Development Manager - EA Sports Tech

Electronic Arts is seeking a Development Manager to partner with Technical Artists and support the successful delivery of tools, workflows, and content across EA SPORTS.

The Technical Art team is a central service team that supports multiple game development projects, each with different timelines, priorities, and delivery needs. In this role, you will help the team stay organized, follow project plans, track progress, identify risks, and support delivery across milestones.

Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support for Technical Artists by helping track work, follow up on open items, and maintain clear team information.
• Help clarify production priorities and align team efforts with project goals by gathering information, tracking dependencies, and supporting conversations with internal and external partners.
• Facilitate collaboration within the Technical Art team and with partner teams, helping identify blockers, surface risks, and resolve open issues early.
• Partner with the Development Director and Technical Art Directors to support team planning, onboarding, resourcing conversations, and development opportunities for team members.
• Support the team in executing against milestones, deliverables, and project commitments across multiple EA SPORTS projects.
• Track task progress, dependencies, risks, and capacity, and escalate concerns to the Development Director, Technical Art Directors, and project leadership when needed.
• Partner with production and Technical Art leadership to help balance scope, quality, and timelines.
• Communicate progress, risks, and changes to project teams and coordinate requirements with external partners.
• Partner with the Development Director to support sprint planning, retrospectives, task tracking, and project reporting.
• Maintain Technical Art project plans, backlogs, dashboards, and team documentation to ensure information is accurate and accessible.
• Help track schedules and milestone progress across multiple projects, using task estimates, team input, and partner timelines.
• Support planning discussions by gathering data on scope, capacity, dependencies, and resource needs.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of project management, production, or team coordination experience in software development, game development, or a related technical environment.
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Interactive Entertainment, Commerce, Digital Arts, or equivalent practical experience.
• Exposure to Agile or Scrum frameworks is an asset, as is familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Miro, Slack, Excel, Google Sheets, and other project-tracking and reporting tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex information, communicate risks clearly, and tailor messaging for different audiences.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities across different project timelines.
• Experience working with artists, technical artists, engineers, or cross-functional development teams is an asset.