Development Director

1 Week ago • All levels

About the job

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Development Director role at EA in Stockholm, leading DRE for Battlefield. Requires strong leadership, project management expertise, and experience collaborating with distributed teams. Must have experience in software development or operations.

DRE (Development and Release Engineering) are EA’s continuous integration and build experts. We are a team of over 100, located in EA studios across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

We pride ourselves on providing automation services to our internal development partners - EA's game, engine, product, and content teams.

We are seeking a passionate individual to join our DRE team based in Stockholm.

Responsibilities

You will be the primary Development and Release Engineering teams contact for Battlefield Development Directors
You will work closely with DRE Battlefield Technical Directors, and support them with all the project management needs
You will support capacity & resource planning
You will own the DRE Project plan (sprints, milestones, roadmaps) for Glacier.
You will manage the project management process and practice gaps
You will be responsible for project reporting (KPIs, risks, issues).
Delivering on Battlefield’s DRE engagement, this Development Director partners closely with Creative Technologies leaders and manages product dependencies that impact Battlefield’s plan.

Lead funding discussions with game team
Resource allocation & forecasting
Team goal tracking & reporting
Team hardware & discretionary budget
Prepare business cases & hiring requests
Manage cloud budgets & work with TAMs to justify costs based on business needs

Experience

Our ideal candidate has prior experience as a manager in software development or operations. They have demonstrated excellent leadership qualities, possess a high business acumen, and can also bring exciting new talents and ideas to the table.

Effective communication skills across all levels of an organization
Project or Agile Service management experience
A pragmatic approach to problem-solving
Experience collaborating with distributed teams

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About The Company

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