Lead Product Manager, Principal I - Desktop App

We are looking for a Lead Product Manager to help drive the future vision and strategy of the Battle.net Desktop App, home to fabled game franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft, Overwatch, Call of Duty and growing. The Desktop App is the primary place that connects our players to our games and to each other. We’re looking for someone who has deep passion for driving premium player experiences, seamlessly integrated games, and helping bridge meaningful social connections between players.  

This role is anticipated to be either an on-site or hybrid position. The potential home studio locations for this role are Albany, NY, or Irvine, CA. 

Responsibilities 

• Create and own a long-term strategy for the Desktop App with incremental deliverables towards a multi-year vision 

• Think holistically through the user journey, ensuring our players have a consistent touchpoint through the lens of the Desktop App across all our product lines 

• Champion the product by having a passion for deeply understanding the needs and challenges of our customers: look directly into our analytics solutions, identify problems, and partner with design and tech to generate solutions and deliver them iteratively for our players 

• Work closely with our game teams to ensure our experience and capabilities (current and future) offer a tightly integrated, premium end-to-end experience 

• Develop a roadmap and partner with team leadership to own execution and delivery of projects throughout their development lifecycle 

• Anticipate issues, roadblocks and make tradeoffs to ensure the team is capable of delivering a project at a high degree of quality within time constraints 

 Requirements 

• A minimum of 10 years of experience as a product manager, building world-class platforms and services 

• Passion for the world PC gaming and platform development 

• A metrics-driven approach and ability to dive into data sources to demonstrate your strategy and results. 

• Able to succeed within an everchanging environment, pushing the bleeding edge of new features while maintaining reliability and stability 

• Extraordinary verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Comfortable giving presentations to large groups and senior management 

• Strong interpersonal skills and a love for collaboration 

• Demonstrated success in delivering large, projects across multiple organizations 

• Highly technical background and deep understanding of APIs and back-end systems 

• Unrelenting self-motivation and initiative; enthusiastic "can-do" attitude is a must 

Pluses 

• Experience building platform features that serves millions of customers daily, especially for gaming products 

• Expertise in JIRA, Confluence, or comparable team collaboration applications 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience 

• Demonstrated passion for games 

Your Platform  

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.  

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!  

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.  

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.   

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.   

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.