Requisition Number: 166413

Position Title: DM

External Description:

Development Director

At our core, Electronic Arts is a game maker that connects hundreds of millions of players from around the globe to some of the world's greatest games. The EAX team guides the strategy and implementation of EA's network, helping EA's community of players connect to one another and to the games they love to play. Our work includes: EA.com; in-game experiences and strategies to connect players across platforms; EA Play, our cross-platform subscription; the EA desktop app; and a host of other consumer experiences and strategies.

In your role as Development Director, you will be responsible for managing one of the EAX Development teams, which means you will be acting as the scrum master for one of the Development teams, managing risks, building and maintaining schedules, communicating progress, partnering with both internal external partners, supporting the team by removing roadblocks, and helping build team culture and health. As part of the broader development team, you will be an important contributor to the EAX team based in Vancouver..

You're someone with a proven track record for:

• Managing teams using Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Demonstrating a collaborative leadership style
• Guiding teams through continuous improvement
• Collaborating with other disciplines to develop, plan, and manage schedules based on project goals
• Mitigating team conflict and communication problems
• Delivering on committed timelines and budgets
• Determining and managing dependencies & priorities
• Managing and communicating risks
• Maintaining calm. You know how to motivate and energize your teams, even when navigating uncertainty
• Most notably you'll have a rare mix of leadership and collaboration that helps guide teams to achieve their goals

 

You also bring the following skills or experiences to our team:

• 5+ years experience working within technology industries
• 3+ years experience in project management
• Solid knowledge and experience as a scrum master
• Experience in online services or gaming industry is desirable
• Building communication channels
• Familiar with Jira and Confluence
• A passion for continuous improvement

 

In a typical week, the Development Director could...

• Perform the scrum master role on 1 or more scrum teams
• Working with team leads to build roadmaps and plans
• Managing dependencies across multiple teams/partners
• Building plans for new releases and communicating outward
• Managing team budgets and risks

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. è un'azienda di software di intrattenimento interattivo leader globale. EA offre giochi, contenuti e servizi online per console collegate ad internet, personal computer, cellulari e tablet.

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Days Open: 62

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA promuove le pari opportunità. Qualsiasi decisione di impiego viene fatta senza discriminazione di razza, colore, nazionalità, origini, sesso, genere, identità o espressione di genere, orientamento sessuale, età, informazione genetica, religione, invalidità, condizione medica, gravidanza, stato civile, stato familiare o anzianità. EA rende accessibile il posto di lavoro per gli individui diversamente abili, come indicato dalla legge.