Assistant Development Manager

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

Building on an incredible 30 year foundation, we're redefining football with EA SPORTS FC - a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences, bringing a global community of football fans closer to The World's Game. Together, we're taking the largest football club in the world to new heights – and this is just the beginning! With more opportunity than ever to innovate and create new, authentic experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and immersion to fans everywhere, we invite you to join us as we pioneer the future of football with EA SPORTS FC, and welcome everyone to the club!

The Role

Reporting to a Development Director or Development Manager, an Assistant Development Manager (ADM) ensures the delivery of a game feature is on time and within budget. You as the ADM will monitor and report on the project schedule.

Your Responsibilities

• Monitoring and reporting on a project in a development team which generally consists of Software Engineers.
• Provide management escalation and promote initial partner deployments.
• Host daily stand-up meetings and ensure the team is following internal procedures.
• Focus on the immediate team and help them identify team issues
• Ensure regular status reporting and capacity plans are updated..

Your Qualifications

• Project Management Course that covers processes and project planning.
• Bachelor's degree (or studies in progress) in any number of related fields including Computer Science, Game Development, Business, 3D Arts.
• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment (Jira, Slack Automations, Excel, Google Sheet Automations or Miro) is preferred but not necessary.
• Some experience with formal communications, publishing reports is recommended.