Are you interested in shaping the future of interactive entertainment? Are you excited about empowering the next generation of games across all devices and platforms, helping consumers play any game, with anyone, anywhere, at any time?

EA’s Digital Platform (EADP) team is looking for a talented, execution-focused, and passionate program leader. As Director of Program Management for EADP Gameplay Services you will help drive the overall vision for Online Gameplay. Gameplay Services provides essential services to all of EA’s game studio. Our Stats and Leaderboards services feed players’ desire to compete and compare their accomplishments and progress. Quest and Achievements drive players to experience the inspiration and confidence that comes from achieving goals. Our Matchmaking and Networking services make connections between players within the game letting them enjoy the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, together.

You will report to the leader of the Gameplay Services team and work with engineering and product management and lead a team to promote execution on the strategic roadmaps.

Responsibilities:

Help build and achieve the vision for Online Gameplay for EA
Identify and document business cases, requirements and planning for new capabilities
Partner with gaming and EADP teams to link technical capabilities and support to their strategic vision and individual product releases
Collaborate with partners including the Product Manager to create product requirements
Deep technical knowledge of online gameplay including player progression, matchmaking, and networking
Lead a team of Program Managers to partner with Engineering to support the vision and meet plan and targets; breaking down high-level requirements into development strategies and tasks.
Ensure coordination across business and design teams. Escalate and resolve risks or misalignment
Oversee the results. Track Indicators and use them to improve decision-making about the future of the product
Ensure the engineering and content teams have the tools, technical processes and best practices they need to develop in an agile and efficient way
Identify and create mitigation plans for technical risks and adoption

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, or related field technical field, or equivalent work experience.
6 + years driving platform development programs
In-depth business and technical domain knowledge.
Understand large-scale platform capabilities and enough technical depth across these capabilities to assess risk and find solutions
Experience working with diverse teams and partner across complex organizations to achieve results
Exceptional communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
Exceptional organizational and analytical skills.

ABILITIES & COMPETENCIES:

Bias for action
Data driven mindset; makes decision based on data and facts
Constantly evolving processes based on new innovations and retrospectives
Project management skills, can-do attitude and the enjoys collaborative work
Diligence, commitment, and a desire to meet goals
Is passionate about gaming

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 new parent 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.