Senior Project Manager, Security

Job Description

Job Description for Senior Project Manager, Security

Blizzard Entertainment is dedicated to powering the world's most epic entertainment experiences. We are looking to hire a Senior Project Manager to join our Security team. You must have a strong and demonstrated skills for DATA PRIVACY, CYBER SECURITY, AND IT, supported by extensive and diverse experience in leading high-profile technical & privacy programs and projects. Your responsibilities will span into the domain knowledge of Enterprise IT Security, IT Engineering, IT Operations and Application Development. You will provide an overall leadership guidance and direction to your project teams.

Essential job functions:
• Responsible for delivering Global Privacy & Security programs and projects with Security partners, IT, Game Teams, Compliance, and Legal.
• Help to improve Security project management framework and reporting.
• Manage day to day department tasks and issues.
• Support the Change Management, Cyber Security Incident Management, and Data Management/Tracking.

Responsibilities:
• Lead direct/indirect project teams that collaboratively work well with each other as well as other external teams.
• Facilitate communication to stakeholders and senior management teams to ensure expectations are managed correctly.
• Draw on extensive technical experience to understand change implications from a broad technical perspective, adding a 'big picture' view to the discussions.
• Facilitate regularly scheduled team meetings to track project progress and keep the team informed of changes in priority/scope.
• Define, negotiate, communicate, implement and monitor quality standards on all project results.
• Lead workgroup for technical requirements, design results, or closure acceptance list.
• Ensure project documents are up to date and stored appropriately in Confluence.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate and communicate project risks and issues.
• Manage project backlog and continuously groom it.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify acceptance criteria.
• Act as project team leader and become main interface to all stakeholders.
• Drive the team cadence - project, communication and partner engagements (internal & external).
• Ensure 3rd party vendors understand and can deliver on expectations and acceptance criteria.
• Forecast, track and manage project budgets, POs and invoices.
• Effectively apply Project Management standards and practices in the areas of project planning, coordinating, budget management, scheduling and monitoring.
• Present proposals, progress reports and recommendations to the highest levels in the organization, both verbally and in writing.
• Drive the beginning to end stakeholder experience.
• Manage sensitive cross-team engagements on subjects such as dependency alignment, schedule alignment, and managing expectations with internal and external customers.
• Manage multiple simultaneous projects.
• Provide support to incident, problem and change management.

Minimum job requirements:
• Certification in PMP or PSM is strongly needed. ITIL (metholodgy), COBIT, MCSE, and/or ISSP are highly desired.
• Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles.
• Minimum 4+ years of continuous experience as an IT engineer or Technical Project Lead.
• Vast technical knowledge of IT infrastructure is a must:
• Cyber Security frameworks (ISO, NIST, CIS, ect…)
• N tiered architecture
• Network (TCP/IP, Firewall concepts)
• OS concepts: Linux, AIX, Windows Server
• Storage (SAN, NAS)
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum or KANBAN framework.
• Thoroughly versed in SDLC concepts and practices, particularly as it relates to promotion and deployment of routine fixes and major releases into a production environment.
• Proficiency in Confluence and JIRA toolset. Admin Level is highly desired.
• Strong organization and leadership skills with the ability to facilitate technical sessions and perform mentoring for less senior team members.
• Capable of communicating complex technical information to a non-technical audience and of communicating structured production process requirements to a technical audience.

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We've transitioned to a work-from-home model and we're continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person's circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

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.

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!

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can't expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

Ready to play?

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gp0jp9-3-138-122-195-42 in your application.