Game Director

Multiple Locations: Redwood City, CA, USA • Los Angeles, CA, USA • Vancouver, BC, Canada

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This position is no longer open.

Requisition Number: 160179

Position Title: Producer II

External Description:

“Who is EA Capital Games?”

We’re a mobile game studio headquartered in Midtown Sacramento, home to the highly successful title Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, the most successful Star Wars mobile game ever released, charting as the #1 grossing game in over 35 countries, and one of the Top 40 grossing games in the entire world across Apple and Google.

Collectively, we are a close-knit group of passionate gamers, obsessed with the creation of genre-defining mobile RPGs, and the vibrant live services necessary to support them. Our team culture is friendly,, results-focused, and collaborative. We take our work – but not ourselves – very seriously.

You'll report to Capital's General Manager.

What You’ll Do

Create and deliver on the product vision, core pillars and business objectives.
Working with the team and studio leadership, define the operational framework for product development, including development processes, production planning, status reporting, risk management, resource management and budgeting.
Drive the game’s production execution. Ensure that key developmental and production goals are met, and the game is built for live service excellence from the onset.
Proactively identify risks associated with meeting feature and release milestones; ensure steps are taken to address any risk to scheduled milestones
Lead all aspects of third party and outsourced development.
Ensure agreement on all aspects of product development and live service vision with external IP holder
Communicate with game and studio leadership to track the status of milestones and ensure deadlines are met
Work with Studio Finance to prepare accurate and reasonable project budgets and develop the game within that budget
Sell the vision of the game across EA and our industry, including interviews & meetings with the press, partner companies, EA executives, etc.
Incorporate a culture of data and analytics into the team from concept. Ensure strong partnership with design early and empower analytics and game product managers to help drive a data driven live service

What You’ll Need

7+ years as a Game Producer, Product Manager, Game Designer, or other relevant discipline with progressive management accountabilities
5+ years’ experience leading diverse, cross functional teams, including creative and engineering
10+ years leading a team of between 4 to 7 direct reports
5+ years of managing other managers
Multi-year experience leading successful teams of 30+ people
5+ years with hiring and staffing accountabilities
Experience leading game with $50K daily revenue
5+ years comprehensive P&L experience
5+ years’ experience with Game Service Partners (e.g. marketing, central tech, other central services)
2+ years overseeing published game titles, live services and game as a service/mobile
Track record leading successful game titles from concept through launch
Ability to partner with matrixed, internal resources
Understanding of development lifecycle stages

“What’s in it for me?”

Glad you asked! We love to brag about our great perks like free food, hosted happy hours, annual camping adventures, comprehensive health, and benefits packages, tuition reimbursement, company matched retirement, and many others! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer great compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality.

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Company Profile:

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: 32

Can this position be remote?:

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