# Development Manager - EA SPORTS™ NHL

**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 NHL franchise has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. As a Development Manager, you will report to a Development Director and oversee the project schedule and team to achieve a high standard.

Responsibilities:

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

- Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, project prioritization, make tradeoffs, balance needs versus technical constraints, and promote initial partner deployments.

- Focus on the immediate team, identify team issues, and suggest solutions related to execution goals.

- Ensure each project setup meets specifications with regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.

- Establish engagement processes to ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations.

Qualifications:

- 3 years of Project Management Experience with production lifecycles, processes, and project planning.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Business, 3D Arts, or a related field is preferred.

- Experience in a Scrum/Agile software development environment.

- Stakeholder management experience with cross-functional and/or distributed teams.

- Experience working with expansive teams, mediation, and conflict resolution.

- Demonstrated ability to use generative AI productivity tools for daily workflow optimization, early-stage ideation, rapid prototyping, with the ability to critically validate AI output and iterate effectively.

## Skills

### Required
- Project Management
- Scrum
- Agile
- Software Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Generative AI

### Nice to have
- Computer Science
- Game Development
- Business
- 3D Arts

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