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Manager, HR Strategy
3 years ago
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Manager, HR StrategyRequisition ID:
R005794Job Description:
Job Title: HR Strategy, Manager
Reporting To: Senior Vice President, HR Strategy
Department: Human Resources
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, 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
- Drive creation and execution of the HR Strategy in partnership with the CPO and SVP, ensuring alignment across Annual Operating Plans, Long Range Plans, people plan and talent plans; consistently measure progress to plan and recommend solutions to improve performance
- Manage the annual people planning process, including tracking of outcomes and initiatives to ensure successful achievement of the people plans
- Build business cases and deliver data-driven insights to continuously improve HR
- Lead strategic initiatives and projects from end-to-end: establishing the project team; setting project milestones; collaborating effectively and successfully managing deliverables
- Drive change management across the organization through strong management of clear change plans, including relevant information and materials delivered to leadership in a timely manner
- Partner to ensure that the HR organization and project teams understand and carry out the direction and strategic vision of the CPO or business leader
- Serve as a thought partner to HR by staying up to date on internal and external HR best practices; recommending principles and solutions to improve our operating model
Player Profile
- Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of work experience, ideally with background in human capital consulting, management consulting, human resources strategy and/or organizational effectiveness
- Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred but not required
- Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making, and quantitative skills
- Experience creating and executing change management plans, as well as influencing leadership
- Persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to tailor communications to a broad range of audiences and prepare executive-ready materials that drive decisions
- Proven success managing strategic projects and initiatives, demonstrating cross-functional leadership and strong change management to achieve measurable results
- Ability to build trust-based relationships and effectively collaborate across several businesses and HR departments
- Comfort with ambiguity; strong judgment and ability to make well-informed decisions
- Self-starter who can identify problems, outline solutions, and drive execution
- Interest and passion for interactive entertainment and technology (direct industry experience not required)
- Strong desire to get exposure across human resources and the business, leading to further human resources leadership roles
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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