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HR Manager (HR for HR)
2 years ago
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Job Title HR Manager (HR for HR)
Location Santa Monica, CA
Your Platform
Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources (HR), Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB .
Your Mission
As the HR Manager for the HR organization at Activision Blizzard, you will be a strategic business partner, culture carrier, and trusted advisor for leaders and managers across global HR. This position requires a driven, curious, collaborative, and agile HR professional who can work effectively across a highly matrixed environment and navigate comfortably in areas of ambiguity. The HR Manager will be trusted to coordinate and facilitate delivery of HR responsibilities including (but not limited to) organization design, change management, employee engagement, employee relations, talent acquisition, performance management, learning & development, compensation, and HR process administration. Immediate focus areas include change management of organization change, rapid hiring, and employee engagement and retention. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is excited to both learn from and advise experienced HR leaders.
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
- Leverage the resources and centers of excellence (COE) across the global human resources organization to provide full-scope HR support to leaders: management coaching, employee relations, talent acquisition, employee engagement, learning and development, organization design, change management, cyclical compensation and performance processes
- Partner closely with the VP HR and SVP HR and key executives to create, implement, and drive a talent agenda and strategy for the organization
- Identify levers and develop strategies that measurably improve engagement and retention (e.g. talent assessments, engagement surveys, exit surveys)
- Drive change management efforts across organizations, ensuring employee and stakeholder impact are at the forefront of decisions, and that changes are executed with strong process integrity
- Manage the execution of HR employee lifecycle processes throughout assigned organizations, such as goal setting, performance management, talent planning and annual merit (compensation)
- Lead and participate in cross-functional projects as needed to enhance the overall HR function, i.e., HR processes, policies, systems, that impact employee experience and productivity and may progress the company as a whole
- Build relationships with leaders and employees to be positioned as a trusted, knowledgeable, and plugged-in HR business partner who can proactively recognize future team needs and develop long-term plans that support business objectives
- Act as a catalyst for change: help set direction, manage strong change management and create execution plans for organization changes
- Work with leaders and employees to identify, establish, and maintain a positive work environment and authentic culture which encourages diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Player Profile Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive HR (or other relevant) experience
- Bachelor’s degree preferred. Advanced degree in human resources, business, or related field a plus.
- HR experience with a focus on G&A functions, “HR for HR,” HR transformation or similar experience preferred
- Proven experience directly supporting managers and senior leaders, influencing leaders to make better people decisions that achieve business results
- Strategic consultative approach with the ability to build relationships, credibility and trust with employees and management
- Exceptional project and process management skills delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic business environment
- Knowledge of contemporary HR practices
- Comfort with ambiguity
- Strong communicator with the ability to craft meaningful, effective messaging on business objectives or priorities to a diverse audience
- Highly collaborative team player with a roll-up-one’s-sleeves attitude
Our World
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is 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 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.
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.
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