Development Director I
Lokalizacja: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Uwaga
Requisition Number: 185223
Position Title: DD I
External Description:
Development Manager
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The role
As a Development Manager, you’ll primarily drive planning and execution of a cross-functional development team to build and ship new content, features and games.
This is a leadership role that involves a high level of interaction with team members, peers, and product leadership. DM’s focus on outcomes, solving problems, and making things work (or work better). You’ll develop, maintain, and drive the project schedule from start to finish, while making sure the path is clear of obstacles for your team.
You’ll be accountable for leading the team to meet milestones and quality targets, creating, and improving processes, coordinating with support departments across the company, tracking and resolving issues, monitoring development KPIs and seeking out and applying knowledge to improve the organization.
As a DM, your responsibilities include:
Managing the project:
- Partner with Producers, Product Managers, QV teams and additional partners to manage project plan, scope, quality and live service delivery
- Act as a scrum master for a cross-functional development team(s)
- Drive development execution from concept to live
- Establishes a viable Project Plan and Schedule to fulfill the objectives of the product roadmap, determines task dependencies, balances scope, assigns tasks and aligns stakeholders to deliver on defined project outcomes.
- Create project schedules that maximize feature quality and scope within resource, financial, and development partner constraints
- Anticipate bottlenecks and risks, provide management escalation, project prioritization, make tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, and drive the process forward
Leading the team:
- Own the project schedule and communicate any divergence from the plan
- Report status at regular intervals, escalate urgent issues in a timely manner
- Hold the team accountable to its commitments
- Working with discipline leaders, evaluate individual performance and potential of team members, provide appropriate recognition and constructive feedback
- Educate the team on best practices, processes, and standards as needed
- Inspire and motivate team(s) through personal example
Being part of the team:
- Manage stakeholder communication and requirements
- Form close working relationships with team and discipline leads
- Solve problems, balance priorities, and find creative solutions that achieve results
If you’re interested in this role, you’ll need these skills or experiences:
- Minimum 5 years of project management or team leadership experience (preferably game development)
- Solid foundation in project management methodologies and tools
- Demonstrable knowledge of software development life cycles
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication skills across all levels of an organization Assets
- Game development experience (casual gaming or mobile gaming preferred)
- Familiarity with EA’s mobile products
- Project management certifications or training
The Perks
- Hybrid Work (at least 2 days in office)
- Modern Office space
- Opportunity to work in a fast-paced dynamic company and industry
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Community / Marketing Title: Development Director I
Company Profile:
Electronic Arts Inc. to światowy lider w dziedzinie produkcji interaktywnego oprogramowania rozrywkowego. EA oferuje gry, treści i usługi internetowe dla podłączonych do internetu konsol, komputerów osobistych, telefonów komórkowych i tabletów.
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About Electronic Arts
We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.
We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.
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: 59
Can this position be remote?: 0
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