Blizzard Entertainment

Manager, Program Management

Blizzard Entertainment

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: IrvineCaliforniaTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $97,200 - $179,900 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • Oversee the delivery of QA programs and initiatives across multiple products and platforms
  • Ensure consistent execution of program standards, reporting, and deliverables while driving alignment with broader organizational goals
  • Partner closely with QA and development leaders to prioritize initiatives, manage risk, and monitor performance metrics
  • Provide direction, ensure quality and consistency across program outputs, and advocate for team needs
  • Foster collaboration, develop team capabilities, and promote a culture of learning, operational excellence, and continuous improvement in program management practices
  • Manage a team of program managers supporting QA initiatives across multiple products and platforms, contributing to long-term QA vision, goals, and strategies
  • Oversee program delivery standards, schedules, and reporting to ensure consistent execution and alignment across programs
  • Advocate for team needs while fostering cross-functional collaboration and operational effectiveness
  • Lead learning sessions and development opportunities to elevate program management capabilities across the organization
  • Own and manage relationships with key partners, resources, colleagues, and leaders ensuring transparency around critical decisions and trade-offs
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of experience in Quality Assurance, product or program management or a similar role required
  • Minimum of 3 years directing the work of individual contributors and multiple levels of leadership and teams
  • Experience performing as a scrum master, product owner, or program manager
  • Experience in coaching scrum teams and stakeholders on new ways of working, including known methodologies and new trends in software development and project management
  • High School diploma or equivalent required
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field preferred
  • Knowledge of Confluence, JIRA and other required skills (e.g., Tableau, Microsoft Office apps (including Project and Visio)
  • Advanced knowledge of various approaches for resolving complex and unexpected issues, prioritizing competing demands across crossfunctional teams, mitigating risks, and maintaining project momentum in a fast-paced, high-impact environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, planning, organization, and time management skills
  • Ability to tailor presented information for the appropriate audience.
Benefits
  • 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
  • Relocation assistance if the Company requires a move geographic locations for the job
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Quality Assuranceprogram managementscrum masterproduct ownercoachingproject managementrisk managementperformance metricsproblem resolutioncontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
collaborationleadershipcommunicationplanningorganizationtime managementadvocacyteam developmentoperational excellencetransparency