Development Manager - EA Sports Technology Group

EA SPORTS; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 85,680 - 142,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation and health benefits

Job summary

EA SPORTS Burnaby, BC is seeking a Development Manager for a 12-month, on-site hybrid role (3x per week). You’ll partner with Technical Artists to ensure timely delivery of tools, workflows, and content across EA SPORTS titles.

Lead planning, track milestones, dependencies, and risks; keep project plans, dashboards, and team documentation up to date; coordinate with production, engineering, and external partners to balance scope, quality, and schedules.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of project management, production, or team coordination experience in software development, game development, or a related technical environment.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Interactive Entertainment, Commerce, Digital Arts, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with Agile or Scrum frameworks (asset).
• Experience using JIRA/JaaS.
• Familiarity with Miro, Slack, Excel, Google Sheets, and other project-tracking and reporting tools (asset).
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for Technical Artists by tracking work, follow up on open items, and maintain clear team information.
• 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 andTechnical Art Directors to support team planning, onboarding, resourcing conversations, and development opportunities for team members.
• 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.
• Support planning discussions by gathering data on scope, capacity, dependencies, and resource needs.

Skills

Project management

Team coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Interactive Entertainment, Commerce, Digital Arts or related field

Tools

Jira/JaaS

Miro

Slack

Excel

Google Sheets

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.

Development Manager

This is a 12‑month temporary position and requires on‑site (hybrid 3x per week) work from our Burnaby, B.C. studio. Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.

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. EA SPORTS Tech provides specialized technology teams working on modern character motion, content pipelines and workflows, machine learning, game security, dev‑ops, as well as long‑lead feature and technology development for all EA SPORTS titles. As part of EA SPORTS Tech, the Technical Art Team helps push visual boundaries and experiences for our players. We invest in future technologies, shared tooling, and production workflows.

About The Role

Are you passionate about new technologies and pushing the boundaries of game development? EA SPORTS Technical Art is looking for a Development Manager to partner with our 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, you will help the team stay organized, follow project plans, track progress, identify risks, and support delivery across milestones.

Team Support and Collaboration

• Provide day‑to‑day support for Technical Artists by helping track work, follow up on open items, and maintain clear team information.
• 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 for team members.

Execution

• Support the team in executing against milestones, deliverables, and project commitments.
• Track task progress, dependencies, risks, and capacity, and escalate concerns to the Development Director, Technical Art Directors, and project leadership when needed.
• Partner with production and Technical Art leadership to help balance scope, quality, and timelines.
• Communicate progress, risks, and changes to project teams and coordinate requirements with external partners.

Project Management

• 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.
• Support planning discussions by gathering data on scope, capacity, dependencies, and resource needs.

Role Requirements

• 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.
• Experience with Agile or Scrum frameworks (asset).
• Experience using JIRA/JaaS.
• Familiarity with Miro, Slack, Excel, Google Sheets, and other project‑tracking and reporting tools (asset).
• 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.
• Experience working with artists, technical artists, engineers, or cross‑functional development teams (asset).

Pay Transparency - North America

Compensation And Benefits

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $104,500 - $142,800 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and 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 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.

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.