# Development Director - American Football

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Orlando, Florida
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

We are seeking a Development Director for EA Tiburon to lead a large-scale project in a hybrid work model at our EA Orlando Studio. As a Development Director, you will be accountable for the overall execution of the project, ensuring it is completed on time, within budget, and meets quality goals.

Responsibilities:

- Lead a cross-functional, global team, creating an environment where they can execute autonomously and take ownership of their assigned work.

- Be the main point of contact for escalation issues, listening to all sides of the problem and resolving the situation.

- Communicate progress of overall project plans to teams, partners, and above.

- Inspire the team to operational excellence in all aspects of their work, and mentor operational leaders within the project team.

- Develop strong working relationships with immediate team and key stakeholders.

Project Management Responsibilities:

- Lead the team through the full project cycle, validating and reviewing sub-team project plans, and driving milestones and gate reviews.

- Identify risks, issues, and dependencies, proactively setting mitigation and contingency plans to minimize impact.

- Guide the team in making tradeoffs, prioritization decisions, and balance business needs versus technical constraints.

- Drive team and resource planning activities, anticipating skill gaps and organizational needs.

- Design standard processes to be used across the project and identify project-wide improvements.

- Manage budget, execute against approved financial plan, and provide accurate forecast of controllable R&D expenses.

Qualifications:

- 10+ years of project management and operations experience, including managing a large project or multiple projects.

- 5+ years of experience in project management on AAA game franchises or similar software development projects.

- 5+ years of people management and leadership experience driving outcomes across all levels of an organization.

- Experience with software development methodologies and processes.

- Proficient in project management and collaboration tools, including JIRA.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellness support, pension plan, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more

- Opportunities for growth and professional development

- Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work model

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- software development
- leadership
- JIRA

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