We are Quality, Verification & Standards (QVS).
Our mission is to empower game teams to create high-quality experiences for all players.
We're driven by our vision to build games in a better way. Our strategy starts with driving quality upstream, guiding game teams to shape the games we create. This approach unlocks our ability to focus on experiential quality through stable software. Expanding the power of play, we also help game teams talk to players earlier to iterate on quality.
Reporting to the team’s Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing 7-9 software engineers in the Quality Verification team. Our team is distributed with most team members located in the Greater Vancouver area and the others in North America and Europe.
Our team prides itself on building high-quality software with a culture of openness, collaboration, and psychological safety. As an Engineering Manager, you are expected to continue building on our strong team culture so our engineers can do their best work as they grow their careers at EA.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for assessing performance, coaching team members to achieve personal growth goals, and ensuring they have the right skills now and in the future.
Continue to foster our team’s open, inclusive, and psychologically-safe culture to maintain our team’s high manager satisfaction and engagement survey scores.
Assist the development team in planning and managing software development initiatives and engagements with our partners while maintaining a focus on releasing high-quality software.
Be involved in the team’s agile processes by running stand-ups and planning sessions while looking for ways to streamline our processes.
Coordinate and help deliver regular reporting and communications to our partners.
Qualifications:
Technical skills
An understanding of the software development life cycle so you can have productive coaching and performance conversations with your direct reports.
Experience with project and stakeholder management.
A demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely. Comfortable presenting to groups, both in person and online.
An understanding of scrum/kanban and agile methodologies.
Soft skills
Experience coaching and mentoring.
Comfortable managing conflict and facilitating conversations where opinions differ.
Enthusiastic about researching best practices from the industry and applying them to the team to improve the team’s performance and continuously improve our team’s culture.
Other qualifications
3+ years of management experience.
Experience with managing remote teams is an asset.
About Electronic Arts
Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.
We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.
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.
