Sr. HR Generalist

---

Job description

Job Title:

Sr. HR Generalist

Requisition ID:

R010402

Job Description:

Job Title: Sr. HR Generalist, Sledgehammer Games

Department: Human Resources (Sr HR Generalist P4)

Location: Foster City, CA

Your Platform

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Melbourne, Toronto and Guildford, UK - we're the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty®: WWII. Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games. The strength of our team makes us not only excellent at what we do, but also how we do it. We firmly believe in supporting our talented employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker.

We're focused on constantly evolving, innovating and taking risks - which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. With world-class audio, design, engineering and art teams, we've been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry. We love what we do and work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we're looking for talented game developers for our exciting next project.

Sledgehammer Games is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at or search for Sledgehammer Games on your favorite social media platform. Want to hear what it's like at the studio directly from current employees? Check out our #LifeatSHG developer profiles:

Your Mission

The Sr. HR Generalist significantly contributes to the company's performance by providing tactical and strategic solutions on critical talent, overall workforce effectiveness, and enabling organizational capabilities that directly enable the outcome of the business objectives. The HR Business Partner plays a key role in driving company growth, revenue, and creativity by fostering best-in-class development teams that create value for Sledgehammer Games.

The Sr. HR Generalistwill lead and partner with centralized teams to carry out the following responsibilities in: talent attraction, retention, succession, pipeline planning and workforce optimization; performance and total rewards management, employee productivity, relations; policy interpretation and application.

Additional responsibilities include organizational design, effectiveness; staffing models, talent capabilities, career progression initiatives, and coaching and training. This position requires a data-driven, analytical, collaborative and influential HR professional who can work effectively across a highly matrixed environment.

Key Accountabilities

* Deliver a human capital plan driven by the annual and long-term planning, translating business requirements into effective and modern initiatives
* Drive change management efforts across assigned client group, ensuring employee and stakeholder impact are at the forefront of organizational decisions, and that organization changes are planned and thoughtfully implemented with strong process integrity
* Accountable for the approach and outcome on employment matters; directing and influencing management around the people agenda to maximize intended performance and reduce people-related risks
* Provide day-to-day coaching to leadership on a variety of actions to enable them to grow and perform at their best
* Drive integrity and accountability for the effective implementation of the annual HR cycle to facilitate value-added delivery, including workforce and talent planning, performance management, and total rewards
* Analyze, report and use predictive people analytics as evidential reasoning to continuously improve the talent KPIs
* Identify levers and develop strategies that measurably improve engagement and retention (e.g., talent assessments, engagement surveys, exit surveys)
* Develop and maintain strong networks and relations (informal and formal) with employee resource groups, external partners, and leading industry and stakeholder communities
* Actively participate in annual budget planning/staffing forecasting process

Player Profile

* Bachelor's Degree in HR, Communications, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, or related field; Master's degree a plus
* 5+ years of progressive experience in all aspects of Human Resources
* Organization design and development experience, including strong change management, for a complex and transforming business organization
* Experience assessing leadership and organizational talent; identifying talent gaps and successfully implementing initiatives to address gaps
* Experience directly supporting senior leaders, influencing leaders to make better people decisions that increase productivity and achieve business results
* Comfort using facts and data to build people-centric business cases; for example, use of staffing models and other analytical tools
* Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking; high IQ, high EQ, passion, and strong critical thinking skills with a willingness to take reasonable risk and challenge the status quo
* Exceptional project and process management skills with a demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic business environment
* Highest level of integrity with a proven ability to gain trust from all levels of the organization
* Demonstrated commitment to inclusion
* Experience supporting a global client group a plus

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.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.