Development Director - Battlefield Central Tech

Battlefield
We are looking for talented people to join our team building core, impactful, and empowering technology for Battlefield! Our Battlefield Technology Team is home to remarkable technical talent building Battlefield tools and technology on EA’s proprietary game engine, Frostbite. We strive to empower engineering and content creation with a myriad of tools and workflows, while empowering the multi-studio distributed development team to create innovative and 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!
Requirements
Project & Process management
Ensures Agile roles are understood and well-played within Department, Pods & Teams so that participation is high quality (e.g. PO has a groomed backlog + sprint goals, team delivers on agreements, retrospectives have regular improvement actions, etc.)
Always has departmental capacity and scope clear and aligned with Backlog and velocity
Coordinates work across internal and external teams to minimize the impact of dependencies
Identifies tech or tools that would benefit the team, increasing scalability and advocates for obtaining (e.g. Jira plug ins, upgrades; code quality monitors (e.g. Coverity), etc.
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 across a project.
Team and individual management


Coach entire department on Agile & Scrum Ceremonies, including developing reports and representing department in Scrum-of-Scrums.
Creates skillset matrices and includes skill upgrades into Sprint work (through assignments or training), and aligns personal goals and development plans with day-to-day work.
Coaching on process improvement, especially on roles/responsibilities and what good looks like, process-wise.
Manages people directly and also manages managers, 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 and solve in win-win ways.
Change Management


Drives and executes change management initiatives within the team. Responsible for adoption and acceptance of change within the team.
Will create clarity through roles & responsibilities reinforcement (e.g. using RACI-style charts & practices)







Qualifications
8+ years of professional experience as a project manager, (preferably with experience in shipping AAA games)
Proven track record of driving initiatives from inception through to completion
Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment
Strong communicator and listener
Skilled leader who can challenge and influence a variety of partners across all levels of organization.
Self-starter who builds trusted relationships, influences decisions and urgency on important priorities.
Passionate, you care about the creative process, your teams, and delivering the highest quality software to our fans.
Excellent change management skills, i.e., comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, yet able to set priorities and work commitments.
Have passion, energy, enthusiasm to achieve results.
Self-reflective; acknowledge own experience and experiences of others.
Strategic thinker, you can think big picture and lead accordingly.