# Development Manager - EA SPORTS™ UFC

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**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

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers an electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players globally. As a Development Manager, you will report to a Development Director and ensure game feature delivery is on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

- Manage a development team consisting of Software Engineers, Animators, Artists, Producers, Designers, and QV.

- Provide project management support, schedule work, track dependencies, identify risks, and facilitate prioritization decisions.

- Collaborate with other project managers to resolve cross-team issues and improve project management processes.

- Ensure project setup and progress align with leadership expectations and complete status reports as required.

- Establish processes to ensure workflows are clearly defined, documented, and team members are engaged.

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 software development environment, including using tools like Jira.

- Experience working with expansive teams with various skillsets, experience, and backgrounds.

- Familiarity with tools like Miro, Slack, Excel, Google Sheets, and other project-tracking and reporting tools is an asset.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including summarizing complex information and communicating risks clearly.

- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities across different project timelines.

- Demonstrated ability to use generative AI productivity tools for daily workflow optimization, early-stage ideation, rapid prototyping, and critically validating AI output.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being support.

- Customized packages to meet local needs, potentially including medical assistance, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, free games, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- Project Management
- Software Development
- Jira
- Miro
- Slack
- Excel
- Google Sheets

### Nice to have
- Generative AI
- Productivity Tools

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