Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

EA SPORTS Tech provides specialized technology teams working on modern character motion, content pipelines and workflows, machine learning, game security, dev ops, as well as long lead feature and technology development for all EA SPORTS titles. As part of EA SPORTS Tech, the Technical Art Team helps push visual boundaries and experiences for our players. We invest in future technologies, shared tooling, and production workflows. We combine creativity and imagination with technical expertise. We are a diverse group that encourages team members to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to work every day.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about new technologies and continually pushing the boundaries of game development? Great, so are we! EA Sports Technical Art is seeking a creative Development Manager to partner with our incredible team of Technical Artists to ensure successful content delivery of tools across all of EA Sports. In this role, you will own the project schedule and ensure we stay organized and on track. Great communication and partnership management are key assets in this role, to ensure excellence in execution to make our characters and content come to life. This team works onsite in Burnaby 3 days/week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This is a 12-month contract to begin with.

Team Coordination and Execution 

• You will report directly to the project Development Director 

• You will support, track, and assign tasks from defined project goals

• You will collaborate with the team members on day-to-day project needs, including operations, documentation, and communication with external teams

• You will mitigate risk for the assigned scope in partnership with the Development Director

• You will monitor capacity (resource balance) and partner with production to manage scope and quality

• When needed, you will collaborate and coordinate requirements with external partners 

Project Management

• You will partner with the Development Director to support sprint planning and retrospectives, promoting best practices for task tracking

• You will update and leverage project schedules (roadmaps)

• Support daily stand-ups 

• Support note-taking, action items, and follow-ups from meetings 

• Support for reports generation 

Role Requirements:

• 1-2+ years of software project management or team leadership experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience within a technical domain 

• Knowledge of different project management methodologies, such as Waterfall and Agile in a software development setting

• Proficiency with Jira as a primary project management tool

• Strong communication skills 

• A positive team and customer-centric attitude