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Electronic Arts

Development Director

Electronic Arts
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hybrid senior full-time Montreal, Quebec

First indexed 1 Oct 2026

Description

Electronic Arts creates superior entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans worldwide. Here, everyone is part of the story, connected globally, where creativity thrives, new perspectives are stimulated, and ideas matter.

As a Development Director on our Research & Engineering team, you will partner cross-functionally to help shape the future of AI and interactive entertainment. 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.

Qualifications:

  • 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 synthesising 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.

We are a diverse, goal-driven team that offers real influence and autonomy to every member. Our ideal candidate is curious, open-minded, and thrilled by exploring fresh concepts and tailoring them for game development.

Benefits:

  • We offer comprehensive benefit packages that emphasise physical, emotional, financial, and collective well-being.
  • Our packages may include health coverage, mental health support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, free games, and more.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunities employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://jobs.ea.com/it_IT/careers/JobDetail/Development-Director/216104