Description
Electronic Arts creates incredible entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans worldwide. Here, everyone is part of the story.
EA SPORTS is one of the world's leading sports entertainment brands, known for top-selling video game franchises, award-winning interactive technology, and cross-platform digital experiences.
As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.
The Role
Reporting to a Lead Development Director, a Development Director manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA, and other production staff. You will partner with producers to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget, along with other DDs and Software Engineers.
Your Responsibilities
- Own operational outcomes for your team, ensuring priorities, processes, and execution are aligned with product and business objectives.
- Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production and determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements.
- You will establish and assign tasks from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing a team at a project-level.
- Build and evolve effective teams; identify resourcing needs, provide challenges and development opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential.
- You will build working relationships with the immediate team, and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on project completion.
- Provide line management to employees across departments and within a single project team.
- You will communicate regularly with the project team and coordinate dependencies with external partners.
- Participate in the hiring process to ensure candidates meet project requirements.
- You will proactively mitigate risk for assigned scope and quality.
Your Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of project management or team leadership experience, with 4+ years of management experience working in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
- Proven ability to build and improve operational processes, team effectiveness, and delivery outcomes.
- Experience managing, coaching, and developing team members.
- Experience communicating across all levels and organisations.
- Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
- University degree, Bachelors, or equivalent professional experience.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being support.