Development Director (Technical Delivery Manager) - Creative Innovation
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About the Role
Electronic Arts is looking for a Development Director to lead delivery for a software development team building internal platforms and tools. You will partner with product managers, engineers, and designers to translate strategy into executable plans and manage agile delivery.
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Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Managers, Technical Directors, Engineers, Designers, and Technical Artists to translate product strategy into executable delivery plans
- Manage Agile delivery for the team by increasing sprint ceremonies, monitoring execution against plans, and ensuring predictable, high quality delivery
- Anticipate delivery challenges and organizational gaps before they become blockers, leading solutions across teams and partners
- Work with Engineering, QA, and Product partners to monitor delivery health, prioritize technical debt, manage resource allocation, and improve team effectiveness
- Support and develop direct reports while encouraging a collaborative, inclusive, and high performing team environment
- Lead a team of approximately five direct reports, including Software Engineers and a UI Designer
Requirements
- 5+ years of project or program management experience leading software development projects from planning through release
- 3+ years of people management experience, including coaching, providing feedback, and supporting employee development
- Experience with the software development lifecycle and partnering directly with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers
- Experience leading Agile software delivery, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, delivery forecasting, and Agile ceremonies
- Experience monitoring execution against plans, identifying scope changes, delivery risks, and dependency issues, and driving adjustments
- Interest in modern software development practices and AI enabled technologies
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General Information
- Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Role ID: 215381
- Worker Type: Regular Employee
- Studio/Department: CT Creative Innovation
- Work Model: Hybrid
Description & Requirements
- Electronic Arts creates next level entertainment experiences.
- Central Technology is the force multiplier, accelerating creative opportunity and progress at EA.
- Creative Innovation sits at the intersection of emerging technology, creative craft, and game making.
- Reporting to a Development Director, you will be the delivery lead for a diverse software development team building internal platforms and tools for EA studios.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Managers, Technical Directors, Engineers, Designers, and Technical Artists to translate product strategy goals into executable delivery plans.
- Manage Agile delivery for the team by increasing sprint ceremonies, monitoring execution against plans, and ensuring predictable, high quality delivery.
- Anticipate delivery challenges and organizational gaps before they become blockers, taking ownership to lead solutions across teams and partners.
- Work with Engineering, QA, and Product partners to monitor delivery health, prioritise technical debt, manage resource allocation, and improve team effectiveness and software quality.
- Support and develop direct reports while encouraging a collaborative, inclusive, and high performing team environment.
- Lead a team of approximately five direct reports, including Software Engineers and a UI Designer, supporting their growth, performance, and career development.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of project or program management experience leading software development projects from planning through release.
- 3+ years of people management experience, including coaching, providing feedback, and supporting employee development.
- Experience with the software development lifecycle, with experience partnering directly with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers.
- Experience leading Agile software delivery, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, delivery forecasting, and Agile ceremonies.
- Experience monitoring execution against plans, identifying scope changes, delivery risks, and dependency issues, and driving adjustments.
- Improve delivery processes, team operations, or collaboration beyond immediate project responsibilities.
- Interest in modern software development practices and AI enabled technologies.
Pay Transparency North America
- British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria): CAD 122,300 CAD 170,700 CAD
- Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
- Benefits include 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, extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan.
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
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