Lead Technical Producer

We are the EA SPORTS Tiburon Studios team:
We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connecting millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players.

As a Producer on the team, you will partner with team leaders to help plan and guide the delivery of entertainment experiences as part of Tiburon Studios. You will be involved in development and closely partner with operations, design, and other internal stakeholders.

Producers are the bridge between the design team and project managers, overseeing what experiences we build, why we build them, and managing the delivery of them to our fans.

Your Responsibilities:

• Work with Tiburon studios and American Football development teams to understand their strategic needs and identify opportunities to address them with research projects and transformational capabilities using AI/ML and emerging technologies.
• Facilitate integration of mature technologies into EA’s platforms and pipelines and suggest testing/prototyping of new technologies that drive efficiency and innovation.
• Align with the head of AI/ML for EA SPORTS to ensure Tiburon’s strategy supports the EA SPORTS AI/ML mission.
• Be the voice of Tiburon Studios working to partner and share studio/business context within the broader research roadmap of frontier technologies to determine the future of video games, entertainment, and technology to engage with sports fans globally.
• Stay current with the latest research in relevant technologies and propose projects for inventing new technology with high impact on Tiburon Studios
• Collaborate with internal research teams to plan experiments and share results with working demonstrations partnering with Engineering and other key internal teams within EA SPORTS, SEED, and Tiburon Studios
• Partner with Tiburon production teams to apply our innovations to their products: define requirements and user stories, and prioritize features based on impact and value
• Work with a diverse set of partners, including research, central engineering, and game development teams
• Understand the business implications of any proposed solutions, from data sourcing, through model management, deployment, and ML Ops.
• You will report to the production leader of Tiburon Studios Strategy and Growth.

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years in production, product management, or other job functions similar, experience launching new products and scaling existing products
• Technical background with experience working with research and engineering teams, and a record of delivery
• Experience with AI and machine learning research and application, preferred current experience with emerging technologies with a passion for AI/ML application
• A scientific and data-driven approach to development
• Experience translating and negotiating between research concepts and business goals
• Presenting technical concepts to non-technical audiences to both explain and rally action
• Demonstrated conflict resolution skills, can mediate to overcome risk and roadblocks
• Experience with and passion for video games, sports, and entertainment is a big plus