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Development Director

Building on an incredible 30-year foundation, we’re redefining football with EA SPORTS FC - a genre-leading ecosystem of interactive experiences, bringing a global community of football fans closer to The World's Game. Together, we’re taking the largest football club in the world to new heights – and this is just the beginning!

We are looking for an change leader who is passionate about driving software and game quality in our EA Sports FC products. You will provide project portfolio leadership for the Quality Verification (QV) department, made up of Management, Quality Design, Engineering and Analytics. This multi-discipline department is a component of the development and live services for our EA Sports FC franchise. You will report to the Program Manager for EA Sports FC QV.

You are right for this role if you are passionate about solving difficult problems. You can collaborate, often across departments and with peers or partners in other parts of the business across different geographical locations. Your greatest strengths are building relationships and project delivery to achieve outcomes. You like to be challenged and driving toward future possibilities excites you.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support the exploration and creation of short and long-term improvement and transformational projects
• Manage the end-to-end planning, implementation, and sustainment of projects to achieve and maintain target measurable outcomes.
• Communicate progress, risks, and challenges of projects to leadership and partners.
• Facilitate and align different partner teams (Quality Verification, Engineering, and Analytics) on important project and portfolio decisions and risk resolution processes
• Monitor and direct project portfolio performance to meet team goals and strategy
• Provide support and implement improvements to the project portfolio and change management processes
• Mentor and facilitate learning opportunities for team members across different levels on change and project management practices

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management, Business Analyst or relevant experience
• 5+ years experience creating detailed project progress reports, risk analysis, and decision recommendations
• 3+ years experience building relationships, engaging with, and facilitating decision-making processes with leadership groups
• Experience effectively communicating (both verbally and written) with audiences across different levels of the organization
• Experience driving and managing change (process and culture) across large diverse teams and using continuous improvement techniques (e.g. Lean 6 Sigma, CMMI, Evidence-Base Management etc.) with relevant metrics to measure progress.
• Experience with modern software development, software quality, and product delivery practices is a bonus

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