Senior Director - Investor Relations - Activision Publishing - Santa Monica

Job description
The Senior Director of Investor Relations position is a critical and highly visible leadership role at Activision Blizzard.

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, this role will work with the financial community to build and expand Activision Blizzard’s relationships with buy-side and sell-side investment analysts, investors and investment bankers. This role will work closely with the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Executive Officer, and other members of the top leadership team to communicate the company’s strategy, growth opportunities, and business initiatives in a way that creates clarity, consistency and widespread understanding among investors and analysts.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop, implement and manage a comprehensive, proactive, global strategic investor relations program in compliance with corporate policies and securities regulation that enhances the company’s image and reputation among its constituencies including analysts, shareholders, employees and customers.

Create messaging including press releases, presentations and conference call scripts which effectively communicates company’s value creation proposition in an effort to maximize company’s long term valuation.
Devise and implement a global targeting program that will expand sell-side coverage and broaden global shareholder ownership.
Provide internal and external audiences with an accurate and timely view of Activision’s business performance and prospects. This will be accomplished via analyst meetings, comprehensive analyst days, investor conferences, individual shareholder meetings, conference calls, videos, website content and other electronic means. Also, personal contact with institutions, regulators, rating agencies among others will be essential.
Serve as the company’s information conduit and point of contact to the investor community. Develop and maintain strong relationships of trust and respect with analysts and investors. Proactively anticipate and address investor and analyst issues. Respond to external requests for financial and strategic information in an accurate, appropriate and timely manner.
Understand, monitor and analyze financial models used by analysts to value/evaluate the company.


Direct the positioning of the company’s financial reporting activities, including the annual report, quarterly statements, and shareholder materials.
Manage four quarterly conference calls. Create and manage conference call script for senior management and prepare comprehensive Q/A backup. Serve as point of contact, in addition to SVP, for investment community follow up after the earnings release and conference call.
Provide professional direction and leadership with regard to investor communications. Organize, write, and participate in presentations to analysts and equity investors including one comprehensive analyst day a year.
Serve as an advisor and strategic resource to the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer and other senior leaders on issues involving the public distribution of financial and other material disclosures.

Constantly gather intelligence and information in the marketplace. Inform, educate and coach the senior leadership team regarding short-term and long-term dynamics of the investment and trading marketplaces and well as regulatory activities. Provide insight on the potential impact of these forces on the company’s perception and success.
Understand the company’s shareholder mix and associated dynamics. Advise management regarding the impact of business strategies and initiatives on the shareholder base.
Conduct competitive analysis, including the development of industry and peer company performance benchmarks. Continuously measure and update this information and utilize it to provide a relative performance framework for the investment community.
Contribute to company’s shareholder proxy solicitation process and annual shareholders meeting.
Develop and manage company’s investor relations section of the website.
Ensure that the financial press is well-informed on the company’s financial outlook, business strategy and performance expectations.
Position Qualifications:
This position requires high energy and a strong work ethic, outstanding communications and interpersonal skills and a deep knowledge of business and finance.

Educational Requirements:
MBA, CFA or CPA preferred

Special Knowledge, Skills:
Financial modeling, presentation development, strong oral and written communication

Other Qualifications and/or Requirements:
7-10 years of sell-side/buy-side experience, investor relations experience or investment banking experience

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