Technical Program Manager - Frostbite

Requisition Number: 174703

Position Title: Program Manager III

External Description:

Frostbite is EA's state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine. Our global team empowers game creators to shape the future of gaming by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. We are honored to have thousands of game developers all over the world using Frostbite to create some of the most amazing games and player experiences in the industry.

What does a Program Manager do?

As Program Manager, you will lead and motivate domains within the Core Systems product area with a focus to ensure good Agile development practices. You will manage the development process, including project and capacity planning, progress tracking, risk management, process improvement and team-wide collaboration and communication.

You will report to a Director of Program Management.

Responsibilities:

• Work with product owners, tech leads and engineering managers to understand product direction and plan and deliver projects
• Determine the resource requirements to meet project goals and establish success criteria
• Scenario planning and trade-off analysis
• Risk management
• Evaluate and resolve dependencies
• Complete projects using Agile development in a distributed development environment
• Coordinate collaboration between your teams, other Frostbite teams and game teams around EA
• Manage development tasks, and communicate progress against committed deliverables
• Manage support and other emergent work
• Support your teams and help keep them unblocked

Responsibilities: Team and Process Management

• Promote the Agile development process in teams
• Dotted-line manage the development team (in partnership with Engineering Manager)
• Monitor team health, workload and recognize extra effort
• Guide departmental planning (i.e. resource, initiative, sprint/program increment, release planning)
• Create and help implement process improvements across groups and advocate for the team

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of project/program management experience in software development
• Experience in project management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall

Bonus:

• Experience working as a software engineer
• Experience with distributed development across multiple locations
• Experience working on a tools or central technology team
• Game development experience
• Scrum Master or Agile Coach experience

Wonder if you'll meet all of our requirements? We know those dot points can't capture all that you might bring to our team, so consider the above a starting point. If you're interested, please reach out!

Creating amazing games starts with building a team that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We wholeheartedly celebrate that diversity, and are committed to promoting a workplace that is equitable and inclusive, where everyone has the opportunity to excel. For more on our commitment and progress - check out our 2021 Impact Report.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 63

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。