Development Director - EA Sports FC

2 Months ago • 8 Years + • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

EA SPORTS FC seeks a Development Director to lead the development of its world's #1 best-selling video game. Responsibilities include establishing project strategies, meeting milestones, collaborating with stakeholders to manage quality, budgets, and timelines, fostering a thriving team culture, developing project indicators, coaching team members, inspiring innovation, promoting knowledge sharing, and managing risks. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of project management experience, 4+ years of people management experience, and a proven track record of successfully delivering large projects (60+ team members). Strong communication, leadership, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills are essential.
Must have:
  • 8+ years Project Management
  • 4+ years People Management
  • Large project delivery experience (60+ team members)
  • Strong communication & leadership
  • Strategic thinking & problem-solving
Good to have:
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Project, Jira
Perks:
  • Paid time off
  • New parent leave
  • Free games

Job Details

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connection of millions of players across the globe to their favourite sports, teams, and players. At the heart of EA SPORTS is the FC franchise. EA SPORTS FC is the world’s #1 best-selling video game with over 200M engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile.

Innovation, passion, and team-work is at the heart of everything we do. With studios in Vancouver, Bucharest, and Cologne; we are looking for the brightest talent so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.

We are searching for a Development Director to manage the development of EA Sports FC. You are right for this role if you are passionate about solving difficult and fast-moving problems. You can effectively collaborate, communicate, and motivate often across business units and with peers or partners in other parts of the business. Your greatest strengths are building strong relationships, strategic thinking, and strong execution. You like to be challenged and thinking about the future excites you.

Your Responsibilities

  • Work with the Project Leadership team to establish the strategy to meet milestones and important deliverables

  • Work with creative, development, and operations partners and stakeholders to ensure that quality, budgets and timelines are met.

  • Support the growth and development of a thriving team culture based on openness, trust and collaboration

  • Foster and support an inclusive and diverse team culture.

  • Develop project indicators that track project quality, delivery, and predictability

  • Be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and career development of your team. Lead project managers at all levels of the organization.

  • Inspire fresh thinking and innovation to ensure the team has the best organizational structure, processes and practices that allow them to produce high quality work efficiently on time and on budget.

  • Build an engaged group with an understanding of what inspires the individuals and team.

  • Promote knowledge sharing, learning, reconciling conflicting goals, sharing resources amongst your team.

  • Identify, assess, and prioritize risks followed and coordinate application of resources to minimize and manage risks

Your Qualifications

  • Experience with Project Management (8+ years) and People Management (4+ years), and a proven track record of successful delivery of large critical projects (60+ team members), including auditing and steering.

  • Effective communication & leadership skills with a proven ability to influence outcomes across all levels of an organization, build trusted relationships, and drive urgency on critical priorities.

  • Strategic thinker, with excellent analytical & problem-solving skills. Someone who can think big picture, while leading teams through complex problems quickly & effectively to deliver the right work.

  • Highly action-oriented enthusiastic individual, comfortable with ambiguity & constant change, while leaning into the creative process to deliver the highest quality for our fans.

  • Excellent knowledge of software development, tools, and processes, with significant project and risk management experience. Preference for proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Jira.

  • University degree, bachelors, or equivalent

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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