Director, HR Strategy and Operations - FTC

This is an exciting time for King Human Resources and we are looking for a Director of HR Strategy and Operations, to have a direct impact on King’s critical People priorities. This is a fixed term contract until Feb 2027.

Our culture is based on a shared promise to each other as Kingsters. It’s how we show up, it’s what we expect of each other, and as a result, it’s the sweet reward we get.

Your Role Within the Kingdom

You will drive the successful achievement of HR’s mission and goals partnering directly with King HR Leadership to develop and execute our organization’s strategic vision and manage a senior project specialist.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this is a broad role performing a variety of duties including but not limited to;

• Partnering with HR and business stakeholders to manage the annual strategic planning and financial management processes.
• Leading the development, tracking and reporting of HR Leadership’s strategic priorities and associated measures.
• Leading People Strategic Projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budget estimations, and implementation plans, including risk mitigation including change requirements driven by those projects.
• Leading the HR team cyclical processes; including People Quarterly Reviews with the King Senior Leadership Team, annual performance process, promotions, bonus and employee listening.

Skills to Create Thrills

• Experience leading organizational strategy definition, organizational efficiency initiatives, Project/Program and change management
• Proven ability leading operational improvements and driving efficiencies across ways of working
• Creating compelling PowerPoint decks/presentations that influence leadership decision making
• King is a very data-driven organization so an advanced proficiency in Excel is required. You should be able to use data to inform decisions and visualize it to influence others through story telling
• Results oriented, combining commercial acumen and awareness of business impact
• A high degree of adaptability and ability navigating the organization across sophisticated and diverse situations
• Comfort with ambiguity; strong decision-making skills and provide well-informed solutions
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to capture audiences of all levels in the organization
• Great teammate with a roll-up-one’s-sleeves attitude, and highly developed sense of proactivity

Bonus Points

• Experience in Digital, Entertainment or Technology Companies
• Experience leading HR organizational Strategy

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @kinggames on X.

About Us

We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world.

We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players.

Who we are

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch. We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company.

Our passion

Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead. We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way. We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined.

We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale. And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play.

If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Together, we’ll create new experiences that raise the bar, delight billions of people, and redefine the world of games again and again.

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