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Job Title: Activision Blizzard, Inclusive Practices Lead

Reports To: Head of People Engagement

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, creativity and rigor 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

This role is responsible for the development, implementation, and assessment of programs that support inclusion and belonging initiatives across Activision Blizzard. Collaborates with the Activision Blizzard King (ABK) DE&I leadership team, to influence policies and identify resources needed to create an inclusive environment for the ABK population. You will use evidence-based strategies to assist ABK in developing efforts to create and sustain a culture that adopts and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in their broadest meanings. Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Build a strategic roadmap to align day to day practices and behaviors needed to realize the company goal of being the most welcoming and inclusive company

• Advise senior leaders on inclusive practices needed to build and maintain high performing teams

• Secure relationships with strategic partners to deliver on our inclusive practices goals

• Provide ongoing program management for priority initiatives. Drive continuous improvement against long-term outcomes through collaboration with leaders across ABK to embed DE&I into business strategy and assure continuity across BU’s and workgroups

Player Profile

Must possess unquestionable character and integrity. They will be a shown leader with blended skills of superior strategic, operational and leadership skills continuously applied to improve the business and operations of the company. Additionally, they should possess exceptional attention to detail, strong initiative and critical thinking skills while serving as a hands-on leader and collaborator. The successful candidate will be an innovative, creative, strategic, and goal - focused leader with a vision for the role of diversity in achieving institutional excellence. They must be adept at facilitating difficult discussions, shepherding change, creating and strengthening partnerships, and aligning an array of efforts across the organization.

Player Profile:

• Extensive experience developing and leading inclusion strategies and initiatives in a large organization, designed to improve organizational culture and foster talent recruitment and retention.

• Track record of working in sophisticated/matrixed organizations and engaging broad set of collaborators

• Ability to influence and drive action at all levels of the organization

• Ability to collaborate across business units with diplomacy and build strong relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization to ensure initiatives are aligned

• Strong communication skills - able to tell stories, deliver compelling messages, and clearly articulate a vision

• Exemplary program and project management skills with ability to supervise and deliver across multiple tasks and deadlines

Education

Undergraduate degree required. Extra points for an MBA.

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.

COVID-19 Hiring Update

This role is expected to begin and continue as a remote position.

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.