The HR Business Partner at Infinity Ward plays a crucial role in driving company growth by fostering high-performing development teams.  Responsibilities include developing and implementing human capital plans, leading change management efforts, providing coaching to leadership, managing the annual HR cycle (workforce planning, performance management, total rewards), analyzing people analytics to improve talent KPIs, and enhancing employee engagement and retention.  This role requires a data-driven, collaborative HR professional experienced in organizational design, talent assessment, and influencing senior leaders.  The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of progressive HR experience and a strong understanding of business needs.

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<div class="jd-info au-target" data-ph-at-id="jobdescription-text" data-ph-id="ph-page-element-page5-B4i438" au-target-id="133"><h2>Job Title:</h2>HR Business Partner - Infinity Ward<h2>Requisition ID:</h2>R024584<h2>Job Description:</h2>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, Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at or on Twitter at .Your MissionThe HR Business Partner significantly contributes to the company’s performance by providing tactical and strategic solutions on critical talent, overall workforce effectiveness, and enabling organizational capabilities that directly support the achievement of the business objectives. HR Business Partner plays a key role in driving company growth, revenue, and creativity by fostering best-in-class development teams that create value for Activision.The HR Business Partner will lead and partner with centralized teams to carry out the following responsibilities in: talent attraction, sourcing, retention, succession, pipeline planning and workforce optimization; performance and total rewards management, employee productivity, relations; policy interpretation and application.Additional responsibilities include organizational design, effectiveness; staffing models, talent capabilities, career progression initiatives, and coaching and training. This position requires a data-driven, analytical, collaborative and influential HR professional who can work effectively across a highly matrixed environment.Key Accountabilities<ul><li>Deliver a human capital plan driven by the annual and long-term planning, translating business requirements into effective and modern initiatives</li><li>Drive change management efforts across assigned organizations, ensuring that the impact on employee and stakeholders is prioritized in organizational decisions, and that organization changes are planned and thoughtfully implemented with strong process integrity</li><li>Accountable for the approach and outcome on employment matters; directing and influencing management around the people agenda to maximize intended performance and reduce people-related risks</li><li>Provide day-to-day coaching to leadership on a variety of actions to enable them to grow and perform at their best</li><li>Drive integrity and accountability for the effective implementation of the annual HR cycle to facilitate value-added delivery, including workforce and talent planning, performance management, and total rewards</li><li>Analyze, report and use predictive people analytics as evidential reasoning to continuously improve the talent KPIs</li><li>Identify levers and develop strategies that measurably improve engagement and retention (e.g., talent assessments, engagement surveys, exit surveys)</li><li>Develop and maintain strong networks and relations (informal and formal) with employee resource groups, external partners, and leading industry and stakeholder communities</li><li>Actively participate in annual budget planning/staffing forecasting process</li></ul>Player Profile<ul><li>5+ years of progressive experience in all aspects of Human Resources</li><li>Organization design and development experience, including strong change management, for a complex and transforming business organization</li><li>Experience assessing leadership and organizational talent; identifying talent gaps and successfully implementing initiatives to address gaps</li><li>Experience directly supporting senior leaders, influencing leaders to make better people decisions that increase productivity and achieve business results</li><li>Comfortable using facts and data to build people-centric business cases; for example, using of staffing models and other analytical tools</li><li>Creativity and innovative thinking; emotional intelligence, passion, and strong critical thinking skills with a willingness to take reasonable risks and challenge the status quo</li><li>Exceptional project and process management skills with a demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic business environment</li><li>Highest level of integrity with a proven ability to gain trust from individuals at all levels of the organization</li><li>Demonstrated commitment to inclusion</li></ul>Our World At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.&nbsp;We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.&nbsp;Ready to Activate Your Future?&nbsp;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.Activision is 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.RewardsWe provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!&nbsp; Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:<ul><li>Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&amp;D insurance, disability insurance;</li><li>401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;</li><li>Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;</li><li>Mental health &amp; wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life &amp; disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;</li><li>If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.</li></ul>Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.&nbsp; You can learn more by visiting .In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $72,720.00 - $134,460.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.</div>