform accurate calculations, identify trends, and develop practical solutions.
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI tools and emerging technologies, including the technical aptitude to independently learn, configure, and develop practical technology-enabled solutions, automations, and workflows without requiring specialized programming expertise.
• Ability to critically evaluate and verify AI-generated information, research, and analyses to ensure accuracy, reliability, and appropriate handling of confidential information.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other productivity applications, with exceptional typing, note-taking, document-production, formatting, and proofreading skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage complex documents, electronic filing systems, databases, and multiple concurrent projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, combined with initiative, resourcefulness, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with collective bargaining agreements, labor relations, legal research, or the entertainment industry is preferred but not required; a strong interest in learning the entertainment labor landscape is essential.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of Labor Relations processes and workflows.
• Demonstrate the technical aptitude and ability to leverage, configure, and develop AI-enabled tools and solutions to support contract research, agreement comparison, bargaining preparation, document analysis, data analysis, precedent identification, and other Labor Relations needs.
• Serve as a technology-oriented power user who evaluates new tools, identifies opportunities for automation, shepherds new tools through the company's internal approval process and helps drive technology adoption across the Labor Relations team.
• Maintain, reconcile, and analyze complex data sets using advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities, including pivot tables, lookup functions, complex formulas, and data cleansing.
• Support collective bargaining through data analysis and cost calculations, including evaluating the cost implications of wage proposals, benefit changes, premiums, escalators, retroactivity, and other economic terms.
• Provide analytical, contract administration, research, documentation, and operational support to the Labor Relations team.
• Support the team on collective bargaining and grievance and arbitration matters by preparing and organizing materials, tracking proposals, open items, deadlines, and economic terms; and preparing comparisons, redlines, summaries, and analyses.
• Develop a strong working knowledge of collective bargaining agreements, side letters, memoranda of agreement, settlements, past practices, and other labor-related documents.
• Maintain organized, searchable repositories of agreements, bargaining records, correspondence, precedents, and other Labor Relations materials, enabling rapid research and retrieval.
• Develop standardized templates, playbooks, trackers, checklists, and workflows that improve consistency, institutional knowledge, and execution across the Labor Relations function.

Skills

AI tools

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Contract administration

Labor relations

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in Culver City seeks an analytical Labor Relations operations analyst to drive AI-enabled research, data analysis, and contract administration. You will partner with the Labor Relations team to improve processes and research labor agreements.

The role emphasizes data-driven cost analysis, automation, and document management, with opportunity to shape templates, playbooks, and workflows for faster, more accurate bargaining support.