EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and connection of millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players. At the heart of EA SPORTS is the FIFA franchise. EA SPORTS FIFA is the world’s #1 best-selling video game with over 200M engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile.

Innovation, passion, and team-work is at the heart of everything we do. With studios in Vancouver, Bucharest, and Cologne; we are looking for the brightest talent so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.

The Role

The FIFA team is searching for a Senior Game Project Manager to manage the development of the most popular video games in the world. You are right for this role if you are passionate about solving difficult and fast-moving problems. You can effectively collaborate, communicate and motivate, often across business units and with peers or partners in other parts of the business. Your greatest strengths are building strong relationships, strategic thinking and strong execution. You like to be challenged and thinking about the future excites you.

Responsibilities:

Be responsible for the full operational aspects of the game development, including establishing development framework, reporting, risk management, capacity planning, resource management, and project auditing for one or multiple projects/teams.
Be responsible for the budget for one or more complex projects/teams.
Work with the project leadership to define the project/team strategy and lead the team in execution against milestones and key deliverables.
Solve problems, balance priorities, and find creative solutions to achieve results.
Develop, maintain and publish project and team KPI’s that track project performance.
Establish regular communication with the team and key stakeholders to provide project status updates.
Keep the team and partners’ teams informed on development results, schedule, and changes.
Be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and career development of your team. Lead project managers at all levels of the organization.
Foster and support an inclusive and diverse team culture.
Ensure the team has the best organizational structure, processes and practices that allow them to produce high quality work efficiently on time and on budget.

Job Qualifications:

Experience with Project Management (5+ years) and People Management (3+ years).
Excellent knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), tools, and processes.
Proven track record of successful delivery of highly critical projects.
Significant project and risk management.
Experience managing a large project, or multiple projects including project auditing.
Excellent written and verbal communication, and possesses strong emotional intelligence skills.
Excellent analytical and problem solving skills - able to work on complex problems where analysis of situations requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project, Hansoft), bug tracking systems (e.g. DevTrack, JIRA).
Bachelor's degree in any of the following areas: Computer Science, Game Production/Development, Business, etc.

Required Skills:

Strong leadership skills: ability to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders.
Self-starter who is able to identify and solve problems.
Excellent change management skills, i.e., comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and execute on commitments.
Flexible and agile: ability to adapt quickly and be effective in new situations in a highly dynamic environment.
Able to effectively and quickly build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence and confidence.
Possess passion, energy, enthusiasm to drive results; highly action oriented.
Effective communication skills; proven ability to influence outcomes across all levels of organization.
Strong leadership skills: ability to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders.
Self-starter who is able to identify and solve problems.
Effective communication skills; proven ability to influence outcomes across all levels of organization.

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.