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General Information

Locations: Madrid, Spain 
  • Location: Offsite - India
  • Country: India


Role ID
200001
Worker Type
Intern - Temporary Employee
Studio/Department
EA Mobile - Pogo
Work Model
Hybrid, On Site, Remote
Job Category
Development Director

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

 

Job Title: Development Director Studio/Team: Pogo Location: Remote

Join Us!

Pogo has been the leader in online casual games since 1998. Featuring a growing library of 60+ titles spanning popular genres like Solitaire, Mahjong, Match 3, and more, Pogo exists to be the best destination for online casual games. We aim to produce high-quality HTML5-powered games with sophisticated metagames and social mechanics, all while working seamlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile. Our fans and subscribers come to Pogo for fresh content, daily challenges, great events, new games, and a live service that delivers!

About this Position

As a Development Director (DD), reporting to the Operations Director, you'll drive planning and execution on a cross-functional development team to build software in a live service environment. This is a leadership role that involves a high level of interaction with team members, peers, and product leadership. DD's focus on solving problems, and making things work (or work better). You will enhance the project release schedule and support the games and live service teams for Pogo.

Responsibilities

  • Create project schedules that maximize feature quality and scope within resource, financial, and licensor constraints
  • Validate task length, discipline, and dependencies
  • Manage risk
  • Build a capable team that looks for opportunities to operate at their potential and takepride in their accomplishments
  • Keep the team informed of the schedule and changes
  • Train the team on best practices, processes, and standards
  • Meet commitments, hold team accountable
  • Monitor level of effort and provide feedback to individuals
  • Evaluate individual performance and potential of team members, provide appropriate recognition or constructive feedback
  • Form close working relationships with discipline leads, provide regular coaching
  • Resolve issues, balance priorities, and find creative solutions that achieve results
  • Identify, assign, and track development and organizational issues to completion
  • Report status at regular intervals, escalate urgent issues

Requirements

  • You have 6+ years in a project management role within the software development industry
  • Solid foundation in project management (including Agile methodologies)
  • Understanding of the software development life cycle
  • Experience working with JIRA, Hansoft, or similar tool
  • You have 4+ years in a team leadership role.
  • Sound decision-making based on analysis and judgement
  • Interest in learning and applying new concepts
  • High degree of initiative, looking for opportunities to make improvements
  • Comfortable presenting and working with groups
  • Excellent documentation and writing ability
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field

 

Benefits Language


About Electronic Arts
We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
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