DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

We are DICE
DICE (EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), the award-winning studio based in Stockholm, Sweden, is best known for creating the phenomenally successful Battlefield franchise, the Battlefront franchise, and the innovative game Mirror’s Edge.
We work through our 4 guiding values: Passion with Purpose, Creative Innovation, Everything Quality, and One Community. We recognize that our people are the backbone and driving force to our creative products. As such, we are dedicated in providing everyone the ability to express, learn, and be their very best with a common cause.
DICE (EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), the award-winning developer based in Stockholm, Sweden, is best known for creating the phenomenally successful Battlefield franchise.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced project manager who is passionate about gaming to provide daily production support for their team(s). You will create an environment that enables our excellent teams to focus on what they are good at and support them with administrative work and production support. The Development Director plans time, resources and tracking progress working closely together with the other leads in the team. You will be an essential person in the daily operation of the teams you work with.
What skills does DICE look for?
We believe that you have proven management skills and desire to lead. At least 5 years working as a project manager; 2+ years of experience working in a AAA game development environment; mediation and conflict resolution skills; collaborate with partners across all levels of an organization. A Development Director shall always know visualize and explain the status of their area.
We believe that you are comfortable and have experience working with (or equivalent):
Agile development, using Scrum/Kanban/Lean
Project development with emphasis on team empowerment
Perform and act on Retrospectives
Financial and contract administration
Tools, e.g. Jira, HanSoft, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Perforce.

Work task examples
Execution
Create and own overall project delivery plans
Track and communicate project status
Present options and improve the decision-making process

Team/Organizational
Manage and promote organizational structures
Accomplish time at quality
Manage change
Protect the team from external interference
Identify delivery risks and mitigation plans
Align all involved teams towards the outlined goals
Document and build usable knowledge repositories

Process
Guide use of current processes, e.g. Scrum, Kanban Identify opportunities for drive process progress and improvement, e.g. through retrospectives
Document and share insights, e.g. in team, with other DD’s or your team

Communication and Collaboration
Drive and document meetings
Ensure the teams have all the necessary information to do their job
Maintain an environment that promotes and encourages collaboration
Manage communication with project team members, e.g. required reporting and expectation management
Manage communication with external parties

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!
At DICE we take care of our staff and have done so during our steady growth over the last decade. In addition to a great compensation package we offer our employees 10 EA games per year, massage every three weeks, a variety of sports activities (yoga and cross fit to name a few) and health care allowance. We have a collective bargain agreement with Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer and also provide our employees with occupational pension.
Although we enjoy working at DICE, we value our employees’ personal lives. A good work-life balance is something we aim to practice and maintain even during high-intensity periods.
We look forward to receiving your application!