Development Manager - EA Sports Tech

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Burnaby office

Job summary

EA SPORTS is seeking a Development Manager to partner with Technical Artists and support the delivery of tools, workflows, and content across multiple projects. This hybrid role is based in Burnaby, Canada, for a 12-month temporary assignment.

You will help the team stay organized, track milestones and dependencies, assess risks, and coordinate with production leadership and external partners to balance scope, quality, and deadlines.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management, production, or team coordination experience in software or game development.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Interactive Entertainment, Commerce, Digital Arts, or equivalent.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to summarize complex information and tailor messaging.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities across timelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for function leads, tracking work and maintaining team information.
• Clarify production priorities and align team efforts with project goals by gathering information.
• Facilitate collaboration and surface blockers, risks, and issues early with partners.
• Support sprint planning, onboarding, resourcing, and development opportunities with leadership.
• Track progress, dependencies, risks, and capacity; elevate concerns to leadership when needed.
• Communicate progress and changes to project teams and coordinate with external partners.

Skills

Project management

Software development experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Miro

Slack

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

About the Role

EA SPORTS Technical Art is looking for a Development Manager to partner with Technical Artists and support the successful delivery of tools, workflows, and content across EA SPORTS. The Technical Art team is a central service team that supports multiple game development projects, each with different timelines, priorities, and delivery needs. In this role, the Development Manager will help the team stay organized, follow project plans, track progress, identify risks, and support delivery across milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for Technical Artists by tracking work, following up on open items, and maintaining clear team information.
• Help clarify production priorities and align team efforts with project goals by gathering information, tracking dependencies, and supporting conversations with internal and external partners.
• Facilitate collaboration within the Technical Art team and with partner teams, helping identify blockers, surface risks, and resolve open issues early.
• Partner with the Development Director and Technical Art Directors to support team planning, onboarding, resourcing conversations, and development opportunities.
• Support the team in executing against milestones, deliverables, and project commitments across multiple EA SPORTS projects, and partner with production and Technical Art leadership to balance scope, quality, and timelines.
• Track task progress, dependencies, risks, and capacity, and elevate concerns to the Development Director, Technical Art Directors, and project leadership when needed.
• Communicate progress, risks, and changes to project teams and coordinate requirements with external partners.
• Partner with the Development Director to support sprint planning, retrospectives, task tracking, and project reporting.
• Maintain Technical Art project plans, backlogs, dashboards, and team documentation to ensure information is accurate and accessible.
• Help track schedules and milestone progress across multiple projects, using task estimates, team input, and partner timelines, and support planning discussions by gathering data on scope, capacity, dependencies, and resource needs.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management, production, or team coordination experience in software development, game development, or a related technical environment.
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Interactive Entertainment, Commerce, Digital Arts, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize complex information, communicate risks clearly, and tailor messaging for different audiences.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities across different project timelines.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Agile or Scrum frameworks, and familiarity with tools such as JIRA, Miro, Slack, Excel, Google Sheets, and other project-tracking and reporting tools.
• Experience working with artists, technical artists, engineers, or cross-functional development teams.

Workplace

• Hybrid role requiring in-studio work from the Burnaby office.
• Relocation is not supported for this temporary 12-month position.

Benefits & Perks

• In Canada: vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, extended health/dental/vision coverage, and basic life insurance.

About the Company

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.