Development Manager - EA Sports FC

As a Development Manager within the art team at EA SPORTS FC, you will oversee the delivery of game features and assets on time and within budget.

The EA SPORTS FC team is a global community of developers, fueled by imagination and a unified passion to grow the love of sports for players worldwide through inspiring visuals and immersive experiences.

Your responsibilities:

• Manage a development team consisting of Artists, Software Engineers, and external partners
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, project prioritization, make tradeoffs, balance needs versus technical constraints, and promote initial partner deployments
• Focus on the immediate team and identify team issues, and suggest solutions related to execution goals
• Identify task-related processes to improve efficiency
• Ensure each project setup meets the specifications of the Studio with regular status reporting and capacity plan updates
• Using Jira, establish engagement processes to ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations
• Partner with Production, QV, Art Directors to ensure game quality targets are met

Requirements:

• 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 Scrum/Agile software development environment
• Proven track record using Jira and Jaas to manage concurrent projects
• Ability to create dashboards, workflows, and automation when required
• Experience working with expansive teams, mediation, and conflict resolution
• Experience managing Outsource vendors and remote teams is considered an asset
• Experience in feature or asset production is beneficial