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Job title: ABM Senior TA Manager

Department: Talent Acquisition

Reports to: SVP, Talent Acquisition

Your Mission

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Talent Acquisition Leader to partner with Activision Blizzard Media (ABM), an embedded business unit of King. ABM delivers innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players across Activision, Blizzard, and King while creating robust marketing solutions for the world's most prominent marketers.

This role will play an integral part in building Talent Acquisition representation and partnership at a local level with key leadership partners in the San Francisco, Bay Area, with an expectation of in-person meetings on a regular basis.

Reporting directly to the SVP of Talent Acquisition, you will manage a hard-working talent acquisition team, drive innovative recruitment strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to attract top-tier talent to ABM. Your strong leadership skills and hands-on approach to talent acquisition will be instrumental in ensuring the team delivers the hiring demand and fostering a culture of excellence.

Your role within the Kingdom

Key Responsibilities

• Create and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with ABM’s short-term and long-term business goals.
• Work with senior leadership to understand current and future talent needs and provide innovative solutions to attract top talent.
• Team Management: Lead a small team of local recruiters, providing leadership and guidance to ensure the delivery of high-quality recruitment solutions across the business unit.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture, providing coaching, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to improve their potential and growth.
• Ensure standard processes are followed in job analysis, candidate sourcing, assessment, selection, and offer negotiation.
• Continuously work with managers across the business to support and drive all recruitment-related processes, topics, and priorities.
• Work closely with HR Centers of Excellence (CoE) to resolve complex and challenging problems through innovative and agile thinking, i.e., Sourcing, Candidate Experience teams, etc.
• Use data analytics and recruitment metrics to make informed talent acquisition decisions, identify improvement areas, and measure recruitment strategies' effectiveness.
• Embed yourself as an integral part of the extended BU leadership team. Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners and senior leadership to understand their talent needs, align recruitment strategies, and proactively address workforce requirements.
• Metrics and Reporting: Develop and track key talent acquisition metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment strategies and make data-driven decisions.
• Champion diversity and inclusion initiatives within the talent acquisition process to foster an inclusive and diverse workforce. Collaborate with HR and Diversity Leads to ensure diversity goals are met for ABM and, ultimately, King.
• Partnering with the Sourcing teams to implement proactive talent pipelining strategies to maintain a steady pool of qualified candidates for critical and future roles, ensuring the organization has access to top talent at all times.
• Stay up-to-date with labor laws and regulations, ensuring the company's recruitment practices align with local and federal employment laws.
• Collaborate with the central EB team to enhance ABM’s employer brand through various channels, such as social media, career fairs, networking events, and employer review platforms.

Skills to create thrills

• Proven experience in full-cycle recruitment within the technology industry, preferably within a matrix organizational structure.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other HR-related software - ideally WDR.
• Passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.

• Solid understanding of talent acquisition best practices, innovative sourcing techniques, and emerging trends in the recruitment landscape.
• Demonstrated success in building and leading hard-working recruitment teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with partners at all levels.
• Data-driven attitude, with experience using HR analytics and metrics to drive recruitment decisions.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, adapting to changing business needs.
• Critical thinking and the ability to align talent acquisition initiatives for your BU with overall TA and business goals.
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Proximity to SF Office for regular in-person connects with partners and team.

We love hearing from anyone enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend not to apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

About King

King 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.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broaden the portfolio and explore new territories in mid-core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players – and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics

Discover King at careers.king.com

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .