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Director of Operations

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Job Description:

Demonware’s growing team requires an experienced business operations leader to deliver and expand our operational capabilities. As leader of our Studio Operations teams your goal is to ensure that all our employees receive the very best level of operational support, while they deliver outstanding engineering solutions to Activision Studios and players. You will guide our Studio Operations teams to deliver to the highest standards, evolve our culture and repeatedly knock our employees' socks off.

We have 200 -300 colleagues dotted around the world with dedicated facilities in Dublin, Ireland; Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, USA and Shanghai, China. You will support our studio by striving to own all operational domains, with support from engineering Directors and VPs. There is an opportunity to expand and grow in your role as you successfully lead initiatives and identify new areas for improvement. You will become a member of our supportive leadership team and report into our Studio Head.

More about the areas of focus in this role:

Studio Finance: Manage the team responsible for creation of company wide budgets, forecasts, reporting and payroll across DW locations and areas of business. Interface into Activision finance as the authority on financial matters.

Workplace Experience: Ensure that our colleagues' workplace experience is exceptional, whether in office, hybrid or remote. This includes, facilities and equipment management, studio communications and town hall content, welcoming and consistent onboarding and fun inclusive events and surprises.

Employee IT: Manage the team providing IT support and procurement to employees. This includes office and work from home IT infrastructure, VPN connectivity, account lifecycle management, console development kits and support desk.

Documentation: Lead the documentation team in working with engineering teams on consistent and accurate external and internal facing documentation.

There will be continued opportunities for the Director of Operations to lead Demonware and Activision wide initiatives. These include developing and coordinating our approach to a Future of Work response to the COVID-19 pandemic and coordinating our learning and development program.

Opportunities for new initiatives and areas of focus:

• Owning resource planning, reporting, billing, and cost attribution that is aligned with Activision’s development and release goals
• Identify untapped global talent markets and remove barriers to recruiting and acquiring talent
• Build FP&A capabilities and establish analytical culture of using historical and current operational data to drive predictive analytics for the studio
• Manage content and rhythm of critical internal and external meetings
• Expand IT remit to support game builds, Jira, Confluence, Github etc.

What we are looking for

• 8+ years experience in a business operations leadership role overseeing multiple business functions, or top management consulting.
• Experienced in driving operational excellence, new initiatives, and using data collection and analysis to guide decisions.
• Effective communicator adept at leading projects and relationships with multiple levels internally and externally, across departments and cross functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail with ability to think, operate, navigate, and communicate complex or ambiguous situations at an executive level.
• Strong leadership; experience in people and change management centered on integrity, team/people, and collaborative problem solving.
• MBA preferred but not crucial.

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!

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.

All locations considered with a preference for Dublin, Ireland or Vancouver, Canada with comprehensive benefits.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need 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 can’t expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

Ready to play?

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/