Activision Blizzard is a leading developer and publisher in the gaming industry, known for its iconic franchises such as Call of Duty. The Associate Studio Strategy role focuses on resource planning and operational excellence for the Call of Duty studios, requiring strong analytical skills and the ability to coordinate across teams.
Responsibilities
- Resource planning for Activision’s Call of Duty studios, including the long-term planning for future Call of Duty titles across internal and external development teams
- Operating as the studio-matter expert and key point of contact for select studios and helping build resource plans, monitor budgets, and solve challenging problems for our studio stakeholders
- Maintain monthly process to collect, actualize and forecast studio resource planning and build ad-hoc analyses to support development initiatives; articulate budget variances to senior leaders
- Support the development and delivery of accurate and timely business updates to senior leadership and studio leads
- Partner with Studio Finance team to assist in quarterly, annual, and long-range planning processes
- Develop an analytical culture using historical and current operational data to drive predictive analytics for the studios
- Taking on individual projects as required by the business (past example: reviewing and analyzing in-game player engagement data to identify trends and optimize investment levels into select game modes)
- Being an agent of change who drives execution of cross-team projects to optimize organizational performance
- Supporting in developing, implementing, and monitoring strategies to achieve the organization’s long-term goals and objectives
- Identify key areas of over- and under-investment in key disciplines of the business
- Ensuring processes are implemented across the studios’ organization
- May be required to participate as a team member on highly complex projects which are of the utmost highest priority for the organization
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, finance, or a related field
- Professional experience in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance/Strategy, or transferable Business Operations role
- Exceptional proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with a keen eye for detail and a proven ability to navigate, analyze, and accurately synthesize quantitative data with minimal oversight
- Ability to build trust-based stakeholder relationships and effectively collaborate across numerous parties
- Comfort with ambiguity; strong judgment and ability to make well-informed decisions – displaying both high IQ and EQ
- Demonstrated success in developing new processes and/or improving existing ones
- Interest and passion for interactive entertainment and technology
- Integrity, excellent judgment, and discretion
- Resides in or willing to relocate to Los Angeles, California (Santa Monica)
Benefits
- 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
- A variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance
Company Overview
Activision Blizzard creates interactive gaming and entertainment experiences. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://activisionblizzard.com.