Development Manager

1 Month ago • 3-5 Years • Game Production

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Job Description

EA SPORTS seeks a Development Manager to lead a team of artists, designers, engineers, and QA. Must have 3+ years of project management experience, proven communication skills, and familiarity with project management methodologies (Waterfall and Agile).
Must have:
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Communication Skills
  • Agile/Waterfall
Good to have:
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Collaboration Skills
Perks:
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health Insurance
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EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As a Development Manager (DM) you will report to the lead Development Director (DD). You will manage the development cadence and efficiency for a variety of disciplines including Artists, Designers, Software Engineers, QA, and other Production staff. DM's are the keepers of the project schedule and play an integral 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 projects are being managed on time, to quality, and within budget, while avoiding bottlenecks.

Your Responsibilities

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

  • Identify development bottlenecks, determine root-cause (ie: resourcing needs, dependencies, etc.), and recommend/implement solutions when necessary

  • Communicate regularly with the project team and coordinate dependencies with external partners

  • Facilitate the creation and assignment of tasks, derived from defined project goals

  • Proactively mitigate risk for assigned scope and quality

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

Your Qualifications

  • Minimum of 3 years project management or team leadership experience, ideally working in a dynamic and collaborative team environment

  • University degree, bachelors, or equivalent professional experience

  • Experience communicating across all levels of an organization

  • Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile

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 $96,400 - $133,900 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

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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.

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$72.0K - $100.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$86.0K/yr avg.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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