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.

Your Mission

As the Chief of Staff to the Chief Revenue Officer you will serve as a strategic advisor and strategic initiative lead, executing cross functional and cross region initiatives and activities supporting the CRO’s strategy and vision. The successful candidate brings a passion for the entertainment and gaming industry and a strong, informed view on user acquisition, digital sales and gaming revenue opportunities. This position maximizes the effectiveness of the CRO so that he can focus his time and energy on the highest value activities. The Chief of Staff interfaces closely with executives, senior leaders, and stakeholders throughout the organization and builds / drives forward Blizzard’s revenue strategy.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Strategic Initiatives:

Establishes an annual global strategic planning process to identify, evaluate, and prioritize strategic initiatives, ensuring they are tightly linked to Activision Blizzard’s overall revenue strategy and drive business value
Leads key cross region initiatives
Successfully leads and executes key initiatives end-to-end including discovery, delivery, and adoption
Develops and maintains strong relationships with executives, senior leaders, and stakeholders to achieve project objectives and deliverables
Creates and manages the processes and tools by which the health and performance of the portfolio of strategic initiatives are tracked, reported, and communicated to the broader organization

Maximizing Effectiveness:

Serves as a thought partner to provide an objective, independent perspective on ideas and issues
Establishes efficient and powerful status reporting and score-carding to report on the health and performance of key initiatives and activities
Drafts and distributes presentations, documents, and communications; facilitates syncs and manages stakeholders for all key initiatives
Partners with Human Resources to address staffing needs planning
Helps identify items that can be delegated to others to optimize the CROs time allocation to high-value activities
Attends meetings, provides direction, and addresses inquiries or issues on behalf of the CRO as his proxy
Identifies, develops, and implements continuous process improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the CRO and the organization
Manages the responsibilities and day-to-day activities of the CRO’s Executive Assistant

Financial and Budgeting Processes

Partners with Finance to establish and improve financial processes, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis

Senior Leadership Decision-making and Meetings

Plans and develops agendas for key meetings
Documents and communicates decisions and action items from meetings
Ensures follow-up and closure of action items
Shares information and learnings across teams

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum of 5 years of experience developing strategy and plans for digital revenue growth
Some travel will be required: Ability to travel to support the CRO, as needed potentially – Domestic: Irvine (1-2 days/ week), International: Asia, China and Europe (1 week/ 6 weeks)
Proven experience leading large-scale, cross-organizational, complex programs or projects
Proven successes working with executive clients and deftly guiding complex decisions
Demonstrated ability to function well in a matrixed organization and thrive in a dynamic industry, business and technical environment
Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders throughout the organization
Ability to lead and influence without explicit authority
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
Detail- and results-oriented; driven and self-motivated with strong initiative
Excellent organization and time management skills; ability to prioritize tasks across multiple projects
Problem solver, analytical and organized thinker
Experience in training, mentoring, and managing others
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related discipline or prior work experience in one or more of these disciplines

Extra Points:

Prior experience reporting directly to a C-level executive
Big 4 management consulting experience
Master’s Degree in Business Administration or a related advanced degree

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.