Delivery Director, Mobile Live Ops – Hybrid

Electronic Arts; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Electronic Arts’ Playdemic studio in Manchester seeks a Development Director II to lead delivery across all projects. This leadership role covers live service, roadmap execution, and cross-team collaboration with Product, Creative, and Technical directors.

You will shape operating models, manage forecasting and budgets, and partner with external teams to maximise ROI while maintaining high quality and on-time delivery for millions of players.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in production, program management, or operations within game development.
• Proven track record leading large, cross-functional teams delivering complex products.
• Experience with external partners or distributed development teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of features, live ops content, and new product initiatives.
• Define and enforce production standards, processes, and workflows.
• Lead long-range planning, capacity modelling, and resource allocation.
• Drive alignment across Product, Design, Engineering, and Analytics.
• Oversee external development and partner integration.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Budget management

Tools

Jira

Dashboards

Analytics

Job description

Electronic Arts’ Playdemic studio in Manchester seeks a Development Director II to lead delivery across all projects. This leadership role covers live service, roadmap execution, and cross-team collaboration with Product, Creative, and Technical directors.

You will shape operating models, manage forecasting and budgets, and partner with external teams to maximise ROI while maintaining high quality and on-time delivery for millions of players.