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Sr Project Manager - FIFA QA

Sr Project Managers are the quality owners for a franchise, product and/or services. They are accountable for the end-to-end quality of the entire product. We’re looking for candidates with experience in managing high performance operations teams and leading large-scale projects, with high energy, dedication, and a passion for technology.

To be successful in this role, you need to have:

Experience in Operations:

• Collaborate with stakeholders/partners to improve overall quality by emphasizing quality verification throughout the development lifecycle.
• Improving the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the quality verification strategy by understanding current practices and introducing new strategies.

Leadership:

• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal/external partners/stakeholders.
• Partnering with external shared service teams to deliver on project requirements.
• Managing external QA teams.
• Provides line management to employees across disciplines within a single project team.
• Maintains regular communication with project team and coordinates dependencies with external partners.

Execution:

• Establishing and assigning task objectives from defined project goals; achieving project deliverables through managing team at a project-level.
• Proactively assessing and mitigating risk for assigned scope.
• Partnering with stakeholders to manage scope and quality.

Business Management:

• Making decisions around the balance between quality/time/cost, and directing the team accordingly.
• Providing input to project budget and budget planning process; adhering to and tracking budget.

You should also have:

• Strong people management skills; ability to challenge and develop talent.
• Understanding of project management methodology; can model systems and reports using Excel, Project, Word, VISIO and other EAC standard tools.
• Experience managing a project including establishing project plan and project budget, determining task dependencies, assigning tasks and implementing operational changes.

Performance Competencies:

• You are capable of identifying/mitigating risks; taking 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 dependability and commitment.
• You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, recognizing and balancing priorities and identifying new methods to deal with issues.
• You learn quickly and applies new concepts, principles and procedures to maintain solution-oriented approach while dealing with change and you deal with ambiguity by asking questions or championing solutions.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5+ years project management or team leadership experience.
• Education requirement University degree bachelor’s or equivalent professional experience.
• Effective communication skills across all levels and organizations.
• Experience in various project management methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.

Assets:

• Game development experience (especially full cycle experience on shipped titles).
• Familiarity with EA’s sports products.
• Master’s degree in a related field.
• 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.