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BioWare: Development Manager

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class developers across EA’s network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

We are currently looking for a Development Manager to join our Anthem team.

What the Development Manager will do at BioWare:

You’ll work closely with our writing team and other cross-disciplinary teams to plan and execute on the exceptional story behind Anthem, BioWare’s highly anticipated new IP. You must be detail-oriented and able to multitask efficiently, and able to collaborate with a wide variety of people and teams.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and coordinates a team of game developers from a variety of disciplines.
• Manages plans, dependencies, inefficiencies, and risks to make sure the team stays on track and on budget
• Maintains regular communication with the project team and coordinates dependencies with external partners
• Partners with production and discipline lead to manage change requests, scope, and quality
• Provides ongoing coaching and mentoring to team members and less experienced development managers.
• Finds creative solutions to issues through teamwork, leadership, and diplomacy

Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience in project management and/or team management
• Expert knowledge of the use of project management tools; knowledge of JIRA is an asset
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience working in a creative environment; gaming industry experience ideal
• University degree (Bachelors) or equivalent in a related field is preferred
• Experience with Agile and/or Kanban methodologies.

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP company match and, of course, many other perks! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

More about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/edmonton