Senior Director of Product Management

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Central Technology is a dynamic community of experts, innovators, and change-makers united by a single, shared vision: To revolutionize interactive entertainment and inspire creativity through transformative technology. Our industry-leading services and solutions are developed collaboratively with teams across EA to enhance creativity and improve outcomes for our partners and players.

The Creative Innovation team within the Central Technology organization is the driving force behind EA's cutting-edge research, 3rd-party partnerships, and content creation technologies. From AI-powered tools for character animation to groundbreaking world-building systems, this team researches, innovates, and integrates transformative technologies into creative workflows. By joining Creative Innovation, you'll work at the intersection of creativity, technology, and design solutions that redefine immersive gaming experiences. If you're looking for a team that combines the agility of a startup with the impact of a global AAA, then we're looking for you.

We are looking for a Senior Director of Product Management to pioneer the use of Cloud and machine learning technologies into our toolchains to empower developers to create compelling games. You will lead this portfolio and provide direct product leadership ensuring early, visible wins while laying the foundation for scalable, transformative content creation practices. You will report into the Head of Product and be a people leader of Product Managers. Each of these PMs is responsible for multiple initiatives across central technology and studio workflows, meaning you will indirectly influence a broad portfolio of high-value projects.

This is a hybrid role and applicants must work from our Vancouver office.

What you'll do:

• Coaching, alignment, and strategic direction across your reports, multiplying our organizational capacity, ensuring consistency and velocity across the portfolio.
• Set product objectives and key results that align with the company strategy to anchor the team.
• Create a cohesive product strategy for a portfolio of products by leveraging the team.
• Drive initiatives that grow the portfolio of products by enabling the team.
• Enable the team to leverage cross-functional expertise to build defensible points-of-view and become subject matter experts.
• Build strategic options and roadmap using analytical rigor.
• Empower the team to create a compelling story rooted in usable design.
• Ensure the design story explains the Product Strategy to a broad set of audiences from executives to engineers.
• Leverage cross-functional teams of Product Managers, Designers, and Architects to distill the design story into a Product Spec.
• Manage high-level stakeholder relationships to ensure appropriate engagement and satisfaction regardless of roadmap and delivery timing, prioritization, or level of investment.
• Ensure appropriate return on investment for all activities, new capabilities, and existing platforms.
• Communicate the Strategic Roadmap of key initiatives to various stakeholders including senior leadership.
• Collaborate, partner, and align with other teams across EA.

Requirements:

• You have 10+ years of experience in technical product management or leading software development teams. Production domain preferably video game development.
• You have experience managing a portfolio of products/technologies that relate to game creation, development management, and general process optimization.
• Experience assessing the performance and quality of the products.

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) *$201,000 - $281,900 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, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

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 adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and 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.