Development Director- UFC

Requisition Number: 170550

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connecting millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players. The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the thrilling spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe, delivering fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through cutting-edge gameplay technology.

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise is founded on passion and innovation. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is your chance to turn a job into something you love.

The Role

Reporting to a Senior Development Director, we are looking for a Development Director II to manage the development of UFC. You are right for this role if you are passionate about solving difficult and dynamic problems. You can collaborate and motivate across teams and with peers or partners in other parts of the business. Your greatest strengths are building relationships, strategic thinking, and strong delivery. You like to be challenged and thinking about the future excites you.

Your Responsibilities

• You will work with the Project Leadership team to establish the strategy to meet milestones and important deliverables
• You will partner with creative, development, and operations partners and team members to ensure that quality, budgets and timelines are met.
• You will help develop a team culture based on openness, trust and collaboration
• You will foster an inclusive and diverse team culture.
• Develop project indicators that track project quality, delivery, and predictability
• You will coach, mentor, and support the career development of your team.
• You will identify and assess risks and coordinate application of resources to minimize and manage risks

Required Skills:

• You have experience with Project Management (8+ years) and People Management (4+ years), and experience delivering large projects (60+ team members), including auditing and steering.
• You have the ability to communicate and build strong relationships across all levels.
• You are someone who can see the end goal, while leading teams through complex problems quickly & effectively.
• You are an enthusiastic individual, comfortable with change, and able to lean into the creative process to provide a great experience for our fans.
• Excellent knowledge of software development tools and processes, with project and risk management experience. Experience with Microsoft Project, and Jira.
• University degree, bachelors, or equivalent

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. är ett globalt ledande mjukvaruföretag för interaktiv underhållning. EA levererar spel, innehåll och onlinetjänster för internetuppkopplade spelkonsoler, persondatorer, mobiltelefoner och surfplattor.

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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: 159

Can this position be remote?: 0

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Om EA

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