Compensation Manager

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Your Mission:

As Compensation Manager you will act as a subject matter expert for our King business and other Activision and Blizzard businesses across the EMEA region, partnering closely with regional HR teams, business leaders, and stakeholders to advise on and deliver strategic compensation solutions that attract, retain, and motivate talent.

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

• Contribute to the design and execution of global compensation projects, bringing an EMEA perspective to international reward strategies.
• Manage the annual compensation cycles for the region, including ownership of King’s short-term incentive plan, with clear and effective communication and support ensuring accurate and seamless execution.
• Engaging with the businesses regularly, identifying opportunities to improve our compensation frameworks and policies to support business objectives.
• Partner effectively with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Business Leaders to provide expert compensation guidance.
• Ensure compliance with local labour laws, regulations, and reporting requirements across multiple EMEA markets and support EMEA-wide initiatives.
• Own the global annual salary survey submission process.

Player Profile:

Experience

• Proven Compensation experience within a multinational or global company.
• Experience within tech, entertainment, gaming, and/or consulting preferred.

Knowledge & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree, in a related field preferred.
• Ability to interpret and apply compensation data, providing actionable insights and recommendations.
• Ability to navigate complex, fast-paced environments and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Excel and PowerPoint proficiency required; Workday experience preferred.

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 Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, and Finance.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., 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!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.