Senior Product Manager II, Hearthstone

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Senior Product Manager II, Hearthstone

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R024515

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Product Manager II, Hearthstone | Irvine, CA

Department: Hearthstone

Location: Irvine, CA

Your Mission:

Blizzard is looking for an exceptional Senior Product Manager II to join us in shaping the future of Hearthstone. We are looking for candidates with experience managing free-to-play games, owning business outcomes and delivering features that meaningfully improve metrics and enhance the player experience.

This role is anticipated to be assigned as a hybrid work model position, with some work on-site at our Blizzard office and some work remote.

What you bring to the table:

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

• Drive commercial success and player engagement by forming hypotheses, setting KPI targets, analyzing product performance and iterating on feature design.

• Drive the design and implementation of new features to improve target KPIs, with the ability of innovating and/or learning from established best practices.

• Become an expert on Hearthstone and the competitive landscape of mid-core games, so that you have a deep understanding of our players’ motivations and desires from a global perspective.

• Provide valuable insights on LiveOps performance and apply LiveOps strategies that deliver high-performant retention and monetization metrics

• Conduct rigorous testing, post-mortem analysis, and player/competitor research to continuously optimize business planning and execution

• Work with game team and game leadership to lead and iterate upon the game’s business strategy to build a cohesive product roadmap

• Write clear and actionable product specifications, and effectively communicate ideas to the team for implementation

• Lead the analysis of game data to draw actionable learnings and provide valuable insights

• Be a player champion!

Minimum Requirements:

Experience

• 4+ years of experience in game product management or related field

• Demonstrated analytical skills, with a focus on data-driven decision making

Knowledge & Skills

• Outstanding communication, collaboration, and organizational abilities

• Love for games and creating fun & compelling player experiences

Key Attributes

• Passionate, self-motivated, and driven to create and execute great ideas cross-functionally

• Able to operate in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and find creative ways to get things done

Extra Points

• Business, quantitative, technical, or design degree a plus

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 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 innovative 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 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.

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.

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 $105,120.00 - $194,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. 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. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.