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Project Manager, Digital Marketing
Blizzard Entertainment
Versailles, , France
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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a seasoned Project Manager who will specialize in producing engaging content for Digital Marketing, spanning across web, social networks, and mobile.
You will be working with both internal and external teams to initiate, develop, and deploy ‘Blizzard Quality’ products that extend the player experience beyond the game, support Blizzard marketing and communication efforts and provide highly engaging experience to our players.
The ideal candidate must be capable of communicating with a variety of stakeholders, love the act of planning, and enjoy working inside a flexible team-oriented environment.
The candidate must also be versed in project management styles and processes, and be utterly devoted to delivering quality products on time.
Self-direction and follow-up skills are critical, as well as the ability to anticipate production issues and find effective solutions.
Responsibilities
• Act as a project leader, and champion a consistent, organized process. Participate in creating and improving pipelines and processes to improve team productivity and reduce risk to the schedule.
• Provide motivation and direction to ensure that project goals, objectives, milestones, and deliverables are achieved at Blizzard quality.
• Identify, track, manage, and resolve project issues.
• Collaborate with various stakeholder groups to ensure resources and dependencies are leveraged to complete the project.
• Gather, document, and organize business, functional, and creative requirements for new projects from project stakeholders.
• Follow change management processes to capture change requests, communicate impact, request stakeholder decisions, and execute changes if applicable.
• Coordinate, track, and manage the activities of project resources to ensure that project tasks are completed on time, within scope, and at acceptable quality.
• Provide visibility to stakeholders regarding status, risks, and key learnings on projects.
• Capture and analyze KPIs in order to measure projects performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Contribute to driving development strategy towards sustainable and reusable platform solutions.
• Contribute to a positive work environment and a healthy team culture.
• Handle other duties that enable team and project success.
Requirements
• A minimum of 4 years' work experience in project management, in one of the following environments: web / mobile development, digital agency or video game company
• Proven experience managing schedules and project resources to achieve desired results
• Strong understanding of web / mobile development processes and Project Management methodologies
• Strong understanding of Digital Marketing and Social Media landscapes
• Experience utilizing Scrum or Agile development frameworks
• Skilled in risk assessment and management
• Expertise in Microsoft Project, issue tracking software, and/or other online project management tools
• Unrelenting self-motivation and initiative
• A passion for video games
• A passion for organization and planning
• Capacity to lead without authority
• Dedication to continuous and incremental improvements
• Fluent in English and skilled in verbal and written communication
Pluses
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Agile / Scrum Master certification
• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
• Fluent in other European languages
• Previous experience in: programming, design, UX or data analysis
• Good knowledge of Blizzard franchises
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!