Development Director

Location: Orlando, FL, USA

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Requisition Number: 157532

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

Development Director, Quality Engineering

We are EA

And we make games – how cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

This is an essential leadership role in the Quality Engineering organization and offers a recognized expert the opportunity to lead the development of a portfolio of project or studio-wide tools and automation solutions to support our mission statement. We ensure predictability in development by guiding quality by design.

As a Development Director (DD), you’ll promote collaboration, planning and reporting between our Quality Engineering Technical Director(s), our development team Technical Director(s) and Quality Assurance Leadership on our tools and automation strategy. This strategy revolves around the reality of triple A game development in the current market environment; growing complexity and size of the titles while striving to minimize development costs to keep prices in line with market expectations. We both aim to reduce the cost of development and quality assurance and ensure those same partners provide a first class experience to our consumers.

You’ll lead the team to meet milestones and quality targets, creating and improving processes, coordinating with departments across the company, tracking and resolving issues, and trying to find opportunities for improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee process, schedule and quality aspects of the Quality Engineering deliverables including maintaining/establishing the development framework, reporting, risk management, capacity planning, resource management and budget
Work with leadership to establish the strategy to meet milestones and important deliverables
Ensure the team has the best organizational structure and processes that allow them to produce high-quality content on time and on budget
Improve the efficiency and create new ways of thinking with a goal of reducing waste and increasing predictability
Foster an engaging, fulfilling and fun working environment
Filters issues based on a clear understanding of the studio objectives, and helps the team break down complex problems
Develop project KPI’s that track project quality, delivery and predictability
Ensure communication with team and important partners to provide project status updates
Initiate or implement development process improvements to achieve efficiencies
Direct development strategies and models to support near and long-range plans & innovation
Monitor and adjust capacity plans

Key Attributes

In-depth knowledge of software development operations acquired from 8 years or more of relevant experience
8 years leadership experience (managing technical staff)
Undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent domain

We Thought You Might Also Want to Know

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages; and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer great compensation packages and a culture that values creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

Don’t Just Play It – Create It!

It’s not easy building the world’s best digital playground. It’s hair-standing-on-end exhilarating. It’s down-in-the-trenches challenging. It’s stroke-of-brilliance-at-midnight creative. It’s you—taking risks, challenging yourself, pursuing ideas, changing the way millions of people do something they love: play. In an industry that’s changing every day, EA is positioned for growth thanks to smart business plans, strategic acquisitions, and most importantly, our creative people around the world who gather each day to unite the world through play. We take that last part very seriously, so if what you’re reading excites you as much as it does us, apply today.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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.

Days Open: 139

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