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Development Manager - FIFA Mobile (1 year contract)

The role

The EA – FIFA Mobile team is searching for a Development Manager to help us deliver FIFA, the most popular video game in the world. A game like FIFA consists of many features, and a Development Manager is responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of one or more game features, on time, and within budget.

What a Development Manager does:

• Is responsible for successful delivery of one or more features while collaborating with colleagues across the largest EA studios in the world
• Prioritizes tasks, identifies dependencies, assesses risks, removes blockers and balances the business needs versus technical constraints and send weekly status reports
• Works across FIFA development teams generally consisting of Software Engineers, Animators, Artists and/or Designers
• Anticipates bottlenecks, provide management escalation and prioritize
• Tracks and implements project improvement plans to drive team efficiency and quality improvements
• Identifies, mitigates and drives all risks and issues towards resolution
• Ensures goals and objectives for the team
• Conducts regular one-to-ones to allow team members to raise issues, questions, achievements, and follow up on the goals and objectives
• Conducts annual performance review preparation (calibration) with peers and management
• Resolves any issues, disputes within the team in a collaborative way, ensuring team satisfaction and motivation

We are looking for:

• A Development Manager must have minimum 2-4 years Project Manager or Project Lead experience, and 2-3 years of people management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following areas: Computer Science, Game Production/Development, Business, etc
• Excellent knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), tools, and processes
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Visio, bug tracking tools (e.g. DevTrack, JIRA), project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Project)
• Demonstrated experience in working with broad cross-functional teams
• Strong communication, negotiation, and mediation conflict resolution skills

What’s in it for you?

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages and, of course, free video games. 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 creativity and individuality.

Who WE are?

We are EA Romania … and we make games – how thrilling is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry.