# Senior Director, Business Strategy

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Redwood City, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Strategy
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Director, Business Strategy to serve as an important advisor to EA's senior creative leaders. The successful candidate will report to the VP of Corporate Strategy and have deep engagement across EA's franchises, studios, and commercial functions, with regular interaction with EA's executive leadership.

The Senior Director, Business Strategy will help shape the future of one of the world's most influential interactive entertainment portfolios. They will provide connected, proactive, and data-informed thought partnership to EA's senior creative leaders, helping to unlock growth, promote innovation, and maximize the long-term value of EA's world-class IP and development capabilities.

Responsibilities:

- Strategic Vision and Leadership:

- Be a trusted advisor to senior creative leaders at EA, helping shape long-term strategy and translate it into near-term priorities.

- Provide proactive strategic perspective and connective tissue across EA's ecosystem.

- Partner with the Strategic Intelligence function, using data, market intelligence, and insights to inform decision-making.

- Deliver expertise on how shifts in player behavior, fandom, platform dynamics, monetization models, and new technologies are reshaping interactive entertainment.

- Develop external relationships with senior strategy leaders across gaming, media, technology, and entertainment.

- Strategic Planning:

- Develop structured frameworks to evaluate strategic opportunities across EA.

- Lead and deliver ad hoc market, financial, and scenario analyses to support studio and franchise leadership.

- Guide select, strategic initiatives end-to-end, including opportunity assessments, long-range planning, and support for partnerships or M&A diligence.

- Collaborate with Development, Publishing, Finance, and Commercial teams to ensure franchise strategies align with EA's corporate strategy, financial goals, and long-term growth goals.

- Summarize insights into clear, data-backed recommendations for senior executives, the CEO, and Board of Directors.

- Promote Innovative Growth:

- Help promote EA's studio and franchise teams to innovate, experiment, and grow.

- Support franchises and studios in balancing creative ambition with commercial discipline.

- Identify opportunities to extend franchises in, around, and beyond games.

- Develop Strategy Talent:

- Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that encourages curiosity, creativity, and strategic collaboration.

- Be a mentor, coach, and sponsor to Strategy team members.

- Help the team grow in impact and influence.

Requirements:

- 12+ years of relevant experience in strategy, corporate development, or related roles, with 3+ years in a management or team leadership capacity within media, technology, gaming, or entertainment.

- Experience developing large-scale strategies that bring measurable growth.

- Expertise partnering with senior executives and creative leaders, influencing decisions, and excelling in high-visibility situations.

- Experience balancing long-term strategic vision with immediate needs.

- Experience with interactive entertainment, innovation, and building enduring franchises.

## Skills

### Required
- strategy
- corporate development
- media
- technology
- gaming
- entertainment
- leadership
- data analysis
- market intelligence

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