Manager, Portfolio Operations & Integrated Planning

Manager, Portfolio Operations & Integrated Planning

MANAGER, PORTFOLIO OPERATIONS & INTEGRATED PLANNING

Job Summary Have you dreamed of joining an expert team that will bring the full might and rich mythology of legendary Marvel characters to help creators make exceptional games? Do you have an acute sense of what makes a video game a truly remarkable player experience? Do your gaming habits often interfere with your sleep? Is there an unrelenting drive inside you to play your part in crafting original, memorable, playable Super Hero stories? We are Marvel Games, home of the team that collaborates with the mightiest companies on Earth to bring groundbreaking games to market.

We are looking for a Manager, Portfolio Operations & Integrated Planning to join our team to work across multiple exciting projects with the most-talented game companies in the world. This is an on-site role in Burbank, CA. What You Will Do:

• Work directly with the Director, Portfolio Operations & Integrated Planning to assist in planning and execution in all operations, portfolio and integrated planning matters.
• Work closely with the full Portfolio Operations & Integrated Planning team in execution of all operations, portfolio and integrated planning matters.
• Collaborate with the product development team to maintain game release and marketing calendars, live events/DLC content roadmaps and help identify potential portfolio risks/conflicts, as well as provide solutions to impending portfolio conflicts.
• Lead the work in maintaining, evaluating and updating Marvel's extensive IP database, game rosters, and character grants across all products across Console/PC, mobile and xR (Extended Reality), review and track usage rights and conflicts across all key franchises such as Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Fantastic Four and more
• Help identify, develop, plan and execute mutually beneficial cross-functional initiatives between Marvel Games and other internal teams such as Consumer Products, Synergy, Publishing, Themed Entertainment, Disney Studios, Integrated Sponsorships.
• Plan and execute regular company-wide content updates, decks and reports to provide cross-line-of-business visibility into the Marvel Games portfolio and priorities
• Lead the work in maintaining the team's library of master operating documents that are vital to the business's continuity
• Handle other increasingly challenging projects as appropriate

Basic Qualifications and Skills:

• Familiar with the Industry – 5 years of functional work experience in the games industry or similar, preferably in business development, integrated planning, partnerships, or synergy at a major game developer, publisher or platform.
• Multi-Disciplined – You are versatile and familiar with numerous aspects of game making and publishing: business development, project management, production, tech, sales, marketing, PR, social media, monetization, and live services.
• Thoughtful – You take ownership over your projects and are always figuring out newer and better ways to do your job smarter, faster, and more efficiently. You have a willingness to learn and embrace new ideas that optimize and potentially diversify the way we operate.
• A People Person – You always seek to foster deep and productive relationships with the people around you and treat them the way you wish to be treated - within the team, within the company, and with all our external partners. You understand that these relationships are built through effective, frequent, and timely communication. You strive to lead by example.
• An Optimizer – Marvel Games has a bottom-line focused, lean, fast, startup-like culture. You need to be nimble, and willing to wear many hats, but in exchange, you get the freedom to accomplish amazing things.
• An Effective Communicator – You've got excellent communication, conflict resolution and partner management skills, a strong desire to work with people in a collaborative, inclusive and constructive manner.
• An Effective Executor – You've got excellent execution and project management skills, able to lead projects and push them forward in a clear and efficient manner.
• A Go-Getter – You have a constant, unyielding desire to overdeliver and go beyond what is merely required.
• Passionate about Marvel – We are obsessed with our Super Heroes across all mediums: games, comics, toys, film, TV, and many others. You are too.

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $115,500-$154,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.