Associate Director of Product

Activision Blizzard • Santa Monica, CA

5d

About The Position

Your Mission As Associate Director of Product, you are responsible for driving the successful development, launch, and live performance of mobile games at Solid State Studios. You will partner closely with an development teams to define and deliver product roadmaps, ensuring progress against key milestones through development, soft launch, and global releases. You will serve as a primary product interface between developers and other Activision teams, including Marketing, User Acquisition, Analytics, Partnerships, and Finance. You will oversee internal analytics efforts to identify opportunities, monitor performance, and share actionable insights with the development team. You will also research competitors, propose and evaluate A/B tests, and use data and analysis to drive ongoing improvements across titles. You’ll report to the Director of Product on a title. What You Bring to the Table Drive the successful development, launch, and live operations of mobile games Partner with development teams to define and deliver a clear product roadmap aligned to key milestones Oversee internal analytics efforts to identify opportunities, diagnose problems, and monitor game performance Lead performance monitoring during soft launch and live operations, using data to inform iteration and improvement Define clear goals for product initiatives and evaluate performance using A/B tests, research, and analysis

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product management or other relevant role
• 2+ years of experience managing others
• Ability to synthesize insights from analysis and research to inform product decisions
• Strong communication and influence skills
• Strong execution skills with a bias to action and a track record of improving metrics
• Experience working on gameplay for a free-to-play mobile game

Nice To Haves

• Experience using research to uncover player problems and opportunities
• Experience working on Action and Strategy mobile games
• Experience playing Call of Duty on PC/console/mobile
• Strong structured and critical thinking skills, able to define strategy and build a plan to hit goals

Responsibilities

• Drive the successful development, launch, and live operations of mobile games
• Partner with development teams to define and deliver a clear product roadmap aligned to key milestones
• Oversee internal analytics efforts to identify opportunities, diagnose problems, and monitor game performance
• Lead performance monitoring during soft launch and live operations, using data to inform iteration and improvement
• Define clear goals for product initiatives and evaluate performance using A/B tests, research, and analysis

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, 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees