Engineering and Production Learning Manager | Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

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Job Title: Engineering and Production Learning Manager | Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Department: Human Resources

Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

Your Mission

Blizzard’s Learning & Development team seeks a highly motivated and experienced Engineering and Production Learning Manager to help us support and drive our game production and engineering communities’ learning needs. The Engineering and Production Learning Manager is responsible for developing a robust program to accelerate our developer’s career development, working with engineering and production leadership across our development community to help grow our talent through coordinated seminars, classes, workshops, and screenings so that they can focus on building epic experiences for our players.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and production leadership to identify learning needs and opportunities across all development teams
• Develop an understanding of the strengths and opportunities for improvement within the engineering and production subject areas to craft standard processes
• Develop strategies to embed and reinforce project management in the culture of development across Blizzard
• Support the professional goals and development opportunities for our entire engineering and production staff
• Plan and create relevant training and internal events for engineers and producers
• Source internal and external experts to contribute to our speakers series, /learn
• Partner with other learning managers for cross-discipline programs
• Boost communications and facilitate knowledge sharing across the development community
• Develop metrics and methods to assess learning program effectiveness
• Own and curate internal craft hubs and our video library
• Monitor industry trends and innovations to inform training programs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in a software engineering, learning and development, game production, project management, program management, or related role
• Key skills – needs assessment, project/program management, facilitation, presentation, communication, influence, strategic and critical thinking, analysis, and problem-solving
• Strong consulting (internal or external) experience and skills
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Able to work independently and effectively influence a team with varied strengths
• Able to succeed in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment
• Talent for diplomatic, unbiased communication, both written and verbal

Pluses

• Experience with managing, coaching, and mentoring engineers and/or producers
• Experience working on game development teams
• Cross-disciplinary communications experience between engineering, production, design, and art
• A passion for video games

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.

Ready to Activate Your Future?

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

We love hearing from anyone who is 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 to not 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.

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.

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/ .