Operations Director
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Job Summary
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Games Design & ProductionJob Description:
We are looking for an Operations Director to strengthen how Soda plans aligns and executes across the studio. You will work closely with senior leaders across Product Tech Creative Insights and Operations to ensure our priorities are clear our ways of working are predictable and the organisation has what it needs to deliver effectively.
This is a role for a proactive problem-solver and excellent communicator with strong commercial and operational experience; someone who thrives in fast-moving environments brings structure to complexity and drives clarity and alignment across diverse teams
ROLE OVERVIEW
As Operations Director you will lead Sodas strategic and operational rhythms: planning cycles prioritisation strategy execution and cross-team alignment. You will define and continuously improve Sodas ways of working across discovery pre-production delivery and live operations reducing friction increasing alignment and ensuring predictable execution across teams.
Reporting into Head of Game Operations you will lead an agile high-impact Operations function and own critical cross-Soda initiatives that require senior coordination structured problem-solving and strong follow-through.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning & Strategic Alignment
- Lead Sodas strategy and planning cycles ensuring prioritised goals clear trade-offs and shared alignment across functions.
- Define and prioritise the Operations teams roadmap targets and focus areas.
- Maintain visibility on progress toward strategic objectives and surface risks early.
Operational Excellence
- Improve Sodas ways of working across discovery pre-production delivery and live operations.
- Reduce friction by establishing scalable processes clear ownership and predictable execution systems.
- Collaborate with leaders in Product Tech Creative and Analytics to identify and solve cross-team operational challenges.
Product & Business Partnership
- Work closely with senior stakeholders to maintain shared understanding of goals risks dependencies and priorities across Soda.
- Contribute to product and business discussions with strong commercial and operational insight without requiring deep product expertise.
- Support strategic decision-making by framing options trade-offs and business implications clearly.
Business Narratives & Leadership Communication
- Prepare clear business narratives and decision-ready materials for S&OP KTRs leadership updates and business reviews.
- Synthesise complex information into concise actionable insights that enable fast informed decisions.
- Ensure leaders have the context framing and data needed to align quickly and confidently.
Leading the Operations Function & Cross-Soda Initiatives
- Lead and develop a high-impact Operations function ensuring clarity of scope focus and execution standards.
- Drive key cross-Soda initiatives requiring senior ownership structured problem-solving and strong cross-functional alignment.
- Leverage expertise across Product Tech Creative and Analytics to deliver improvements that scale across the organisation.
VALUABLE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Proven operational leadership experience preferably in gaming or consumer app products with experience of live operations
- Strong ability to design and scale ways of working across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent communication and narrative skills; able to simplify complexity and create clarity for diverse stakeholders.
- Strong commercial understanding and the ability to contribute meaningfully to product and business framing.
- Skilled stakeholder manager with the ability to build alignment and influence without hierarchy.
- Pragmatic collaborative leadership style grounded in clarity humility and problem-solving.
- Experience driving strategic execution and organisational improvements is a strong plus.
About 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 worlds 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. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has Kingsters in Stockholm Malmö London Barcelona Berlin Dublin San Francisco New York Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at by following us on LinkedIn @lifeatkingon Instagram or @kinggameson X.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Employee Relations
- Employee Evaluation
- Management Experience
- Profit & Loss
- Conflict Management
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Leadership management
- Financial Planning
About Company
Activision Blizzard, Inc. is the world’s largest interactive entertainment company, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™, ... View more
