Senior Analyst, Strategy

Job Description

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The Senior Analyst position on the Strategy team is a unique, critical, and visible role at Activision, the team behind Call of Duty and other award-winning titles. This position plays a key, active role on a high caliber team ensuring that the business is finding opportunities and delivering against key strategic priorities for Call of Duty and other franchises.

The successful candidate is an independent, analytical, and intellectually curious individual who can structure analyses and strategies and articulate findings to wide range of business partners, including senior leadership, throughout the organization.

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

Business Unit Strategy
• Work with game studios and central functions to frame Activision and franchise strategy, outline key initiatives, and analyze financial plans
• Support our expansion in existing and new segments, including analytical initiatives such as go-to-market strategy for existing business and market entry options for new businesses
• Drive tracking and coordination of key priorities and initiatives resulting from conversations with a wide range of partners, including senior leadership

Strategic Project Leadership
• Drive strategy, organization, and operations-related projects: define the problem, develop a hypothesis, structure the analysis, collect the necessary data, and communicate findings succinctly and thoughtfully
• Use industry trends and market forecasts in gaming across all relevant platforms and business models to develop implications for Activision and our game franchises
• Operate company databases with relevant internal data, market research, and industry estimates to build analyses that support strategic projects
Organizational Transformation
• Ensure organization is optimized to deliver against strategic priorities by analyzing game studio resourcing capacities and central team structures

Project & Stakeholder Management
• Partner with game franchises and other functional collaborators on projects, providing strategic framing and analytical support, to better inform decision making
• Prepare presentations and provide analyses and recommendations to senior leadership
• Develop a deep understanding of how our game franchises operate, the markets they play in, their strategic priorities and potential opportunities

Player Profile
• Bachelor's degree with 2+ proven years of work experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or corporate development / strategy at a leading TMT company
• Outstanding quantitative skills and financial acumen with advanced proficiency with tools such as Microsoft Excel
• Persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience building and presenting concise PowerPoint presentations to company leadership
• Interest and passion for interactive entertainment and technology with the ability to learn complex industry topics quickly.

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.

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 US, the standard base pay range for this role is $92,920.00 - $171,814.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all US locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rv8kq0-18-188-96-1-42 in your application.