Development Director - Battlefield Central Tech

Our Battlefield Technology Team is home to remarkable technical talent building Battlefield tools and technology on EA’s proprietary game engine, Frostbite. We aim to empower engineering and content creation with a myriad of tools and workflows, while empowering the multi-studio distributed development team to create connected experiences for Battlefield fans around the world. Our people are the backbone and driving force to our creative products, and that’s why we’re dedicated to providing everyone the chance to express themselves and be their very best as we work towards a common cause. Join us!

Battlefield Development Director

We are looking for an experienced project and people manager who is passionate about the technology that powers our games. You will create an environment that enables our excellent engineers, and their teams, to focus on what they are good at and support them with administrative work and production/project support. The Development Director plans time, and resources and tracks progress working together with the other leads in the team. You will be an essential person in the daily operation of the teams you work with.

Requirements 

• Project & Process management
  • Ensures Agile roles are understood and well-played within your team so that participation is high quality (e.g. Product Owner has a groomed backlog, the team has sprint goals, team delivers on agreements, retrospectives have regular improvement actions, etc.)
  • You always have capacity and scope clear and aligned with Backlog and velocity
  • Coordinates work with us, across multiple locations, time zones and cultures
  • Identifies tech or tools that would benefit your team, increasing scalability and advocates for obtaining (e.g. Jira plug ins, upgrades; code quality monitors (e.g. Coverity)
  • Identifies and manages risks and dependencies across multiple domains or the entire project; including identifying and managing critical paths.
  • Utilizes various risk management techniques such as a risk matrix to prioritize risk strategies.
• Team and individual management
  • Manages people, aligning career and development goals with day-to-day work, plus delivering candid feedback to individuals
  • Organizes and coordinates team building activities and get together (whether virtual or in-person)
  • Identifies personnel conflicts and works to candidly communicate
• Change Management
  • Drives and executes change management initiatives within the team. Responsible for adoption and acceptance of change within the team.
• Reporting to the Battlefield Central Tech Head of Operations

Qualifications

• 7 years project & people management experience – preferably in the tech / software development industry. 
• Effective management of engineers, and the resources they use to deliver delight to players.
• Leading and coaching teams in Agile methodologies (preferred: ScrumMaster certification).
  • Agile development, using Scrum/Kanban/Lean
  • Project roadmaps, sprint planning, retrospectives, dependency management
  • Day-to-day team and people management
  • Overall project development with emphasis on team empowerment
  • Risk analysis and mitigation techniques
  • Project Management Tools, for example: Jira, EazyBI, PowerBI, Hansoft, Excel (create & maintain complex spreadsheets), Trello, or other project management, reporting and tracking tools.
• People management, talent development, helping individuals grow through coaching, mentorship, and candid feedback.