King · 4 weeks ago
Associate Engineering Director | Activision Blizzard Media
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$156K/yr - $288K/yr
8+ years expActivision Blizzard Media is a leading company in the gaming industry, known for its iconic game franchises. The Associate Engineering Director will lead multiple teams in a cloud-native environment, focusing on building high-performing teams, translating business goals into technical strategies, and driving operational excellence.
AndroidDigital EntertainmentMobile
Responsibilities
Build, lead, and sustain high-performing teams and managers with clear ownership, accountability, and trust
Create an environment where engineers can do their best work through focus, prioritization, and strong execution discipline
Coach and develop engineering leaders, helping them grow technical judgment, delivery confidence, and people leadership skills
Translate unclear or evolving business goals into concrete technical strategies, roadmaps, and execution plans
Help teams navigate trade-offs, define scope, and make sound decisions under uncertainty
Act as a technical and organizational anchor, ensuring alignment between product intent, engineering execution, and operational reality
Provide technical leadership and oversight across distributed systems and cloud-based services
Ensure architecture decisions balance simplicity, scalability, maintainability, and time-to-value
Promote strong engineering fundamentals: clean design, testability, observability, and operational readiness
Establish and continuously improve execution practices, delivery predictability, and operational hygiene
Ensure teams plan realistically, manage dependencies effectively, and deliver with high quality
Lead by example in incident management, post-incident learning, and continuous improvement
Use metrics and signals to guide decisions without creating unnecessary process or overhead
Partner closely with Product, Data, Commercial, and Platform teams to ensure shared understanding and aligned outcomes
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, setting expectations and building confidence in delivery
Qualification
Required
8+ years of proven experience leading multiple teams or managers in a complex engineering organization
Strong organizational skills and time management, with the ability to prioritize effectively at scale
The ability to simplify complexity, create clarity, and guide teams through ambiguity
A solid technical foundation that enables you to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and support sound architectural decisions
A strong passion for operational excellence, reliability, and continuous improvement
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative leadership style
Preferred
Deep ad-tech or domain-specific experience is not required. We value leaders who can learn domains quickly and apply strong engineering and organizational fundamentals
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
If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance
Company
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.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$84M2015-11-02Acquired
2014-03-26IPO
2005-09-01Series A· $43M
Leadership Team
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Gilles Storme
VP of Ad Sale EMEA
Benjamin Pommeraud
General Manager - Strategic Initiatives
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