About the role
Company Overview
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. The company fosters a community that connects across the globe, where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter.
EA SPORTS is a leading sports entertainment brand, known for top-selling video game franchises, award-winning interactive technology, and cross-platform digital experiences. The brand creates connected gaming experiences that bring the emotion of sports to life through titles including Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, NHL, NBA LIVE, and UFC.
EA SPORTS FC is redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences, connecting a global community of fans to The World's Game through innovation and unrivaled authenticity.
The Role
Reporting to a Lead Development Director, the Development Director (DD) manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA, and other production staff. DDs serve as the keepers of the project schedule and play an important role in successfully moving the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring a focus on quality, collaboration, and communication. This role involves partnering with producers, other DDs, and software engineers to ensure the project is managed on time, to quality, and within budget. This specific role joins a team that oversees shared technologies across FC and various game features.
Responsibilities
- Own operational outcomes for the team, ensuring priorities, processes, and execution are aligned with product and business objectives.
- Establish an overall project schedule based on individual task estimates for production and determine resource requirements to meet those tasks.
- Establish and assign tasks from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing a team at a project-level (e.g., Franchise-wide level).
- Build and evolve effective teams; identify resourcing needs, provide challenges, and offer development opportunities to ensure all employees reach their potential.
- Build working relationships with the immediate team and those outside the immediate team that affect project completion.
- Provide line management to employees across departments and within a single project team.
- Communicate regularly with the project team and coordinate dependencies with external partners.
- Participate in the hiring process to ensure candidates meet project requirements.
- Proactively mitigate risk for assigned scope and quality.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of project management or team leadership experience.
- Minimum of 4+ years of management experience working in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
- Proven ability to build and improve operational processes, team effectiveness, and delivery outcomes.
- Experience managing, coaching, and developing team members.
- Experience communicating across all levels and organizations.
- Experience in project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
- University degree, Bachelors, or equivalent professional experience.
Compensation and Benefits
Pay Range (North America)
- British Columbia (depending on location, e.g., Vancouver vs. Victoria): $122,300 - $170,700 CAD
Pay is determined based on relevant business and candidate factors, including education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs.
Benefits (Canada)
- Vacation: 3 weeks per year to start.
- Sick time: 10 days per year.
- Paid parental leave: Top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary (12 weeks for maternity; 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
- Health coverage: Extended health, dental, and vision.
- Insurance: Life insurance and disability insurance.
- Retirement: Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
- Additional: Certain roles may be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.
- General Wellness: Healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, paid time off, family leaves, and complimentary games.
Equal Opportunity and Workplace Accommodations
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. EA considers qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law and provides workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by law.