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Counsel, Ethics & Compliance Investigations

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Your Mission

The Counsel, Ethics & Compliance Investigations will be a critical member of Activision Blizzard’s growing Ethics & Compliance team, which supports the Company’s commitment to an inclusive, safe, inspiring, and equitable culture that is respectful to all. This role is a unique opportunity that combines conducting and overseeing internal investigations with work enhancing the Company’s risk management functions.

In this role, you will conduct internal investigations into a broad array of compliance related issues across the globe, with a particular focus on anti-bribery, anti-corruption, trade compliance, and conflict of interest matters. You will ensure that ethics and compliance concerns raised by our employees, business partners, and third parties are thoroughly investigated and appropriately remediated, and will help analyze investigation trends and data to advise the Company on potential emerging risks. In addition, you will help develop long-term solutions for the Company’s compliance monitoring efforts by helping scale the Company’s third-party risk management processes, including overseeing risk assessments and compliance monitoring.

The Counsel, Ethics & Compliance Investigations will report to the Director, Ethics & Compliance Investigations and Third-Party Risk Management.

Responsibilities – What You’ll Do

Priorities often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:

• Managing end-to-end investigative processes for a broad array of legal and compliance issues, including issue spotting, initial intake, investigation scoping, investigative interviews, document review, and drafting reports.
• Efficiently managing outside counsel as needed.
• Partnering with Human Resources and related functions across the Company to communicate investigation findings and advise on appropriate remedial actions.
• Analyzing investigation trends and advising compliance, legal, and business leaders on emerging risks.
• Enhancing the Company’s third-party risk management processes, including developing controls and conducting risk assessments, ongoing monitoring, and due diligence.
• Analyzing and mastering data related to third-party risk management and serving as a go-to internal leader on the Company’s risk management processes.

Player Profile – What You Bring to the Team

• J.D. and current member in good standing of a State Bar.
• 4-6+ years of relevant experience in compliance and investigations. Experience working at both a reputable law firm and in-house in a legal and/or compliance function with international exposure is preferred.
• Experience conducting investigations and overseeing investigation fact-finding teams.
• Strong working knowledge of anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and trade compliance issues, with an ability to appropriately spot compliance risks and issues. Experience with additional compliance topics, including securities regulation and conflicts of interest, is also desirable.
• Capable of inspiring trust and confidence though effective written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively summarize findings and provide recommendations.
• Experience conducting compliance due diligence and third-party risk assessments, including engaging with audit teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to stay up to date on emerging trends in domestic and international compliance enforcement.
• A high degree of empathy, with the ability to conduct difficult conversations in a calm and effective manner.
• Ability to work effectively in a global environment, including sensitivity to and understanding of cultural differences.
• A track record of proactive leadership by taking ownership of issues to produce high-quality outputs with minimal supervision.
• Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to effectively partner cross-functionally to drive results.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies, at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The video game industry, and therefore our business, is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may change at any time as directed by the Company to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.