Development Director

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Development Director (12 Month Temporary Full Time role)

The Studio

Electronic Arts’ Firemonkeys Studio in Melbourne, Australia is highly regarded throughout the industry as a leader in delivering high quality, engaging games on iOS and Android. We release new meaningful updates on a regular basis for our live mobile games.

What a Development Director does at EA

DDs work with their teams to build and maintain project plans and schedules to deliver against Firemonkeys Studio strategic product roadmaps and live service game releases. They play a vital role in successfully moving the team from one project phase to the next while ensuring a strong focus on quality, collaboration, and communication.

This role will report to the GM of SFP and be responsible for partnering with the Leadership, Pod Leads, and Extended Leadership Team to plan and facilitate delivery of live service operations for The Sims FreePlay game team, on time, to quality, and within budget.

Leadership & People Management

• Builds and evolves an effective team; identifies resourcing needs, provides coaching, mentoring and development opportunities to ensure that all employees reach their potential
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships that have a positive impact on the successful completion of project-based work
• Maintains regular communication with project teams and coordinates dependencies with external partners

Project Management & Execution

• Partners with Product Owners, Production, and Quality Verification (QV) team and additional Studio partners to manage project scope, quality and live service delivery
• Establishes a viable Project Plan and Schedule to fulfill the objectives of the product roadmap, determines task dependencies, balances scope, assigns tasks and aligns stakeholders to deliver on defined project outcomes
• Maintains and optimises team's established scrum ceremonies and development workflows
• Ensure teams are working towards established priorities and supporting the studio’s strategic goals
• Proactively identifies, tracks and mitigates risks
• Drives alignment and efficiency on development best practices and actively contributes to the knowledge base of the DD team within the Studio
• Gathers and reports project metrics and operational data to develop strategies for project performance improvements and fulfill regular status reporting requirements
• Ensures project documentation such as Jira and Confluence are up-to-date and reflect the current status of the project

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years project management or team leadership experience;
• Education requirement University degree Bachelors or equivalent professional experience;
• Effective communication skills across all levels and organizations
• Experience in implementing and managing various project management methodologies including Agile / Scrum
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
• Experience in talent development and career management is desirable

The Perks

• Hybrid work (at least 2 days in office)
• Modern office conveniently located next to major transport links
• A games area with consoles so you can get your gaming fix

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.