Development Manager - EA Sports FC

Electronic Arts is seeking a Development Manager to join the EA SPORTS FC team in Vancouver. As a Development Manager, you will oversee a team of artists, software engineers, and external partners to deliver game features and assets on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a development team consisting of artists, software engineers, and external partners.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, project prioritisation, make trade-offs, balance needs versus technical constraints, and promote initial partner deployments.
• Focus on the immediate team and identify team issues, and suggest solutions related to execution goals.
• Ensure each project setup meets the specifications of the studio with regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
• Establish engagement processes using Jira to ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations.
• Partner with Production, QV, Art Directors to ensure game quality targets are met.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of project management or project lead experience with production lifecycles, processes, and project planning.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as computer science, game development, or business.
• Experience in a Scrum/Agile software development environment.
• Proven track record using Jira and Jaas to manage concurrent projects.
• Experience working with expansive teams, mediation, and conflict resolution.
• Experience managing outsource vendors and remote teams is considered an asset.

Benefits: Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical insurance, mental wellbeing support, pension plan, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.