Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS FC

As one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.

With more opportunity than ever to design, innovate, and create new, immersive experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and connection to fans everywhere, we invite you to join our passionate and dynamic team as we pioneer the future of football fandom.

Reporting to a Development Director, a Development Manager (DM) ensures the delivery of a game feature is on time and within budget. To be effective in this role, you will apply project management methodologies to manage a team’s execution against delivery plans while fostering a collaborative and positive environment.

 Your Responsibilities

• Manage a cross-functional development team to achieve delivery targets

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to facilitate decision-making in a timely manner 

• Ensure appropriate project management methodologies are applied to development processes

• Create and update the team’s capacity plan, validating resource needs against project schedule and plan. 

• Anticipate and drive to resolve, remove, and/or manage risks and dependencies to the team. 

• Use basic change management models when supporting change initiatives. 

• As a People Manager, directly manage the professional development plans and performance of direct reports by following established EA standards and processes. 

Your Qualifications

• 2-4 years of Project Management Experience with production lifecycles, processes and project planning.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Business, 3D Arts, or a related field is preferred. 

• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment (Jira, Perforce, and Visio)

• Stakeholder management experience with cross-functional and/or distributed teams.