Development Director - EA Sports

The EA SPORTS™ FC Art team is a global community of content creators covering Characters, Environments, Lighting, Project Management, Technical Art, and Visual Effects. Fueled by imagination and a unified passion to grow the love of sports for players worldwide, we push visual boundaries and create leading edge content. We are a diverse group that encourages team members to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to the table.

The Challenge Ahead:

Development Directors for FC Art are the keeper of the project schedule and help move the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring collaboration and communication both on your team and with other partners in the studio. Reporting to our Senior DD, you will partner with producers to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget.

Responsibilities:

Leadership:

• Build and evolve a team; identify resourcing needs, provide challenges and developmental opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential through mentoring and career development.

• Develop working relationships with immediate team and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on the completion of the project

• Provide line management to employees across departments within a single project team

• Communicate with the project teams and coordinate requirements with external partners

• Participate in the hiring process to ensure new employees meet project requirements

Execution:

• Establish and assign task goals from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing a team at a project-level (e.g. Franchise-wide level);

• Mitigate risk for assigned scope

• Partner with production to manage scope and quality

Project management:

• Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production

• Determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements

• Establish a project budget, determine task dependencies, and assign tasks to team resources

Qualifications:

• 5 years project management experience, preferably in the Gaming or 3D industries.

• Education requirement: University degree, Bachelors, or equivalent professional experience.

• 1+ years of experience in different project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile

• Knowledge of JIRA/JAAS is considered an asset

• People management experience: The ability to foster and support an inclusive and diverse team culture.

• Effective communication skills with the proven ability to influence outcomes across all levels of organization.

• Strong leadership skills: ability to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders while maintaining strong emotional intelligence.

• Excellent change management skills, i.e., comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute on commitments.

BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location. EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria): º $115,100 - $161,200 CAN Annually

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.