Development Director - UFC

4 Months ago • 8-12 Years • Game Production • $88,000 PA - $124,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Development Director at EA SPORTS UFC manages various disciplines (artists, designers, engineers, QA, etc.), overseeing project schedules and transitions between phases. Responsibilities include team building, resource allocation, collaboration with producers to ensure on-time and within-budget project delivery, communication with internal and external partners, participating in hiring, establishing project goals and tasks, risk mitigation, schedule and budget creation, and task assignment. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and project management skills (Waterfall and Agile).
Must have:
  • 8+ years project management/team leadership
  • 4+ years management experience in a collaborative environment
  • Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Team building and resource allocation expertise
Perks:
  • 3 weeks vacation
  • 10 days sick time
  • Extended health/dental/vision coverage
  • Basic life insurance

Job Details

About Us

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe. It delivers fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through inventive gameplay technology.

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

The Role

Reporting to a Lead Development Director, a Development Director manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA, and other production staff. DD's are the keepers of the project schedule and play an important role in successfully moving the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring a focus on quality, collaboration and communication. You will partner with producers to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget.

Your Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve effective teams; identify resourcing needs, provide challenges and development opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential

  • You will build working relationships with the immediate team, and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on project completion

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

  • You will communicate regularly with the project team and coordinate dependencies with external partners

  • Participate in the hiring process to ensure candidates meet project requirements

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

  • You will proactively mitigate risk for assigned scope and quality

  • Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production and determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements

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

Your Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8 years project management or team leadership experience, with 4+ years of management experience working in a dynamic and collaborative team environment

  • University degree, Bachelors, or equivalent professional experience

  • Experience communicating across all levels and organizations

  • Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). PAY RANGES

  • British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)

    • $115,100 - $161,200 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and after 3 months of service - extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

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