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The EA Mobile and Asia Studios Data and Insights group (SDI) is responsible for bringing insights that inform future video game design across the EA Mobile and Asia portfolio including popular franchises such as FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, and more!

The Challenge Ahead:

We are seeking a Development Director I who will be an integral part of our leadership team. You will manage project and resource planning, balance scope with capacity, track progress, implement and improve processes, mentor people, and manage risks and mitigation. Analytics excites you and with your solutions-oriented mindsight, you will come into this new role as a force multiplier for a team, ready to establish best practices and tools that boost efficiency and effectiveness of how insights are delivered and integrated across our Mobile and Asia portfolio.

Responsibilities:

Establishing direction & strategy for multiple complex projects/teams while ensuring alignment with internal & external leadership
Monitoring & adjusting capacity plans for multiple complex projects/teams to address skill gaps and identify funding needs
Owning the budget for multiple complex projects/teams and partnering with finance to maintain a healthy budget
Being the point of escalation for conflict management and problem-solving
Partnering with DDs at all levels to train them and provide mentorship
Establishing and maintaining team health standards through team leaders
Identifying and implementing process improvement initiatives across full projects or multiple teams
Approving plans, schedules, and status reports across multiple complex projects/teams
Anticipating and solving dependencies between the project and external groups
Using change management processes to communicate and measure the effectiveness of project-wide change effectively

What a Development Director I at EA does:

Prioritize and groom their team(s) backlog
Host stand-ups, grooming, sprint planning, demos, retrospectives, and other team meetings with your agile team(s)
Develop a repeatable structured approach for capturing and describing key requirements
Create work estimates, track progress, and report status
Understand the business priorities and keep the team on track by encouraging communication and collaboration
Drive execution from concept to live (estimates, tasks, change requests, bugs)
Act as scrum master for cross-functional team(s) including analysts, engineers, and data scientists
Form close working relationships with discipline leads, provide regular coaching and mentoring
Manage stakeholder communication and requirements
Establish trust and credibility with team leadership as well as studio leadership
Coordinate dependencies with external parties across the company
Take ownership of your role

Qualifications:

Passionate about managing data teams
5+ years working as a project manager
3+ years of experience working in a Software Development industry, and you have released multiple solutions while seeing them through all phases of the development life cycle.
Have experience managing internal and external teams
Have many conflict resolution tools in your tool belt
The ability to comfortably talk across all levels of an organization
The ability to always know the status of your project and can visualize that status for any audience
Strong negotiation, prioritization, and conflict resolutions skills
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals
Experience working in data analytics a plus
Experience working in or managing a co-development environment a strong plus

About EA At Electronic Arts, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together talented people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We know that our strength lies in the diversity of our people. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow them to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers. We put our people first. We provide comprehensive benefit packages with a focus on health and wellbeing to support your needs and help you balance your career and personal life. We provide access to dynamic and collaborative work environments, opportunities to connect and contribute through our Employee Resource Groups, and support for a balanced life with paid time off and maternity and paternity leave, plus free video games and so much more! 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. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.