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Chief Operating OfficerZeni Max Media, Inc. • , MD, United States
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Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Zeni Max Media, Inc. • , MD, United States
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ZeniMax Media, Inc. @ Rockville, MD, US

Administration

Overview

ZeniMax Media Inc. is the parent company of an extraordinary group of studios known for creating genre-defining games that have captivated players for decades. From the sweeping worlds of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout to the intensity of DOOM, the immersive stories of Indiana Jones, and exploration of Starfield, our teams push the boundaries of what games can be. As we continue to scale our portfolio and our ambitions, we’re searching for a Chief Operating Officer to help make sure our execution is as strong and inspiring as our creative vision.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for driving the execution of ZMI’s business strategy across multiple titles and franchises in our games portfolio and providing leadership with an objective perspective on the business health and performance. They will focus on maximizing commercial opportunities across a range of revenue drivers including retail, digital, marketing, and across a variety of external partners and platforms.

This position reports to the head of Bethesda / ZeniMaxand is a critical member of ZMI’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the wider global Gaming team. ZMI’s COO will work in partnership with ZMI’s studio leaders, business units, games teams and across geographies. The COO will be a trusted advisor to the head of Bethesda / ZeniMax.

Responsibilities

  • Lead day-to-day operations across studios, publishing, and shared services.
  • Align timelines, priorities, and resources across projects and studios.
  • Strengthen milestone planning, tracking, and reporting.
  • Champion operational clarity while honoring creative autonomy.
  • Review and optimize contracts across the business, identifying opportunities to consolidate agreements and negotiate common terms for cost efficiency and operational simplicity.
  • Support operational planning for new titles, new IP, expansions into new markets, and multi-studio collaboration.
  • Partner with development and publishing teams to support the creation and launch of high-impact titles.
  • Ensure operational readiness for franchise expansion, live service models, and global launches.

Product-Centric Business Leadership

  • Bring strong discipline, process, and commercial expertise to grow a product-centric business.
  • Build key performance measures and establish scorecards for product management.
  • Identify customer needs, prioritize solutions based on feasibility and profitability, and introduce offerings that exceed expectations

    • Organizational Effectiveness

  • Shape and evolve organizational structures to support scale and agility.
  • Champion cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement.

    • Financial & Performance Management

  • Partner with Finance to oversee budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking across operational units, ensuring operational plans are resourced appropriately and aligned with strategic goals.
  • Establish and monitor KPIs to drive accountability and results.
  • Foster a culture of creativity, excellence, and inclusion.
  • Lead change initiatives that support talent development, organizational health, and employee engagement.
  • Lead and provide strategic oversight for multiple game teams, Go-to-Market teams, Financial and Commercial Operations, and other select functions and initiatives depending on ZMI’s needs and the strengths of the successful candidate.
  • Provide strategic oversight of Performance Marketing and Strategy, with a focus on supporting central events planning and cross-functional alignment around major launches and community engagement.

    • Workplace Operations

  • Provide strategic oversight of Workplace Operations, including real estate, facilities management, and physical security.
  • Ensure safe, scalable, and strategically aligned environments that support studio productivity and employee experience.
  • Identify and mitigate operational risks across production, publishing, and external partnerships.
  • Ensure compliance with platform, legal, and regulatory standards.

    • Qualifications

  • Successful contributor to strategy definition for a company or business. Gaming Industry experience preferred.
  • 15+ year experience leading in a global, creative, product-centric consumer tech
  • Relevant industries; digital platforms; direct-to-consumer services; entertainment streaming services; consumer-centric subscription models; and / or gaming
  • Track record of driving growth, high impact projects, and transformation through innovative approaches
  • Skilled in multi-disciplinary and cross-functional leadership
  • An understanding of and passion for popular culture and iconic consumer brands on a global scale
  • Ability to navigate within a complex and multi-layered matrix environment
  • A blend of both leader and doer
  • A passion for casual mobile gaming is an ideal, not mandatory
  • Multi-geography experience and global outlook

    • Salary Range

    Chief Operating Officer - The typical base pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $325,000 - $550,000 per year.

    We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do – from recruiting for our studios, publishing and operations to fostering safe and respectful workplaces that encourage collaboration. Our culture is based on principles of respect, inclusion, and fair treatment and we welcome anyone into our family without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, or age.

    Our diversity fuels our innovation and inspires us to create game worlds that bring us closer to the global community of players we serve.

    If you are selected, you will be contacted by our team for an initial phone screen to chat about your previous experience.

    You may go through one or two phone interviews, and possibly a follow-up Skype call.

    If your qualifications do not match the criteria of a current position, your resume will be kept on file.

    Site Visit

    The next step will be an invitation to come out and meet the team at the studio for onsite interviews.

    In the event that we choose not to move forward at any point in the recruiting process, we will let you know.

    Your Privacy

    ZeniMax understands the importance of privacy. Please review the Applicant Privacy Notice attached to each position, which explains how we process the personal information we collect about you when you apply for a job or submit information to us through our job portal. BY APPLYING FOR THIS OR ANY POSITION, SHARING THIS JOB, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING US WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THIS JOB PORTAL, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE, WHICH IS SET FORTH IN THE “APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE” SECTION BELOW EACH POSITION.

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