Development Director

Requisition Number: 160014

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

La motivation nourrit notre industrie – le désir de donner vie à une idée, d’inclure du jamais vu à un jeu. C’est ce qui donne la force motrice de l’équipe Motive. Nos seules limites sont celles de notre imagination. Le studio Motive vise à redéfinir les jeux d’action et à proposer aux adeptes des jeux novateurs de qualité supérieure. Quoi de mieux que d’avoir la possibilité de créer la prochaine franchise à succès et de participer aux débuts d’un tout nouveau studio? Si les jeux vous passionnent et que vous souhaitez repousser les limites de votre art, profitez de cette occasion unique. 

Motive, le plus récent studio AAA de Electronic Arts, est à la recherche d'un Directeur du développement. 

Votre rôle :

• Diriger des équipes multidisciplinaires et multifonctionnelles dans la livraison de fonctionnalité, de modules ou de composants propres à un jeu ou à un module de contenu post-lancement.
• Coordonner les équipes de mêlée (scrum) dans l’atteinte des objectifs de sprint, en contribuant à diriger et à organiser les ressources dans la planification et le suivi de leur travail.
• Collaborer avec le producteur senior et le directeur créatif à la définition et à la communication des buts, des objectifs, des plans et des étapes clés du projet à l’équipe de projet.
• Collaborer avec les cadres fonctionnels à la gestion continue des compromis entre la portée, les ressources et le délai durant le cycle de vie du projet pour la livraison de jeux AAA.
• Documenter, communiquer et gérer les processus clés de gestion de projet au sein de l’équipe de projet et dans l’ensemble de l’entreprise.
• Relever, analyser, hiérarchiser, atténuer et communiquer les risques associés au projet; établir des plans d’atténuation efficaces et réalisables pour les risques les plus élevés.
• Assurer la création de documents de gestion de projet, incluant rapports de situation, plans de projet, plans de communication, bilans et compilations d’information historique.
• Collaborer avec le producteur senior, le directeur créatif et les chefs d’équipe à l’avancement et à la qualité du projet ainsi qu’à l’évaluation continue et à la conception du système de suivi de bogues / gestion des tâches.

Ce que vous apportez :

• Diplôme universitaire ou d’un programme postsecondaire reconnu en gestion de projets ou dans une discipline connexe.
• Expérience de gestion d’une équipe multidisciplinaire avec des dépendances externes dans le cadre d’une grande production.
• Au moins 5 ans d’expérience dans la planification de ressources et la gestion de projets de grande complexité.
• Expérience reconnue dans l’industrie du jeu avec au moins un jeu AAA à son actif.

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Everyone in our industry has a Motive - an idea they want to bring to life, something they’ve never seen before in a game that they want to make a reality. This is what drives everyone at Motive. The only limit here is the team’s imagination.  Motive aims to redefine action games and bring the highest quality innovative games to players. What could be better than getting to create the world’s next block buster franchise and be part of building a brand-new studio from the ground up? If you are passionate about games and motivated to push your craft further this is the opportunity of a lifetime. 

Motive, Electronic Arts’ newest AAA studio, is seeking a Development Director.

What you’ll do:

• Leads multi-disciplinary, cross-functional teams to deliver functionality, modules or specific components of a game or post-release content module.
• As a DD, you coordinate Scrum teams to meet their sprint goals, helping to lead and organise resources in planning and tracking their work.
• Works with the Sr Producer and Creative Director to establish and communicate project goals, objectives, plans and milestones to the project team.
• Works with functional managers to continuously manage trade-offs between scope, resources and time during the project lifecycle to deliver AAA games.
• Documents, communicates and administers key project management processes within the project team and across the company.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate and communicate project risks; develop effective and achievable mitigation plans for highest risk issues.
• Responsible for the creation of project management documents including status reports, project plans, communications plans, post-mortems and compiling historical information.
• Works with the Sr Producer, Creative Director and team leads in assessing the progress and quality of the project and the ongoing assessment and design of the bug tracking / task management system.

 

What you bring:

• University degree or graduate of a recognized post secondary program in project management or related discipline.
• Experience running a multidisciplinary team with external dependencies, as part of a large production
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with scheduling resources and managing projects of significant complexity.
• Proven track record in the games industry with at least one shipped AAA game

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP company match and, of course, many other perks! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

Motive Studios has the Means and Opportunity. Come see what you can do!

 

 

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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: 154

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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.