Development Director

Electronic Arts is seeking a Development Director to partner with researchers and engineers shaping the future of AI and interactive entertainment.

As a Development Director, you will turn technical goals into clear plans and use automation and agentic AI tools to improve how teams plan, coordinate, and deliver work.

Responsibilities:

• Translate research and engineering objectives into plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Guide projects from early exploration through prototypes, integration, and release.
• Establish planning, milestone, review, and execution processes for research and engineering teams.
• Maintain visibility into priorities, progress, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.
• Coordinate decisions and resources to address project risks and blockers.
• Turn cross-functional discussions into decisions, actions, owners, and next steps.
• Build agentic AI workflows that automate scheduling, reporting, coordination, and information synthesis.
• Improve production tools and processes based on team and project needs.

Requirements:

• 5+ years managing technical programs or projects in software, research, engineering, or related technical environments.
• Background managing scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, and delivery across technical programs.
• Experience applying Agile, Kanban, Lean, or similar development practices.
• Hands-on work building or operating agentic AI and automation workflows.
• Familiarity with large language model concepts, including task decomposition, tool use, retrieval, and evaluation.
• Experience synthesizing technical information for teams and leadership.
• Proficiency with Jira or similar planning and tracking tools.
• Track record coordinating work across Research, Engineering, Product, and partner teams.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being support
• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunities for growth and development