Development Manager, 3D Characters (Hybrid)

Electronic Arts

Vancouver

Hybrid

CAD 100,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation

Extended health/dental/vision

Retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Vancouver (EA SPORTS NHL) seeks a Development Manager to lead a 3D art and software team, ensuring timely feature delivery within budget. The role involves managing engineers, artists, and designers in a hybrid environment (onsite 3 days/week in Vancouver).

You will coordinate schedules, drive execution, and optimize workflows, balancing technical constraints with business needs.

Qualifications

3+ years in project management for game development and 3D art lifecycles.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Business, or related field.
Experience with Scrum/Agile development (Jira, Perforce, Visio).
Proven ability to manage large cross-functional teams and resolve conflicts.
Experience using generative AI tools to streamline workflows and prototype ideas.

Responsibilities

Manage a development team which generally consists of Software Engineers, Animators, Artists, and Designers.
Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, project prioritization, tradeoffs, balance needs vs constraints, and promote partner deployments.
Focus on the immediate team and identify team issues; suggest solutions related to execution goals; identify task-related processes to improve efficiency.
Ensure each project setup meets specifications with Studio with regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
Establish engagement processes to ensure workflows are defined, processes documented, and staff trained in expectations.