Electronic Arts Inc.
We are Quality, Verification & Standards (QVS).
Our mission is to empower game teams to create high-quality experiences for all players.
We are guided 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 improve on quality.
Our team, QVS Tech, builds tools that are used across QVS and the game development teams. We are looking for a Development Director to manage these projects, interface with our partners to keep them informed of our progress, and lead our team’s Agile processes. You will report to the team’s Senior Engineering Manager.
QVS Tech is largely a remote team with members throughout North America and Europe.
Responsibilities
- Plan capacity, delivery dates, and track progress on our team’s project portfolio.
- Track the status of our projects, changes to project timelines, and emerging risks to our team’s deliverables.
- Communicate with our partner teams to keep them informed of project status and any changes or delivery risks.
- Run our team’s Agile processes, adjusting to suit each project sub-team.
- Collect and report on team KPIs.
- Plan team events to keep the team engaged and connected.
- Assist with our budget planning cycle and work with our team’s finance and purchasing partners to fulfill these purchases throughout the year.
Qualifications
- Technical skills
- 4+ years of project management experience in a software development or other technical environment.
- Experience running Agile processes in a team using Agile, Kanban, Lean, or another similar methodology.
- Experience managing partner expectations around delivery, scope, and timelines. Comfortable working directly with partners to plan project deliveries.
- Experience using Jira or similar project management tools.
- Soft skills
- Work directly with partners in planning, evaluating risks, and working collaboratively on delivery outcomes.
- Contribute to our team’s inclusive and psychologically safe culture.
- Comfortable giving difficult feedback to help the team learn.
- Enthusiastic about keeping up to date on new ideas in the industry and bringing those ideas to the team to help us continuously improve.
BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.
EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.
BASE SALARY RANGES
• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):
º $93,700 – $153,900 CAN Annually
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
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