Associate Development Manager - EA Sports FC

Electronic Arts Ltd; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Sick time 10 days

EI/QPIP top-up

Health/dental/vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Bonus eligible

Job summary

Electronic Arts is hiring an Associate Development Manager in Vancouver to lead diverse production teams, ensure on-time delivery, and manage scope within budget. The ADM partners with Producers and Tech Directors to align schedules, resources, and quality across artists, designers, engineers, and QA in a hybrid work model (3 days on-site in Vancouver).

You will drive execution, project management, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement using Jira, while coordinating with cross-functional

Qualifications

• 1+ years of Project Management experience with production lifecycles and planning.
• Experience in a Scrum/Agile software development environment.
• Experience working with expansive teams, mediation and conflict resolution.
• University degree, bachelor's or equivalent professional experience
• Experience in Waterfall and Agile methodologies is an asset

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage task goals from project plans and deliverables.
• Collaborate across disciplines to manage delivery of dependencies.
• Mitigate risks and handle scope alongside production and tech teams.
• Use Jira to define workflows, train staff, and document processes.
• Maintain overall project schedule, resources, and budget with status updates.

Skills

Project management

Agile / Scrum

Cross-team collaboration

Budgeting / resource planning

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Jira

Job description

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

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.

The EA SPORTS FC team is a global community of developers, fueled by imagination and a unified passion to grow the love of sports for players worldwide through inspiring visuals and immersive experiences. We push visual boundaries and create leading edge content across multiple disciplines. Serving our broad portfolio of FC titles, and across multiple platforms, we craft amazing games for hundreds of millions of sports fans worldwide.

This team works hybrid 3 days/onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) at EA Vancouver.

What an Associate Development Manager (ADM) does at EA:

The Associate Development Manager manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA and other production staff. ADM's are the keepers of the project schedule and help move the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring collaboration and communication. You will partner with Producers and Technical Directors to ensure the project is managed on time, to quality, and within budget.

You will do the following:

Execution:

• Establish and assign task goals from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing team at a project-level (e.g. Franchise-wide level);
• Collaborating with cross-team disciplines to manage delivery of dependencies
• Mitigate risk for assigned scope
• Partner with production and tech to manage scope and qualit y
• Using Jira, establish engagement processes to ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations

Project management:

• Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production
• Determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements
• Establish a project budget, determine task requirements, and assign tasks to team resources
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, project prioritization, make tradeoffs,
• Ensure project meets the specifications of the Studio with regular status reporting, and capacity plan updates

Requirements:

• 1 + years of Project Management e xperience with production lifecycles, processes and project planning.
• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment.
• Experience working with expansive teams, mediation and conflict resolution.
• University degree, bachelor's or equivalent professional experience
• Experience in different project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile is an asset

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$74,100 - $102,000 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

About Electronic Arts

We're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.