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Job Description:

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is seeking an Expert Technical Delivery Manager to join our Security Team! You must have a strong and demonstrated aptitude for INFORMATION SECURITY and IT, supported by extensive and diverse experience in leading high-profile technical programs and projects. Your responsibilities will span into the domain knowledge of Enterprise IT Security, IT Engineering, IT Operations and Application Development. You will provide an overall leadership guidance and direction to your project teams. Your decisions will shape BU / Dept and may have global reach.  You will be an integral part of an organization’s leadership team.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for delivering Global Security programs and projects with Security partners, IT, Game Teams, Compliance, and Legal.
• Help to improve Security project management framework and reporting.
• Manage highly complex and diverse Information Security projects and business issues that require an ability to evaluate intangibles.
• Support the Global Security Operations Center, Information Security Incident Management, Information Security
• Engineering, Information Security Architecture, Vulnerability Research, and GRC functions.
• Lead and direct others and independently determine methods and procedures for key initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead direct others and independently to determine methods and procedures for key initiatives.
• Facilitate communication to stakeholders and senior management teams to ensure expectations are managed correctly.
• Draw on extensive technical experience to understand change implications from a broad technical perspective, adding a ‘big picture’ view to the discussions.
• Facilitate regularly scheduled team meetings to track project progress and keep the team informed of changes in priority/scope.
• Define, negotiate, communicate, implement, and monitor quality standards on all project deliverables.
• Lead workgroup for technical requirements, design deliverables, or closure acceptance list.
• Ensure project documents are up to date and stored appropriately.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate project risks and issues.
• Manage project backlog and continuously groom it.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify acceptance criteria.
• Act as project team leader and become primary interface to all stakeholders.
• Drive the team cadence - project, communication, and partner engagements (internal & external).
• Ensure 3rd party vendors understand and can deliver on expectations and acceptance criteria.
• Forecast, track and manage project budgets, POs, and invoices.
• Effectively apply Project Management standards and practices in the areas of project planning,
• coordinating, budget management, scheduling, and monitoring.
• Present proposals, progress reports and recommendations to the highest levels in the organization, both verbally and in writing.
• Drive the beginning to end stakeholder experience.
• Manage sensitive cross-team engagements on subjects such as dependency alignment, schedule alignment, and managing expectations with internal and external customers.
• Manage multiple simultaneous projects.
• Provide support to incident, problem and change management.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Certification in PMP or PSM is preferred. ITIL (v3/v4), CISM and/or CISSP are highly desired.
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles.
• Minimum 10-12+ years of continuous experience as an IT engineer or Technical Project Lead.
• Strong technical knowledge of Information Security and IT is a must:
  • Information Security frameworks (ISO, NIST, CIS, etc.)
  • N tiered architecture
  • Network (OSI model, ACL to NG firewall concepts)
  • OS concepts: Linux, AIX, Windows Server
  • Cloud transformation
  • SIEM
  • Virtualization
  • Storage (SAN, NAS)
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum or KANBAN framework.
• Thoroughly versed in SDLC concepts and practices, particularly as it relates to promotion and deployment of routine fixes and major releases into a production environment.
• Proficiency in Confluence and JIRA toolset. Admin Level is highly desired.
• Strong organization and leadership skills with the ability to facilitate technical sessions and perform mentoring for less senior team members.
• Capable of communicating complex technical information to a non-technical audience and of communicating structured production process requirements to a technical audience.

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 accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com 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, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®. 

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need 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 can’t expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. 

Ready to play? 

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/

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 $97,200.00 - $179,900.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.