Senior Analyst, Strategy

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We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many fields of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain, and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities, and Finance.

Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

Your Mission

The Senior Analyst position on the Strategy team is a unique, critical, and visible role at Activision. This is a generalist business strategy position that plays a key role on a high-caliber team that reports to our CFO.

Your job is to ensure our business sees opportunities and delivers against key strategic priorities for Call of Duty and other franchises.

Sample projects include long term planning, go-to-market strategy, platform strategy, regional initiatives, product feature recommendations, and evaluation of new business models.

Priorities may often change in a dynamic and fast-paced environment such as ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following key responsibilities :

• Contribute to Activision's long-term planning processes for multiple divisions (e.g., Activision Publishing, Call of Duty, Emerging Franchise)
• Drive strategy, organizational, and operations-related projects by partnering across publishing functions and development studios
• Deconstruct ambiguous problem statements into actionable project plans by applying hypothesis-based problem-solving
• Conduct thorough qualitative and quantitative analyses applying internal and external data sources to understand implications for Activision and our game franchises
• Synthesize insights and recommendations into succinct, executive-ready presentations to support VP & SVP level decision-making
• 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 or equivalent experience with 2+ years of work experience in management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or corporate development / strategy at a leading TMT company
• Exceptional quantitative skills and financial competence
• Persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency
• Self-starter and comfort with ambiguity; must be self-directed and proactive starting day 1 on the job
• Interest and passion for interactive entertainment and technology with the ability to learn complex industry topics quickly

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together.

We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®.

As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our press start is simple : delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world.

We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater this could be your opportunity to level up.

Ready to Activate Your Future?

We are 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.

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.