About the Role Reporting to a Development Director, the Development Manager (DM) within the game development team ensures the delivery of game features on time and within budget, overseeing the project schedule, hiring, and management of the team to achieve a high standard. The role sits within the EA SPORTS FC team, a global community of developers serving a broad portfolio of FC titles across multiple platforms and crafting games for hundreds of millions of sports fans worldwide. The team pushes visual boundaries and creates leading-edge content across multiple disciplines.
Key Responsibilities Manage a development team generally consisting of Software Engineers and external partners.
Anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, prioritise projects, make tradeoffs, balance needs against technical constraints, and promote initial partner deployments.
Focus on the immediate team, identify team issues, suggest solutions related to execution goals, and identify task-related processes to improve efficiency.
Ensure each project setup meets the specifications of the Studio through regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
Using Jira, establish engagement processes so that all workflows are clearly defined, processes are documented, and staff are trained in expectations.
Partner with Production, QV and Art Directors to ensure game quality targets are met.




Required Experience & Qualifications 3+ years of Project Management or Project Lead experience with production lifecycles, processes and project planning.
Bachelor's degree in any number of related fields, including Computer Science, Game Development, Business or 3D Arts.
Experience in a Scrum / Agile software development environment.
Proven track record using Jira and Jaas to manage concurrent projects, with the ability to create dashboards, workflows and automation when required.
Experience working with expansive teams, mediation and conflict resolution.
Preferred Skills Experience managing outsource vendors and remote teams is considered an asset.
Experience in feature or asset production is beneficial.
Workplace Hybrid working: 3 days per week onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) at EA Vancouver.
Benefits & Perks Vacation of 3 weeks per year to start.
10 days per year of sick time.
Paid top-up to EI/QPIP advantages up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
Extended health, dental and vision coverage.
Life insurance.
Disability insurance.
Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programmes.
About the Company EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

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📌 Development Manager - EA Sports FC (British Columbia)
🏢 Global Sports Jobs
📍 British Columbia