Sr. Director, Ethics & Compliance Operations

Job Title:

Sr. Director, Ethics & Compliance Operations

Requisition ID:

R025011

Job Description:

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 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

You will be part of Activision Blizzard and King’s Way2Play (Ethics and Compliance) team, working in a collaborative and exciting environment where your ideas will be every bit as valued as your expertise. As an Ethics & Compliance Operations Sr. Director, you will report to the Workplace Integrity & EEO Vice President and work along with teams across Human Resources, Employee Relations, and Legal. This candidate should have a deep understanding of how to establish, maintain, and monitor robust processes and operating rhythms for an investigations team. Beyond the investigations team, you will partner closely with the Ethics and Compliance Learning & Development team and data and reporting efforts. Ultimately, you have strong communication and collaborative skills, and you inspire, motivate and champion change across multiple teams.

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

• This leadership role has direct oversight and establishes strategy for multiple teams and scopes of work to include investigations intake, Navigator support, Ethics & Compliance Operations and Program Management, and Ethics & Compliance data initiatives

• Leads as a subject matter expert liaison between the investigations team and stakeholders in HR, ER, Legal and throughout the business

• Establishes, maintains and monitors robust processes, operating rhythms, and develops guidelines for the investigations team

• Oversee the entire lifecycle of an investigation from investigations intake, investigation support, and post investigation alignment and follow-up

• Delivers on investigation team goals quickly and effectively

• Works cross-functionally and developing relationships across the organization

• Identifies and evaluates issues, providing strategy for resolution

• Responds to consulting inquiries and overseeing monitoring responsibilities for Way2Play investigation matters

• Partners closely with the Ethics and Compliance Learning & Development team as well as data and reporting efforts

Player Profile

You’ll be hard-working, enthusiastic and interested in the company and our games. 

Qualifications/Training/Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience (may include experience in program or project management, ethics and compliance, legal, internal monitoring, communications, or finance)

• Experience managing and developing direct reports and teams

• Experience scaling process and leading teams to do the same

• Deep expertise with investigations processes, procedures, and operating rhythms

• Outstanding judgment and discretion while handling critical information and maintaining high level of confidentiality

• Demonstrated experience navigating complex change initiatives

• Comfort with high levels of ambiguity and uncertainty

• Experience managing programs or projects with various executive partners

• Strong project management, analytical and organizational skills

• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills

• Strong situational awareness and adaptability to achieve desired outcomes

• Ability to collaboratively work with a wide range of individuals, including stakeholders in legal and HR

• Ability to balance multiple time critical priorities in deadline driven environment

• Steadfast integrity and strong commitment to inclusive leadership and high standards of business conduct

• Intellectual curiosity and commitment to learning

• Proficient with MS Office Suite (i.e., PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

• Ability to travel up to 20%

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