Manager, Mobile Platform Partnerships | Playa Vista, CA

Job Title: Manager, Mobile Platform Partnerships | Playa Vista, CA Requisition ID: R028277 Job Description:  Job Title: Manager, Mobile Platform Partnerships Reports To:  Director, Mobile Sales Lead Department : Sales & Marketing Activations, XBOX Marketing & Sales Location: Playa Vista, CA (Hybrid)    Your Mission Are you looking for exciting business challenges to work in the future of digital gaming and a place to grow your career & network while learning and having fun? Join the Activision Blizzard King Gaming Digital Sales Team as our next Manager, Mobile Platform Partnerships.     The Manager, Mobile Platform Partnerships enables the Digital Gaming, 3P Platforms team to execute its priorities through disciplined business operations, organizational health, communications, and strategic programs. Working closely with the Leadership Team and cross-functional partners across XBOX Gaming, Finance, HR, and Corporate teams, this role establishes effective operating rhythms, strengthens organizational alignment, and drives execution in a fast-moving, matrixed environment.

Business Operations Partner with the Digital Gaming, 3P Platforms Leadership Team (LT) to establish and maintain a strong Rhythm of the Business (RoB), ensuring the team operates efficiently and with clear priorities. Lead end‑to‑end planning processes in partnership with the LT, ensuring alignment with corporate planning cycles and integration across Gaming Marketing & Sales and broader Microsoft organizations. Own the operating process for weekly Leadership Team meetings, including agenda development, speaker and content coordination, facilitation support, decision capture, and follow-through on action items. Drive day-to-day business operations by translating priorities into execution plans, monitoring dependencies and risks, and ensuring teams are prepared for key business milestones. Partner with Finance to support budget, forecast, OPEX and headcount management, ensuring financial discipline and transparency. Define, plan, and drive cross‑team process improvements to increase operational efficiency and scalability. Own and maintain team intranet portals, operational processes, access models, and procedures documentation, ensuring information is current, accessible, and actionable.   Organizational Health In partnership with HR and the Leadership Team, help shape and drive the people and culture agenda, ensuring the team remains a great place to work. Lead and support team health initiatives, including morale‑building activities, offsites, onboarding experiences, and engagement programs. Coordinate planning and execution of team events, including internal forums and customer or partner‑facing events, as appropriate. Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on organizational effectiveness, change management, and team engagement topics.   Communications Plan and create team communications, including executive comms, newsletters, all hands, and meeting presentations.  Build strategy, narrative, and content for key leadership meetings, business reviews, and events, ensuring alignment to leadership vision and business priorities. Manage communications and interactions across a wide range of stakeholders to ensure meetings and speaking engagements are well‑prepared, efficient, and impactful. Communicate complex information clearly and effectively across functional teams, quickly becoming a trusted subject matter expert and connector who drives impact through others. Ensure consistent, timely, and clear communication across the organization, supporting alignment and execution.   Special Projects & Programs Lead, plan, track, and contribute to cross‑team projects and strategic initiatives in support of evolving business priorities. Work closely with Leadership Team members and cross‑company counterparts on integration‑related initiatives, particularly for Activision, Blizzard, and Bethesda team members within the 3P