Description
We are seeking a Production Director to lead our next Mass Effect title at BioWare, a studio within Electronic Arts. As a Production Director, you will partner with creative leadership, studio teams, and internal and external partners to champion the game's vision and ensure its execution at the highest quality bar.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a strategic bridge between creative intent and development execution, translating high-level vision into a clear direction for teams to deliver at AAA quality.
- Provide leadership across the full development lifecycle, anticipating needs, setting executional direction, and ensuring teams are positioned to succeed at each phase.
- Build and sustain strong coalitions across creative, technical, production, and partner teams, fostering alignment and shared ownership of outcomes.
- Break down complex creative and technical goals into understandable, actionable components, ensuring teams understand both the why and the how behind their work.
- Identify and mitigate risks early, drive resolution of cross-team challenges, and make informed tradeoffs that protect quality, schedule, and long-term franchise health.
- Represent the project and production organization in communications with studio leadership, EA partners, and external stakeholders, including press as needed.
- Establish and reinforce clear objectives, transparency, and accountability across teams to maintain alignment and momentum.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of game development production experience, including senior-level leadership on multiple large-scale AAA titles.
- Proven ownership on multiple games delivered from early concept through launch and live support, demonstrating strong leadership accountability.
- Deep expertise in ARPG and RPG development, including systems, content pipelines, player expectations, and competitive analysis.
- Led complex, multidisciplinary organizations around a shared creative vision.
- Strong executive presence with an influence-based leadership style that builds trust, resolves ambiguity, and enables decision-making at scale.
- Experience partnering with external development teams, vendors, publishing, marketing, first-party partners, press and lead initiatives around game showcases.
- A track record of mentoring senior production leaders, developing high-performing teams, and shaping production culture and best practices at the studio level.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive portfolio of games and experiences, with opportunities for growth and development.
- Emphasis on work-life balance, with flexible work arrangements and support for physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
- Benefits packages tailored to local needs, including healthcare services, mental wellness support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.
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https://jobs.ea.com/fi_FI/careers/JobDetail/Production-Director/212271