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Activision Blizzard plays a centralised 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 rigour 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

The Activision Blizzard King Mobile Partnerships Team drives partner collaboration that fuels growth across our leading portfolio of mobile games. We are looking for an experienced, motivated, highly organised, and execution-oriented individual to lead initiatives with the largest mobile distribution platforms on behalf of the King business unit.

You’ll play an instrumental role in representing the needs of Activision Mobile game teams, setting strategic priorities and roadmap, implementing growth initiatives, and communicating cross-functionally. You will work alongside various internal teams and have a proven ability to foster positive relationships with internal partners at all levels of the organisation.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary point of contact for King mobile teams within the ABK Mobile Partnerships team.

  • Collaborate with internal partners and mobile platforms (e.g. Apple, Google) to drive company & game team objectives.

  • Evaluate, evangelise, resource, and support growth initiatives and new technologies offered by platform partners with game teams (e.g. new distribution channels/features, monetization features, hardware and core tech opportunities, co-marketing campaigns).

  • Explore, pitch, and drive new initiatives with platform and partners based on Activision mobile’s business objectives and priorities.

  • Support new games from pre-launch strategy through to launch and beyond, by working closely with platforms throughout all stages.

  • Own, track and share regular performance updates with platform partners and game teams to support growth and drive the execution of joint initiatives.

  • Showcase in-game content roadmap and manage the operational flow for LiveOps/campaigns with mobile distribution platforms.

  • Manage King teams’ day-to-day platform-related product and technical requests, operations, and incident escalations.

Skills to Create Thrills

  • BA/BS degree with a strong academic record, MBA nice to have.

  • Extensive experience of business development, partnerships, strategy, consulting, or related partner management or business operations experience in a gaming, media, entertainment, or consumer web/mobile services company.

  • Excellent leadership and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence internal and external partners.

  • Strong attention to detail and ability to analyse complex problems, leading to developing and communicating recommendations and action plans to senior management.

  • Analytical, with experience driving analyses and recommendations with a data-driven framework.

  • Excellent project management skills in managing external and internal partners to implement recommendations and action plans.

  • Ability to work well in a cross-functional and cross-cultural team environment.

  • Excellent oral and communication skills to express complex and analytical concepts with clarity.

  • Ability to take ownership of an issue and see it through resolution.

  • Nice to have: fan/basic knowledge of the Call of Duty franchise and/or mobile games

COVID-19 Hiring Update

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 [email protected] General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

About King

King is the game developer behind the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Candy Crush is the top-grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid-core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Applications need to be in English.