Development Director

Requisition Number: 157606

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

Development Director

At EA, we thrive on outrageous thinking. It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We’re innovators and great storytellers. But it’s not just about amazing your peers – it’s about amazing yourself. Take risks. Collaborate with brilliant minds and dare to dream big. Together, we can change the way millions play every day.

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 (our product owners) to ensure that they are managing the project on time, to quality, and within budget

 To be a successful candidate for this role, you need to be great at:

Leadership:

•  Builds and evolves effective team; identifies resourcing needs, provides challenges and developmental opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential.
•  Builds and maintains effective working relationships with immediate team and those outside of the immediate team that have an effect on the successful completion of the project
•  Provides line management to employees across disciplines within a single project team
•  Maintains regular communication with project team and coordinates dependencies with external partners

 Execution:

•  Establishing and assigning task objectives from defined project goals; achieving project deliverables through managing team at a project-level and domain/game area level
•  Proactively assessing and mitigating risk for assigned scope and actively working with product owners and tech leads to resolve problems that come up
•  Partnering with production to manage scope and quality
• You take ownership and see projects through despite obstacles and difficult circumstances, demonstrating a sense of dependability and commitment

 Project management:

•  Establish an overall project schedule based on the individual task estimates for production
•  Determine the resource requirements to meet the task requirements
•  Establish a project budget, determine task dependencies, and assign tasks to team resources as appropriate
• Run stand ups and sprint planning meeting effectively
•  Track work progress and report status back to product owners at a regular cadence

 Creative Quality:

• Prioritizing and resolving issues through creative problem solving skills;
• Recognizing and balancing priorities of eliminating the root causes of problems;

 Requirements:

•  Minimum of 8 years project management or team leadership experience;
•  Education requirement University degree Bachelors or equivalent professional experience;
•  Effective communication skills across all levels and organizations.
•  Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
•  Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
•  Familiarity with JIRA

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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.

EEOText: 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, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 90

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.