Senior Director, Product Management

Electronic Arts (EA); Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 146,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management within the Game Developer Experiences (GDX) team. You will lead a team of product managers and partner with engineering leaders to accelerate game development, improve developer velocity, and scale AI-enabled workflows across 20+ global studios.

You will report to the VP of GDX and shape long-term roadmaps while balancing reliability, latency, and platform economics.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in product management, technology strategy, or platform engineering.
• 5+ years of experience leading globally distributed product management teams across a portfolio.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, distributed systems, hybrid infrastructure, and high-throughput build and deployment pipelines.
• Experience establishing metrics, evaluate platform unit economics and TCO, manage multi-million-dollar investment trade-offs, and guide cost optimization at scale.
• Experience aligning VP+ and C-level across matrixed engineering and studio organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bonus: Experience defining product strategy for developer platforms, CI/CD and source control systems, cloud infrastructure, or engineering productivity tools.
• Bonus: Hands-on experience scaling Generative AI or ML-assisted developer productivity tools across large engineering or creative organizations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Head of Engineering and studio technical leaders to define and deliver a long-term product vision and integrated roadmap across GDX.
• Lead product prioritization decisions that balance immediate studio pain points (reliability, latency, stability) with long-term technical bets (cloud-native development environments and AI workflow automation).
• Align leadership across Central Technology and Game Studios, advising VP- and C-level executives on portfolio trade-offs, technical dependencies, and multi-year R&D plans.
• Direct the cross-company product strategy for AI-assisted game development, including coding assistants, AI-augmented content creation workflows, and evaluations of latest technologies.
• Work with Studio Leaders, Legal, Security, and external technology providers to scale AI tools across thousands of creators while establishing governance, IP safeguards, and cost-effective model infrastructure.
• Evaluate cloud and on-premises infrastructure costs with Engineering and Finance teams to optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Lead a team of senior, lead, and director-level product managers, with occasional travel required.

Skills

Global product leadership

Strategic roadmap planning

AI/ML workflows for developers

Cloud-native environments

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Source control systems

Cloud infrastructure

Engineering productivity tools

Job description

Description & Requirements

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Game Developer Experiences (GDX) organization, part of EA's Central Technology group, powers the foundational platforms, tools, and infrastructure that enables engineers, artists, designers, and creators across over 20 global studios to build world-class games. Game development operates at an extraordinary technical scale—requiring massive binary and 3D asset pipelines, multi-terabyte monolithic repositories, high-throughput global edge caching and sync architectures, distributed build and test farms, and seamless multi-engine workflows.

Our mission is to simplify game creation at scale, eliminate workflow friction, and empower developers to spend their time innovating for players rather than waiting on tools and infrastructure

As a Senior Director of Product Management in the Game Developer Experiences (GDX) team, you will lead a team of product managers and partner with engineering leaders across a product portfolio focused on accelerating how Electronic Arts builds games. You will report into the VP of Game Developer Experiences and will solve production bottlenecks and deliver capabilities that improve developer velocity, platform reliability, and AI-enabled workflows for over 20 global game studios.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Head of Engineering and studio technical leaders to define and deliver a long-term product vision and integrated roadmap across GDX.
• Lead product prioritization decisions that balance immediate studio pain points (reliability, latency, stability) with long-term technical bets (cloud-native development environments and AI workflow automation).
• Align leadership across Central Technology and Game Studios, advising VP- and C-level executives on portfolio trade-offs, technical dependencies, and multi-year R&D plans.
• Direct the cross-company product strategy for AI-assisted game development, including coding assistants, AI-augmented content creation workflows, and evaluations of latest technologies.
• Work with Studio Leaders, Legal, Security, and external technology providers to scale AI tools across thousands of creators while establishing governance, IP safeguards, and cost-effective model infrastructure.
• Evaluate cloud and on-premises infrastructure costs with Engineering and Finance teams to optimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Lead a team of senior, lead, and director-level product managers, with occasional travel required.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in product management, technology strategy, or platform engineering, including managing product leaders across multi-product portfolios.
• 5+ years of experience leading globally distributed product management teams across a portfolio including career management and establishing best practices.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, distributed systems, hybrid infrastructure, and high-throughput build and deployment pipelines.
• Experience establishing metrics, evaluate platform unit economics and TCO, manage multi-million-dollar investment trade-offs, and guide cost optimization at scale.
• Experience aligning VP+ and C-level across matrixed engineering and studio organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bonus: Experience defining product strategy for developer platforms, CI/CD and source control systems, cloud infrastructure, or engineering productivity tools.
• Bonus: Hands-on experience scaling Generative AI or ML-assisted developer productivity tools across large engineering or creative organizations.

Pay Transparency - North America

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).

Compensation And Benefits

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$204,600 - $287,500 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

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. 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.