Senior Technical Program Manager, Finance Engineering

Job Title:

Senior Technical Program Manager, Finance Engineering (Remote)

Requisition ID:

R028286

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Technical Program Manager, Finance Engineering (Remote)

Department: Enterprise Applications

Location: Remote

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 and creativity to improve the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB

IT Program Manager, Enterprise Applications

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Program Manager to work with our IT Enterprise Applications team to define and achieve both global Activision, Blizzard, King priorities as well as Activision specific priorities. This individual will support key central initiatives and will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of products and/or programs; including concept inception, delivery, adoption, and operational support.

Responsibilities

As a program manager, you will demonstrate the following skills consistently at a high level:

• Contribute to the product strategy and roadmap for the portfolio of applications
• Identify the order of importance and urgency among individual projects, portfolios and operational tasks to plan achievements, schedules and resources
• Ensure that projects goals, objectives, achievements and results are achieved on schedule and within budget
• Develop status reporting and communicate effectively and proactively to all levels of the organization regarding status, schedules, risks, issues, etc.
• Collaborate with Corporate Communications team to ensure newsletters and company communications are aligned with corporate standards
• Proactively identify and communicate risks or issues that might impede assigned projects, and develop mitigation plans or solutions to resolve
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key executives, senior leaders, stakeholders, and team resources throughout the Activision Blizzard organization to achieve project objectives and deliverables
• Define and manage a project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement standard methodologies for Agile Project Management
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and application owners to develop test management plans; test scenarios, defect capturing, test status reporting, and approvals
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and application owners to develop change management plans and track change management activities as part of an overall project plan
• Contribute to a team environment that encourages collaboration, ongoing feedback, and participation throughout the Corporate and Enterprise Applications PMO teams

Requirements

• A minimum of 2-4 years of experience as a program manager, product manager, or project manager managing application programs or projects
• Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-organizational, complex enterprise application programs or projects applying internal and vendor resources
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills; comfortable presenting and communicating to large groups and across all levels of the organization in an effective, situationally appropriate, clear, and high quality manner
• Ability to work independently and deliver results with little supervision
• Self-motivated with strong initiative, ability to work in a dynamic work environment
• Ability to lead and influence without explicit authority
• Diligent, problem solver with excellent organization skills
• Experience implementing, championing, and working with Agile development methodologies
• Experience with vendor and contract management process
• Knowledge of ERP, HCM, EPM systems and technologies
• Knowledge of Various Database and Data Analytics tools and technologies

Pluses

• Passion for the gaming industry
• Prior experience as a scrum master or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification
• Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools like Jira and Confluence for task tracking and collaboration
• Well-versed and comfortable in IT infrastructure (data centers, networking, cloud, storage platforms, etc.)
• Excellent grasp of various program and project management methodologies (e.g. Portfolio Management, Sprinting and Backlog Grooming)
• Experience with Smartsheet for project management
• Experience with Waterfall project management methodology

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 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 innovative 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.

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 candidate-accommodations@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/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $82,240.00 - $152,160.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

Minimum 2-4 years of experience as a program, product, or project manager managing application programs. Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-organizational enterprise application programs with internal and vendor resources. Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, comfortable presenting to all organizational levels. Ability to work independently and deliver results with little supervision. Self-motivated with strong initiative in a dynamic environment. Ability to lead and influence without explicit authority. Diligent problem solver with excellent organizational skills. Experience implementing, championing, and working with Agile development methodologies. Experience with vendor and contract management processes. Knowledge of ERP, HCM, EPM systems and technologies. Knowledge of various database and data analytics tools and technologies.