Senior Director, Product Management - EA Sports Network

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead the operational delivery of platform capabilities that connect millions of players across EA SPORTS experiences.

As the Sr. Director of Product Management, you will serve as the primary execution partner to the Sr. Director of the EA SPORTS Network and Strategic Growth. You will lead the operational delivery of the platform capabilities that connect millions of players across EA SPORTS experiences.

Key responsibilities:

• End-to-End Delivery: Serve as the central delivery lead for the Network, architecting and executing operational release schedules, tracking milestones, and managing critical paths.
• Lead Production Quality and Priority: Drive production quality of network workstreams, prioritize workstreams, and partner with operations to track processes.
• Resolve Tactical Roadblocks: Identify and mitigate technical and dependency risks across the ecosystem.
• Translate Strategy to Roadmaps: Deconstruct the Network's strategy and ecosystem vision into a prioritized 3-year technical capability roadmap and a concrete product backlog.
• Define Connected Capabilities: Author detailed product specifications, schema requirements, and feature criteria for core services.
• Balance Short and Long Term: Prioritize the development backlog to balance high-value, near-term pilot features with long-term technical scale.
• Lead Tactical Integration: Work directly with studio-embedded product managers, lead producers, and tech directors to schedule and execute integration of Network SDKs.
• Manage Integration Friction: Build trust and alignment with game teams, acting as their direct operational support partner.
• Tactical Escalation: Resolve standard integration disputes and resource constraints directly with studio execution teams.
• Build Financial Business Cases: Translate high-level network concepts into analytical business cases and financial models.
• Author Milestone Funding Proposals: Develop quantitative reports and milestone-completion proofs required by Network Leadership.

First-Year Performance Milestones:

• First 30 Days: Map the technical architecture of the network services, establish operational touchpoints with embedded studio product teams, and assume control of active delivery pipelines.
• First 60 Days: Deliver the operational framework, detailing how the Product team will run sprints, manage cross-studio dependencies, and publish SDK release schedules.
• First 90 Days: Finalize the prioritized 3-year technical capability roadmap based on the EA SPORTS Network core strategic pillars, securing technical commitment from the first two pilot franchises.
• First Year: Successfully deliver and launch the initial pilot network capabilities across target franchises on schedule.

Qualifications & Ideal Profile:

• 12+ years of leadership experience in Product Management, Technical Program/Project Management, or Live-Service Delivery.
• Proven history of combining high-level product strategy with rigorous operational and delivery execution.
• Experience defining and operationally delivering multi-product networks, casual game portals, loyalty programs, or digital communities.
• Expert matrixed organizational navigation and exceptional ability to build working partnerships and drive complex cross-functional integration schedules.