LINDSAY NADLER
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Transformational leader with over 20 years of experience driving organizational growth and innovation. Partnered with executives through acquisitions, divestitures, and IPO readiness while scaling teams from 450 to 1,500. Cultivates adaptable cultures and talent strategies that empower teams to challenge the status quo and achieve strategic objectives.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
EVP/ Head of People and Culture
ANNAPURNA PICTURES
09.2025 - Current
- Led end-to-end People function as executive leader to Founder/CEO and President across multiple creative and commercial verticals.
- Engage directly with the Board of Directors on executive compensation, organizational strategy, and people matters, serving as a trusted advisor on workforce decisions aligned to business and investor priorities.
- Leading an enterprise-wide overhaul of compensation philosophy — including job architecture, market benchmarking, and a new pay-for-performance incentive layer — to drive accountability, reward high-impact contributions, and attract and retain senior creative and executive talent.
- Oversee People Operations, expanding benefits to include family planning assistance and implementing HR service tools that automate workflows and improve the employee experience.
- Delivered a 20% reduction in external recruitment spend as an early roadmap win by building an AI-enabled internal talent acquisition function that reduced reliance on agency fees while improving speed and quality of hire.
- Developed organizational design and workforce strategy for international expansion, aligning structure and talent with long-term business objectives.
- Created and championed Annapurna's enterprise AI roadmap, identifying high-impact use cases across creative and business operations and building the change management strategy to drive adoption.
SVP, Human Resources — Global Finance, Supply Chain, Operations & Technology
HASBRO INC.
05.2022 - 12.2024
- Served as strategic advisor to the CFO/COO, leading global organizational transformation and change management across 1,500+ employees in North America, EMEA, and APAC within a complex, matrixed environment.
- Shaped C-suite organizational design, redefining executive roles to integrate financial and operational leadership and drive enterprise-level decision-making.
- Identified technology capability gap and recruited first Chief Digital & Information Officer, partnering on AI and digital transformation roadmap to enhance strategic direction.
- Reduced management layers from 12 to 7, doubling spans of control from 3 to 6 across global Finance and Operations to accelerate decision-making and boost empowerment.
- Developed capability framework to expand leaders' scope, clarify roles and skills, and establish succession pipelines.
SVP, Human Resources
eOne Entertainment
05.2022 - 08.2023
- Led HR through divestiture to Lionsgate within matrixed structure of Hasbro corporate and eOne’s entertainment businesses in North America and EMEA, guiding 1,000+ employees and senior leadership through high-stakes organizational transition.
- Developed change management and communication strategy for transaction, ensuring engagement, cultural stability, and leadership alignment from announcement through close.
Vice President, Global Head of People
JAM CITY
04.2019 - 04.2022
- Built and led the global People function as an executive team member, setting and executing talent strategy across 7 countries in North America, EMEA, and LATAM to support rapid growth.
- Integrated talent and guided change management across three M&A transactions, scaling the organization from 450 to 1,500 employees while supporting IPO readiness.
- Grew People organization from 3 to 25+, establishing HRBP, L&D, compensation, talent management, workplace experience functions to support business growth.
- Built a global People Operations function from the ground up to support the business across 7 countries, personally creating the processes, policies, and service model that scaled with rapid growth.
- Created a global performance management model, achieving 95%+ manager adoption and significantly improving feedback quality and performance alignment.
- Launched peer recognition platform to address remote-work isolation during COVID, enhancing connection, culture, collaboration, and increasing employee engagement by 10%.
- Led global HRIS transformation, implementing Workday to integrate HR, payroll, talent systems, and enhance data accuracy, thereby improving employee experience.
Director, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition — Walt Disney Animation / DisneyToon Studios
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
09.2005 - 03.2019
- Oversaw HR and Talent Acquisition across two animation studios supporting 2,000+ employees, managing a team of 11 HR and recruiting professionals.
- Transformed hiring approach from project-based to long-term careers, fostering a culture of creative risk-taking, psychological safety, and peer feedback.
- Restructured the organization so artistic talent had a dedicated home base for career development, supported by career levels tied to a salary structure and development programs.
- Established ongoing feedback loops and implemented HR analytics and workforce planning, providing leadership insights into employee priorities and talent supply and demand.
- Negotiated collective bargaining agreements with The Animation Guild (IATSE Local 839), aligning studio objectives with artist needs.
Director, Human Resources
Miramax Films
09.2005 - 02.2010
- Led the full HR function through a major ownership transition, overseeing organizational design, compensation, performance management, and employee development.
- Led employee relations strategy, resolving complex issues and maintaining compliant, respectful workplace practices.
- Directed talent acquisition efforts, aligning hiring plans with production, corporate, and creative staffing needs.
- Developed HR policies supporting performance management, compensation reviews, and consistent managerial decision-making.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
State University of New York, Binghamton
Binghamton, New YorkExecutive Certificate - AI for Digital Transformation
Cornell University
Skills
- Organizational Design
- HR Transformation
- Change Management
- M&A Integration
- Talent Acquisition
- Workforce Planning
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
- Leadership Advisory
- People Strategy
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Global People Operations
- HR Technology & People Analytics
- Total Rewards Strategy
- Employee relations
- Culture Transformation
- Employee & Labor Relations
- HR technology
- Leadership Development
Personal Information
Title: Chief People Officer | Culture Org Design M&A Transformation
Timeline
EVP/ Head of People and Culture
ANNAPURNA PICTURES
09.2025 - Current
SVP, Human Resources — Global Finance, Supply Chain, Operations & Technology
HASBRO INC.
05.2022 - 12.2024
SVP, Human Resources
eOne Entertainment
05.2022 - 08.2023
Vice President, Global Head of People
JAM CITY
04.2019 - 04.2022
Director, Human Resources & Talent Acquisition — Walt Disney Animation / DisneyToon Studios
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
09.2005 - 03.2019
Director, Human Resources
Miramax Films
09.2005 - 02.2010
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
State University of New York, Binghamton
Executive Certificate - AI for Digital Transformation
Cornell University