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Informations générales

Sites : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
ID du rôle
207480
Type de candidat
Regular Employee
Studio/service
EA Studios - SPORTS
Organisation de travail flexible
Hybrid

Descriptions et critères

Electronic Arts crée des expériences de divertissement exceptionnelles qui inspirent les joueurs et les fans du monde entier. Ici, tout le monde fait partie de l’histoire. D'une grande communauté internationale. C'est un lieu où la créativité s’épanouit, où les nouvelles perspectives sont bienvenues et où les idées comptent. Une équipe dans laquelle chacun fait évoluer le jeu.

At the heart of EA SPORTS is the FC franchise. EA SPORTS FC is the world's #1 best-selling video game with over 200M engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile. Innovation, passion, and teamwork are at the heart of everything we do. With studios in Vancouver, Bucharest, and Cologne, we're looking for the brightest talent, so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.


The Role

The Release Manager owns the Release Management lifecycle which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across FC Live Services, across our global regions. This role is also responsible for implementing and managing release processes. In its main capacity, it’s accountable for planning and scheduling upcoming releases with multiple product teams, working with teams to resolve release scheduling conflicts, ensuring release quality and secure practices are upheld to ensure the best player experience, and partnering with external stakeholders for release tasks and prioritization. The role of the Release Manager is a central point of communication for all teams requiring work to be deployed to the Live production environment. This role is fitting for someone who enjoys being technical and solving problems; this person will get the opportunity to work with all levels of stakeholders, and truly make an impact on our Live Services capabilities.


Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves stages such as scheduling the release, coordinating between teams, go/no-go reviews, and deployment of release

  • Enable collaboration across teams, addressing resourcing requirements and removing impediments

  • Manage relationships and coordinate release-related work between different teams at different locations

  • Maintain a release repository and manage key information such as release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists

  • Continuously seek to improve team performance and processes through tracking KPIs

  • Collaborate with various partners and stakeholders to implement continuous improvements to release processes 

  • Support and deliver regular release reporting


Experience

  • Min. 3+ years of experience in delivering products

  • 5+ years of project/program management experience in software development

  • Solid comprehension of lean methodology

  • Detail oriented, organized and focused on quality

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work with different organizational levels, as well as ability to tailor messaging to different audiences

  • Ability to rationalize decisions in a clear and objective manner

  • Knowledge to act as a mentor in helping the team understand and apply industry principles and practices


Bonus

  • Certified SAFe release train engineer

  • Scrum Master or Agile Coach experience

  • Experience working as a software engineer

  • Experience with distributed development across multiple locations

  • Experience working with end-users on a tools or central technology team

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and certifications

  • Game development experience


COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). 

BASE SALARY RANGES

  • British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
    • $96,400 - $133,900 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.



À propos d'Electronic Arts
Nous sommes fiers de notre vaste catalogue de jeux et d’expériences, de nos sites à travers le monde et des multiples opportunités à saisir au sein d’EA. Nous valorisons l’adaptabilité, la résilience, la créativité et la curiosité. D'un management qui laisse s'exprimer tout votre potentiel à la création d’espaces dédiés à l’apprentissage et à l’expérimentation, nous vous offrons les conditions qui vous permettront de faire un travail fantastique et de profiter d'opportunités de progression.

Nous adoptons une approche holistique pour nos programmes d'avantages sociaux, en mettant l'accent sur le bien-être physique, émotionnel, financier, professionnel et communautaire qui favorise une vie équilibrée. Ces programmes sont conçus de façon à répondre aux besoins locaux et peuvent inclure une couverture médicale, un soutien au bien-être mental, de l'épargne pour votre retraite, des congés payés, des congés parentaux, des jeux gratuits et bien plus encore. Nous encourageons le développement d'environnements dans lesquels nos équipes peuvent donner le meilleur d’elles-mêmes.

Electronic Arts offre des opportunités d'emploi équitables. Toutes les décisions de recrutement sont prises sans prise en compte de la race, la couleur de peau, la nationalité, l’ascendance, le sexe, le genre, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, l’orientation sexuelle, l’âge, les informations génétiques, la religion, la situation de handicap, l'état de santé, la grossesse, le statut marital ou familial, le statut militaire ou toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi. Nous étudierons également, conformément à la loi, les candidatures de personnes ayant un casier judiciaire. EA adapte ses lieux de travail pour les personnes en situation de handicap, conformément à la loi en vigueur.