Development Director

2 Months ago • 8-12 Years

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Job Description

EA SPORTS seeks a Development Director to lead project development cadence and efficiency for various disciplines. Requires 8+ years project management experience, 4+ years management in dynamic teams, and experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Must have strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Must have:
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Waterfall & Agile
  • Communication Skills
Good to have:
  • Hiring Process
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Task Assignment
  • Schedule Creation
Perks:
  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement Plan
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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 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. DD'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 they are managing the project 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
  • Participate in the hiring process to ensure candidates meet project requirements
  • 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 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

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, 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. "

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$86.3K - $120.9K/yr (Outscal est.)
$103.6K/yr avg.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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About The Company

We exist to inspire the world to play. We put our people first, and we thrive off their diversity in our innovative technology and immersive storytelling. We’re doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community, no matter where you’re working from. We’re looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers—people that are ready to move the needle and transform the future of gaming. Join us.

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