Senior Program Manager, Marketing (Temp)

Job Description

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic program manager to lead key marketing initiatives. As a senior program manager, you will be responsible for leading key business initiatives/projects that help enable our business stakeholders to achieve their goals.

As an ideal candidate you must enjoy seeing a project from inception through completion, with a track record of delivering projects on time with the highest level of quality and stakeholder satisfaction. You should have experience managing projects related to marketing campaign management and/or marketing technology implementations. Candidates should have experience across multiple project management methodologies, share a passion for our games, and understand the nature of publishing work.

Responsibilities

• Lead large scale or highly complex projects, programs or strategic initiatives
• Manage marketing campaign launches
• Manage deliverable scope, timeline, and quality
• Drive teams to deliver against agreed upon tasks
• Provide ongoing status and progress reporting
• Perform issue and risk management
• Perform ongoing stakeholder communication and change management
• Manage vendor / partner relationships and communication

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management
• A minimum of 2 years leading project initiatives in a marketing, advertising, creative or communications department within an organization
• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience in relevant field
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent communication and presentation skills through multiple levels of management
• Self-motivated with strong initiative
• Certifications or experience with Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, or PRINCE2
• Able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

Pluses

• Marketing campaign management experience
• Marketing tech and/or Ad tech software implementation experience
• Project management experience with global paid media or CRM teams
• Experience working at an entertainment and/or gaming company
• Project Management Professional (PMP certified)
• Graduate degree in relevant field
• Passion for Blizzard games

Required Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter which should include:
  • Examples of some of the most impactful projects you have managed

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work/life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences...ever. Join us!