Development Manager - Maxis
Multiple Locations: Redwood City, CA, USA • Toronto, ON, Canada • Austin, TX, USA • Utah, USA • California, USA • Georgia, USA • Minnesota, USA • North Carolina, USA
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Requisition Number: 174479
Position Title: DM
External Description:
Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of the Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don't settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. Read on to see how you can join our team and dream big.
You will report to the Development Director.
Job Summary
Location: Remote North America -open to most North America Locations
As a Development Manager at Maxis, you will manage a development team. This can range from artists, designers, software engineers, QA and other production staff. DM's are the keepers of the project schedule and help move the development team from one project phase to the next while ensuring collaboration and communication. You will partner with producers (our product owners) and discipline leaders to ensure that the project is completed on time, to quality, and within budget.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with project leads to define the team backlog for achieving project goals
- Partner with discipline leads to determine the resource and capacity allocation for meeting project requirements
- Work with project producers to align project scope expectations
- Track progress of team’s deliverables and provide regular status reporting
- Drive the identification and mitigation of project risks
- Facilitate stand-ups, retrospective and sprint rituals
- Work with subject matter experts to ensure all workflow and processes are clearly defined and documented
- Provide direct reports with coaching and support through regular 1-on- 1 and career development plans
- Manage the performance of direct reports through quarterly performance conversations annual performance reviews
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of project management & team leadership experience and Game or Software Development
- University degree Bachelors or equivalent professional experience
- Agile/Scrum certification or equivalent professional experience
- Experience leading and facilitating cross-discipline development teams
- People management experience
- JIRA experience
- Microsoft excel (can write spreadsheets to support project tracking and resource planning)
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Days Open: 70
Can this position be remote?: 1
EEO Employer Verbiage:
EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。