Electronic Arts

We evolve our games and how players interact with them by using the power of data to continuously uncover insights to deliver an even better player experience. We strive to be the best-in-class AI team in the gaming industry by maximizing the fun for EA players through easier deployment of AI-driven solutions for game makers. Our insights are ubiquitous through autonomous analytics.

We are looking for a Development Director II to join the Data and Analytics (DnA) team.

Responsibilities:

• Establishing the direction & strategy for multiple complex projects/teams while ensuring alignment with internal & external leadership

• Monitoring & adjusting capacity plans for multiple complex projects/teams to address skill gaps and identify funding needs

• Owning the budget for multiple complex projects/teams and partnering with finance to maintain a healthy budget

• Being the point of escalation for conflict management and problem-solving

• Partnering with DD1 to train them and provide mentorship

• Establishing and maintaining team health standards through team leaders

• Identifying and implementing process improvement initiatives across full projects or multiple teams

• Creating plans, schedules, and status reports across multiple complex projects/teams

• Anticipating and solving Data & Analytics dependencies between the project and external groups

• Using change management processes to communicate and measure the effectiveness of project-wide change.

• Proactively engage project stakeholders effectively through planned communications, meetings, and reporting to ensure a clear understanding and manage expectations according to the project plan

• Coordinates discussions between the game development and analytics teams to clarify data tracking and reporting needs for the live game operations.

What a Development Director at EA does: 

• Organize, lead daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, retrospectives, and other team meetings with your scrum team(s)

• Implement clear and repeatable methods for documenting and tracking critical project information throughout the project lifecycle

• Understand the business priorities and keep the team on track by encouraging communication and collaboration

• Facilitates work estimation (often with the project team), tracks progress against the plan/backlog, and reports project status using appropriate metrics and visuals, such as burn charts.

• Drive execution from concept to live (estimates, tasks, change requests, bugs)

• Act as a scrum master for a cross-functional development team

• Monitors team member performance against project tasks and milestones, offering constructive feedback and recognition to optimize individual contributions towards project success

• Form close working relationships with discipline leads, provide regular coaching and mentoring

• Manage stakeholder communication and requirements

• Establish trust and credibility with team leadership as well as studio team.

• Coordinate dependencies with external parties across the company

• Take ownership of your role

Qualifications:  

• Passionate about managing data teams

• 7+ years working as a project manager

• 5+ years of experience working in the Software Development industry, and you have released multiple solutions while seeing them through all phases of the development life cycle.

• Have experience managing internal and external teams

• Have many conflict resolution tools in your tool belt.

• The ability to comfortably talk across all levels of an organization

• The ability to always know the status of your project and can visualize that status for any audience.

• Strong negotiation, prioritization, and conflict resolution skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals

• Experience working in data analytics a plus

• Experience with delivering live services a plus

• Experience with game development a plus

• Experience working in or managing a co-development environment a plus