Job Title:      Associate Director of Product 

Reporting To:    Senior Director of Product 

Department: Call of Duty: Mobile Product Team 

Location:      Santa Monica, California 

Your Mission 

As Associate Director of Product for Gameplay, you are responsible for driving the success of gameplay initiatives on Call of Duty: Mobile. You will work with analysts and researchers to improve our understanding of gameplay opportunities and problems faced by players. Partnering closely with our development partners at Tencent in China, you will ideate around gameplay improvements, align on our gameplay roadmap, and work to build and launch new gameplay initiatives. You will also be responsible for evaluating the performance of your gameplay initiatives using A/B tests, analysis, and research, and using those learnings to improve the game in the future. You’ll report to the Senior Director of Product, who leads the Call of Duty: Mobile product team. 

What you bring to the table 

• Drive the success of our gameplay initiatives 

• Generate a deep understanding of player needs, motivations, and pain points related to gameplay, and use this to identify future opportunities 

• Align on strategy and roadmap for gameplay, ensuring we are prioritizing the most impactful opportunities 

• Ensure new gameplay initiatives have clear goals, and evaluate the performance of new gameplay initiatives using A/B tests, research, and analysis, synthesizing learnings to improve the game in the future 

Minimum Requirements 

• 7+ years of experience in product management or other relevant role 

• 2+ years experience managing others  

• Ability to clearly synthesize insights from analysis and research to diagnose root causes of problems and inform future initiatives 

• Strong communication and influence skills, able to work well with others  

• Strong execution skills with bias to action and track record in improving metrics 

• Experience working on gameplay for a free to play game 

• Able to do meetings in the evening with people in China (typically no more than once or twice a week) 

Extra Points 

• Experience using research to uncover customer problems and opportunities 

• Experience working on mobile shooter games or other similar games 

• Experience playing Call of Duty on PC/console 

• Strong structured and critical thinking skills, able to define a strategy and build a plan to hit goals 

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.