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What an Associate Development Manager (ADM) does at EA:

The Associate Development Manager manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA and other production staff. ADM's are the keepers of the project schedule and help move the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring collaboration and communication. You will report to a Development Director, and partner with Producers and Directors to ensure the project is managed on time, to quality, and within budget.

 You have experience in the following:

• Developing working relationships with an immediate team and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on the completion of the project
• Providing line management to employees across departments
• Communicating within a team and coordinating tasks with multiple stakeholders

 You will do the following:

Execution:

• Establish and assign task goals from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing team at a project-level (e.g. Franchise-wide level);
• Mitigate risk for assigned scope
• Partner with production to manage scope and quality

Project management:

• Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production
• Determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements
• Establish a project budget, determine task requirements, and assign tasks to team resources

Requirements:

• Education requirement University degree bachelor's or equivalent professional experience
• Previous project management or team leadership experience is an asset
• Experience in different project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile