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Producer

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and brilliant, passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play.

We are looking for an experienced Producer to join our new mobile team in Austin, Texas focused on building strategy games such as Star Wars: Rise to Power .

Role:

As a Producer, you drive planning and execution on a cross-functional development team to build, launch, and support a AAA mobile game. This is a key leadership role that involves a high level of interaction with team members, development partners, and studio leadership. Producers focus on product outcomes, feature quality, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Provide strong leadership to the team, inspire and motivate the team through personal example, enthusiasm, and dedication
• Build a resilient, capable team which embraces accountability, seeks opportunities to maximize their potential, and takes pride in their accomplishments
• Build an effective partnership with the Lead Development Director
• Establish trust and credibility with studio leadership
• Form close working relationships with discipline directors
• Build effective working relationships with supporting partner organizations such as Legal, Marketing, Publishing, and Licensor

Production

• Drive execution from concept to live, accountable for meeting milestone commitments and quality targets
• Create and manage the product roadmap which maps major feature deliverables to milestones
• Serve as chief product owner: maintain the product backlog, ensure work is defined and prioritized, approve completed work
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define content/tech/feature requirements and desired player experience
• Support studio leadership in establishing quality targets, setting product vision, and achieving stakeholder alignment
• Partner with Product Managers and Data Analysts to respond to changing player needs and market trends
• Manage live services, including play tests during development
• Identify, assign, and track production and organizational issues to completion
• Keep the team informed on development results, schedule, and changes
• Ensure the team is trained on the necessary skills, processes, and best practices
• Solve problems, balance priorities, and find creative solutions to achieve results
• Seek knowledge and apply it to improve the organization

Requirements:

• 10+ years of production experience on software development projects
• 7+ years in a team leadership role, strong people management skills
• Track record of shipping successful games in a producer role
• M astery of mobile application market and business models, solid understanding of how to run a business
• Expertise using production tools and multimedia software applications
• Excellent conceptual and technical writing skills
• Sound decision-making based on both data analysis and judgement
• Strong negotiation, change management, and conflict resolution skills
• High degree of initiative, takes opportunities to make improvements
• Ownership mentality: responsible, invested in outcomes
• Integrity

Bonuses:

• Experience in mobile app development or managing live services
• Knowledge of strategy or MMO game genres