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Development Director - FIFA Software Quality Assurance
2 years ago
Development Directors are the quality owners for a franchise, product and services. They are accountable for the end-to-end quality of the entire product. We're looking for candidates with experience managing operations teams and leading large-scale projects, with passion for technology.
You will report to the Senior Development Director.
You will need:
Operations:
- Work with partners/partners to improve overall quality by emphasizing quality verification throughout the development lifecycle.
- Improve the operational effectiveness of the quality verification strategy by understanding current practices and introducing new strategies.
- Develop working relationships with our partners
- Partner with external shared service teams to accomplish project requirements.
- Manage external QA teams.
- Provide line management to employees across departments within a single project team.
- Work with project team and coordinates requirements with external partners.
Execution:
- Establish and assign task goals from defined project goals; achieve project deliverables through managing team at a project-level.
- Mitigate risk for assigned scope.
- Work with partners to manage scope and quality.
Business Management:
- Make decisions around the balance between quality/time/cost, and directing the team accordingly.
- Provide feedback to project budget and budget planning process; follow and track budget.
You should also have:
- Understanding of project management methodology; can model systems and reports using Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets), Project, Word, VISIO and other EAC standard tools.
- Managed a project including establishing project plan and project budget, determining task requirements, assigning tasks and implementing operational changes.
Performance Competencies:
- You can identify/mitigating risks; take appropriate steps to resolve difficulties including changes to work methods, technologies and project schedules.
- You take ownership and see projects through despite obstacles and difficult circumstances, demonstrating a sense of commitment.
- Apply new concepts and procedures while dealing with change by asking questions or promoting solutions.
Requirements:
- 5+ years project management or team leadership experience.
- Education requirement University degree bachelor's or equivalent professional experience.
- Understanding of different software development methodologies (such as Waterfall and Agile).
Assets:
- Software development management experience.
- Familiarity with EA's sports products.
- Project management certifications or training.
- Understanding of Big data systems and pipelines.
- Understanding of server infrastructure and testing, alongside assessing security risks and using data to identify fraud/illegitimate users would be ideal.
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