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Manager, EMEA/APAC Early Careers Recruiting & Programs

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Job Title: Manager, EMEA/APAC Early Careers Recruiting & Programs

Department: HR Talent Acquisition; reports to the Sr. Director, Global Early Careers

Location: Office based (Soho, London) & hybrid work from home

Your Mission

Activision, Blizzard, and King’s Global Early Careers program was established to engage, educate, hire, and develop a hard-working and diverse pipeline of students to become the future of our company.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders, HRBPs, and hiring managers to assess and identify emerging talent needs within our EMEA and APAC business teams.
• Lead the EMEA/APAC regional early careers team in the strategy, planning, and execution of early careers recruiting and programs to achieve our annual team goals.
• Drive the conversion of successful interns to full-time hires to contribute to hiring needs of the company's overall talent pipeline.
• Complete a limited amount of recruiting and programming, as needed.
• Make sound cases supported by data and evidence to improve and evolve our programs.
• Partner effectively with talent acquisition peers and cross-functional partners (sourcing, compensation, HR, systems and operations teams, etc.)
• Lead a regional team of recruiters and associates, focusing on support, growth, and development.
• Be a trusted advisor for the businesses you support by understanding their emerging talent recruitment needs.
• Responsible for the data collection, analysis, and reporting on program progress, needs, and wins.
• Work across the team to ensure consistent global program content and delivery.
• Partner with the DE&I and Employee Network Groups on regional initiatives.
• Act as a leader and ambassador of our team’s vision and goals.

Player Profile

• 8+ years of previous experience in corporate university relations or campus recruiting in Europe
• Experience leading and developing team
• Strong program management, presentation, and organizational skills
• Strong collaborator; this position will involve substantial coordination and collaboration with many different departments, teammates, and partners at multiple levels
• Excellent communication; clear, concise verbal and written skills which result in effective communication with all levels of employees.
• Results oriented, with bias to action
• Applies data to drive recommendations and decisions
• Event planning; experience coordinating events from 30 to 500 attendees
• Uses technology for efficiency
• Ethical, fair, exhibits sound thought-process and good judgment
• Encourages People, Culture, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion agendas
• Able to work autonomously and with discretion
• Able to lead and communicate effectively through ambiguity, shifting between priorities and projects seamlessly
• Proficient in business-level English reading, writing, speaking; European languages are a plus

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! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Player Bonuses

• Desire to build and innovate
• Affinity for the video game or entertainment industry
• Experience with using HRIS platforms
• Intermediate-level Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint skills

Your Platform

We are headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the 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.