Development Manager - EA SPORTS FC (12 month contract)

Avature; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 96,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering team at a leading gaming company as a Development Manager, where you'll oversee project delivery and lead a talented team of artists and engineers. This role offers the chance to innovate within the gaming industry, ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget. With a focus on collaboration and efficiency, you will be instrumental in enhancing team dynamics and driving project success. If you are passionate about gaming and possess strong leadership skills, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

3 weeks vacation

10 days sick leave

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Basic life insurance

Free games

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project management with production lifecycles.
• Bachelor's degree in related fields such as Computer Science or Game Development.

Responsibilities

• Manage a development team of artists and engineers to ensure project delivery.
• Anticipate project bottlenecks and promote effective workflows.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Methodologies

Conflict Resolution

Public Speaking

Team Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Game Development

Bachelor's degree in Business

Bachelor's degree in 3D Arts

Tools

Jira

Slack

Excel

Google Sheets

Miro

Job description

Role ID: 207753

Worker Type: Temporary Employee

Studio/Department: Flexible Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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! With more opportunities than ever to innovate and create new, authentic experiences that bring joy, inclusivity, and immersion to fans everywhere, we invite you to join us as we pioneer the future of football with EA SPORTS FC and welcome everyone to the club!

Reporting to a Development Director, a Development Manager (DM) ensures the delivery of a game feature is on time and within budget. You, as the DM, will oversee the project schedule and manage the team to achieve a high standard.

Your Responsibilities

• Manage a development team that generally consists of Artists and Engineers.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation and project prioritization, make tradeoffs, balance the needs versus technical constraints, and promote initial partner deployments.
• Host daily stand-up meetings in the PST time zone and ensure the team is following procedure for work prioritization.
• Focus on the immediate team, identify team issues, and suggest solutions related to execution goals. Identify task-related processes to improve efficiency.
• Ensure each project setup meets the specifications with Studio with regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
• Establish engagement processes to ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations.

Your Qualifications

• 3+ years of Project Management or Project Lead Experience with production lifecycles, processes, and project planning.
• Bachelor's degree in any number of related fields, including Computer Science, Game Development, Business, and 3D Arts.
• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment (Jira, Slack Automations, Excel, Google Sheet Automations, and Miro) is preferred but not necessary.
• Experience working with expansive teams, mediation, and conflict resolution.
• Comfortable public speaking, talking through solutions, and distilling information.
• Experience with formal communications, publishing reports, or partner-facing documentation is highly recommended.

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: $96,400 - $133,900 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and after 3 months of service - extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.

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 take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much 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.