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.

Building on an incredible 30-year foundation, we’re redefining football with EA SPORTS FC - a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences, bringing a global community of football fans closer to The World's Game. Together, we’re taking the largest football club in the world to new heights - and this is just the beginning!

The Role 

Reporting to a Development Director, the team is searching for another Development Director (Project Manager) to manage the cinematics for EA SPORTS FC. DD's are the keepers of the project schedule and play an important role in successfully moving the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring a focus on quality, collaboration and communication. You will collaborate, communicate and partner with other EA SPORTS teams, building strong relationships that require strategic thinking and strong execution. 

This team works hybrid. - 2 days/week onsite at EA Vancouver. 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the full operational aspects of the development, including establishing development framework, reporting, risk management, capacity planning, resource management, and project auditing for the EA SPORTS FC cinematics team.
• Partner with the Capture Lab to oversee the budget for the team.
• Work with the project leadership to define the project/team strategy and lead the team in execution against milestones and key deliverables.
• Solve problems, balance priorities, and find creative solutions to achieve results.
• Develop, maintain and publish project and team KPI’s that track project performance. 
• Establish regular communication with the team and key stakeholders to provide project status updates.
• Keep the team and partners’ teams informed on development results, schedule, and changes.
• Ensure the team has the best organizational structure, processes and practices that allow them to produce high quality work efficiently, on time and on budget.

 
Job Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a Project Manager, preferably in VFX or Animation.  
• Production tracking experience using spreadsheets, databases, or database software.
• Track record of significant project and risk management. 
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks across all phases of production.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and possesses strong emotional intelligence skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills - able to work on complex problems where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Proficient in Shotgun/Shotgrid and Jira. 
• Bachelor's degree in film/TV production or equivalent experience preferred.

 
Required Skills

• Excellent change management skills, i.e., comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute on commitments.
• Strong leadership skills: ability to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders.
• Self-starter who is able to identify and solve problems.
• Flexible and agile: ability to adapt quickly and be effective in new situations in a highly dynamic environment.
• Able to effectively and quickly build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence and confidence.
• Possess passion, energy, enthusiasm to drive results; highly action oriented.