Principal Technical Program Manager - Platform & Integrations | Activision Blizzard Media

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Job Title: Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM) - Platform & Integrations 

Reporting to: Senior Director, Product & Program Management 

Location: San Francisco, CA; Redmond, WA; Los Angeles, CA

Your Role Within the Kingdom

Do you want to empower the world’s best games and shape the future of monetization for game studios and players? As a Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM) for the Data Platform, you will work closely with engineers, product managers, and business leaders to drive critical programs from inception to delivery. These programs will power in-game advertising solutions in partnership with Activision, Blizzard, and King Studios.

As a TPM, you will excel at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution, building solid partnerships with Business, Engineering, and Product teams. You’ll be responsible for setting goals and roadmaps across highly cross-functional areas, tracking progress through regular reviews, and helping shape and inform functional requirements. A solid technical background, deep AdTech experience, and effective communication skills are essential as you collaborate across organizational boundaries to deliver measurable impact.

Ideal candidates will have extensive expertise in Advertising Technology (DSPs, SSPs, Ad Serving, Reporting) as well as technical experience with large-scale data systems and systems integration. This knowledge will enable you to develop a deep understanding of our products and contribute to their ongoing success and growth.

As a Principal Technical Program Manager - Platform & Integrations, you will:

• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Business leads to define program requirements, priorities, roadmaps, and long-range plans.

• Manage cross-functional dependencies, priorities, and timelines by directing resources, scope, and schedule to ensure timely delivery.

• Build and own communication plans to proactively update stakeholders on program status and risks.

• Define and establish KPIs for tracking and driving cross-functional execution of program deliverables.

• Oversee bandwidth and resource utilization by identifying process inefficiencies across teams and driving continuous improvements.

• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, data scientists, designers, marketing, sales, and a broad set of cross-functional partners to implement and launch impactful products that enhance business performance.

• Exhibit strong problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing product concepts, strategic opportunities, and competitive challenges.

Skills to Create Thrills:

• Proven experience in AdTech platforms and leading large-scale initiatives.

• Strong influencing skills with excellent verbal and written communication abilities and adeptness at preparing clear and concise, stakeholder-ready documents.

• Experience collaborating across functions, including marketing, sales, and product development.

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, technical program management, or a similar role, ideally in the advertising space.

• Experience in agile product development environments and the ability to adapt to changing priorities.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®. The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

King strives to be a place where everyone can be their most authentic self. We recognize that diversity, equity and inclusion is a vital and continuous conversation, and that change only happens when we all come together. It’s our mission to build a diverse and inclusive Kingdom for our people, players, and community. 

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is our mission – it’s the thread that connects our people, our players, and our passion for our games. Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a bit of fun?

Kingsters are seriously playful: creative thinkers who balance art and science to bring moments of magic to millions daily. But our players aren’t the only ones that can level-up. We’re always looking for ways to champion each other and make what’s already great, even better.

So, if this feels like a fun way to spend your days, and you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful.

Applications needs to be in English.

Discover King at careers.king.com

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $154,100.00 - $285,084.00 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.