BioWare: Consumer Products Licensing Manager

Requisition Number: 155563

Position Title: Associate Manager, Business Development

External Description:

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story.  Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios.  We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling.  If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

 

What the Consumer Products Licensing Manager will do at BioWare:

We have spent the last 10 years working with partners to create amazing apparel and collectibles for some of the most passionate players in gaming. The Consumer Products Licensing Manager will work with our licensees to create even more amazing products and experiences for our most engaged fans. They will work with our game and brand teams to identify new opportunities, negotiate new deals and seek high quality products and partners.

Who You Are: 

You have experience in product management and/or licensing and a keen sense for what our fans are looking for in licensed products and collectibles. You are skilled at working with passionate creators and business types. You must understand the gaming market and its players. Lastly, you must be prepared to work well with a team who demands high quality, respect for one another and humility.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the licensed consumer products strategy for BioWare
• Work with our amazing licensees to create a word class product roadmap
• Develop and maintain pitch and IP documents
• Look for new opportunities and partners in the licensing space
• Collaborate with our game and brand teams to identify products and experiences that will make our fans happy
• Manage product approvals with the game team
• Negotiate licensing agreements and track contract compliance

Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in licensing or consumer products
• A passion for games and gamers
• Ability to work with a diverse team of creators and business types within BioWare, EA and with our partners.
• Experience with managing multiple projects at a time.

 

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked! 

The opportunity to work and learn from a world-class games’ studio making world-class games. We are a culture that thrives off creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

 

Benefits:

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, pension with company match and, of course, free video games. 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. Health, Dental, Financial offered (ESPP and RRSP matching); Bonus and relocation assistance also offered.

 

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/edmonton

 

Contact:

kbieber@ea.com

 

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

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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.

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

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.