Development Manager - Future Opportunity

Electronic Arts; Bogotá; On-site; COP 60,000,000 - 120,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Vacation & holidays

Meal card

Game credits & console reimbursement

Modern office in Salitre

Job summary

EA Bogota is seeking a QA Project Manager to oversee QA project planning and execution with studio partners. You will coordinate schedules, strategize tests, and manage project metrics, ensuring smooth collaboration across development and QA teams.

Based onsite in Bogotá, you will mentor QA staff, run regular stand-ups and planning sessions, and report progress to leadership. The role focuses on improving QA practices, knowledge transfer, and alignment with game design and implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 3+ years in leadership roles in QA and project management.
• 3+ years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project schedules and ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• Modify priorities on the fly based on critical changes.
• Balance scope, timelines and overall project quality.
• Identify and mitigate risks, manage blockers, prioritise tasks, and ensure project goals are met.
• Ensure effective reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders, including developers, analysts, and producers.
• Conduct regular meetings, such as stand-ups and planning sessions, to align team efforts.
• Communicate project expectations and progress updates effectively.
• Encourage partner engagement.
• Determine and manage resource requirements for the project.
• Handle capacity planning, scheduling, and tracking of tasks.
• Manage, mentor and support QA team members.
• Conduct performance reviews, career development and training.
• Foster a collaborative and productive team environment.

Skills

Project management

Agile methods

Scrum

Kanban

Bug tracking

Stakeholder management

Communication

White-box testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Job description

About Us: Our Quality Verification and Standards (QVS) team is an important part of our development process, consistently delivering actionable insights that support our game teams to optimize software performance and elevate gameplay.

You will work onsite from Bogotá, Colombia.

About the Role: Reporting to the Development Director, you will oversee QA project planning and execution with your studio partners. Collaborating with development teams and QA peers, you will coordinate project schedules, strategise tests, and manage project metrics. You will be an essential part of coordinating and supporting the team, the knowledge transfer process and communication with the game team and partner groups. In partnership with QA leaders, you will work towards enhancing QA practices, sharing expertise, and advocating for game design and implementation.

Your Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Oversee project schedules and ensure timely delivery of milestones
• Modify priorities on the fly based on critical changes
• Balance scope, timelines and overall project quality
• Identify and mitigate risks, manage blockers, prioritise tasks, and ensure project goals are met
• Ensure effective reporting to leadership and stakeholders

Team Leadership and Collaboration

• Collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders, including developers, analysts, and producers
• Conduct regular meetings, such as stand-ups and planning sessions, to align team efforts
• Communicate project expectations and progress updates effectively
• Encourage partner engagement

Resource Management

• Determine and manage resource requirements for the project
• Handle capacity planning, scheduling, and tracking of tasks

People/Talent Management

• Manage, mentor and support QA team members
• Conduct performance reviews, career development and training
• Foster a collaborative and productive team environment

Our Requirements

Experience and Knowledge / Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
• 3+ years of experience in leadership roles in QA and project management roles
• 3+ years of people management experience

Skills and Abilities

• Experience with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban) and bug tracking tools
• Understanding of software development processes
• Stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience with white-box/gray-box testing techniques

EA Bogota Benefits

• Health Benefits - Medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, global fitness benefit ($500 USD per year), and mental wellbeing plan.
• Professional Development - Training and development programs, opportunities for career advancement and tuition reimbursement
• Work-Life Balance - 15 vacation days, paid holiday closure and paid sick leave
• Meaningful Work - Opportunity to directly contribute to the development of EA titles
• Additional Perks - Meal card ($400,000 COP per month), game credits and console reimbursement program
• Work Environment - New office space in the heart of Salitre, inclusive work culture and supportive team environment

…and more!