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 NHL has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. We’ve pioneered award-winning creative technology and experiences to connect players to the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL. The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play. If you're a creative pioneer with a passion for your craft, this will be more than a job. It’ll be what you love. 

The Role

Reporting to a Lead Development Director, a Development Director manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA, and other production staff. 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 partner with producers to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget.

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

Your Responsibilities

• Provide line management to employees across departments and within a single project team

• You will communicate regularly with the project team and coordinate dependencies with external partners

• You will establish and assign tasks from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing a team at a project-level (e.g. Franchise-wide level)

• You will proactively mitigate risk for assigned scope and quality

• Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production and determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years experience as a Project Manager, preferably in the gaming industry.

• Knowledge of JIRA/JAAS is considered an asset.. 

• Excellent change management skills, i.e., comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute on commitments.

• Previous experience working with Software Engineers is preferred. 

• The ability to foster and support an inclusive and diverse team culture