Development Director

Requisition Number: 152048

Position Title: DD II

External Description:

What a Development Director does at EA:

A Development Director manages a variety of disciplines including artists, designers, software engineers, QA and other production staff. DD's are the keepers of the project schedule and play a vital role in successfully moving the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring a strong focus on quality, collaboration and communication. They must partner closely with producers to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget

 

Responsibilities:

• Identifying and driving project resource needs, supporting in recruitment and hiring process. 
• Provides direct and indirect management to project team across disciplines. 
• Maintains regular communication with project team and coordinates dependencies with external partners
• Ability to drive both agile and waterfall development frameworks
• Successful delivery of project deliverables through managing team at a project-level
• Proactively assessing and mitigating risk for assigned scope
• Establish project schedule and lead across multiple geographical locations to delivery dates
• Establish a project budget, determine task dependencies, and assign tasks to team resources as appropriate

Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years project or people management experience, including 3-5 years of experience in the video gaming industry
• Education requirement University degree Bachelors or equivalent professional experience
• Effective communication skills across all levels and organizations. English is the required language of work
• Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
• Leadership skills in team-building, resourcing, developing team members, line management
• Execution skills in achieving project deliverables through team managements
• Project management skills in establishing project schedules, budget, resources
  
  

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. We offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives on creativity and individuality.
 
Health, Dental, Financial offered (ESPP and RRSP matching); Relocation assistance also offered.
Eligible for salary increases, bonuses, and restricted stock units at company’s discretion
 
 More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/burnaby-eav
 Contact me: Stephanie Walker, stwalker@ea.com  604 456 4178

 Address: Electronic Arts (Canada), Inc., 4330 Sanderson Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 4X1
 
Salary offered: $120,000-$145,000

Full time, permanent position

 

 

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

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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: 108

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.