Development Director

Requisition Number: 182764

Position Title: DD I

External Description:

Development Director 

Madden NFL is developed at EA's Tiburon Studio in Orlando, FL, and Madrid, Spain by a team that prides itself on innovation and creative collaboration. We are looking for talent with a passion for sports to create experiences that connect with millions of football fans around the world to grow the love of the sport.

We’re looking for an experienced Development Director who can anchor communication across the team, manage multiple workflow-dependencies and risks, and help the team hit their development goals.

Reporting to a Sr. Development Director, you will manage a development team consisting of mostly Software Engineers.

Responsibilities

• You will work with feature development teams to lock down requirements and specifications.
• You will develop roadmaps and schedules for important milestone deliverables by collaborating with Department leads and Producers.
• You will ensure other department dependencies are accounted for. 
• You will raise project risks to the production team and project leadership.
• You will need to identify task-related processes to improve efficiency
• You will provide regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
• You will track and implement project improvement plans to promote team efficiency.
• You will need to establish engagement processes: Ensure all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff trained in expectations of their roles.
• You will mentor individual contributors within the project team and may have direct reports to provide career management.

Required Skills

• 5+ years Project Management or Project Lead experience.
• 3+ years of People Management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in any number of related fields including Computer Science, Game Development, Business, 3D Arts.
• Excellent knowledge of production life cycle, processes, and project planning.
• Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment.
• Experience with Jira/Jaas, Perforce, and Visio

Additional Skills

• Degree in a technology related field
• Experience within a AAA gaming studio is preferred
• Experience working in a database or live services environment 

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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: 70

Can this position be remote?: 0

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。